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13 Sep Weekend Roundup: September 6 – 12, 2014
...strip ISIL fighters from their US citizenship, and Kevin responded to a post by Mike Lewis over at Just Security on the application of the “unwilling or unable” test in the context of article 51 UN Charter. Finally, Jessica wrapped up the news and I listed events and announcements. We’re running an insta-symposium on the Scottish independence referendum next week, and are still welcoming submissions. If you saw last week’s announcement by Matrix Chambers, you may want to take note that the deadline has been extended. Have a nice weekend!...04 Dec Did the Supreme Court Implicitly Reverse Kiobel’s Corporate Liability Holding?
...insta-symposium last spring), and it was accepted by Judge Shira Scheindlin in a separate New York district court ATS case even though she ended up dismissing that case on other grounds. It looks like the plaintiffs in another ATS case, Jesner v. Arab Bank, will get the appeals court to consider the issue as well, according to this NY Law Journal write up of oral argument in that case. I think it is unlikely that the panel will conclude that the Kiobel corporate liability holding has been implicitly reversed, but...15 Sep Weekly News Wrap: Monday, September 15, 2014
...of his final visits to Scotland later on Monday four days before a historic independence referendum to warn Scots a vote to leave the United Kingdom is a forever choice. Hundreds of thousands of Catalans packed the streets of Barcelona on Thursday to demand the right to vote on a potential split from Spain, their ambitions boosted by an independence referendum scheduled for later this week in Scotland. For more on the independence vote, we are hosting an Insta-Symposium–watch for updates starting later today. Russia’s strength is being tested by...09 Mar U.S. Withdraws From ICJ Jurisdiction Over Consular Relations Claims
...to Mexico’s nationals. (Update: Marty Lederman, as usual, was first to notice this article and the first to comment. Michael Froomkin has the text of the withdrawal and more comments about the timing of the withdrawal) A couple of insta-observations: (1) The ICJ might find that the U.S. withdrawal itself was not in conformity with international law. In particular, the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (if it is accepted as customary international law) seems to prevent countries from withdrawing from a treaty unless that treaty specifies that withdrawal...06 Mar Does It Really Violate International Law for Crimea to Hold a Referendum on Secession?
I am looking forward to the contributions to our “insta-symposium” on Ukraine and international law. I don’t have a tremendous amount to add at this point, except to point out that President Obama has been aggressive about accusing Russia of violating international law and about the importance of international law generally. This has gone beyond merely charging Russia with violation of the prohibitions on aggression and the use of force contained in the U.N. Charter. In his statement today, he took aim at the proposed referendum in Crimea on joining...28 Jan Guest Post: Colangelo–Kiobel and Conflicts of Law
...already messy area of law incoherent in light of the Court’s own most recent precedent, as I noted in an OJ Insta-Symposium contribution last spring. What I’d like to explore now is another question raised by this terrific series of posts: the extent to which state law incorporating international law may authorize suits for causes of action arising abroad after Kiobel. This question is both especially urgent because it involves a potential alternative avenue for litigating human rights abuses abroad in U.S. courts, and especially vexing because it juxtaposes different...08 Mar Weekend Roundup: March 1-8, 2014
This week on Opinio Juris, we continued to follow the situation in Ukraine as it unfolded with an insta-symposium. Alexander Cooley gave an overview of the power politics at play, while Chris posted about Russia’s use of legal rhetoric as a politico-military strategy, and about how language affects the evolution of international law. This last post built on a discussion between Julian and Peter in which Julian argued that the crisis shows the limits of international law, while Peter took aim at the Perfect Compliance Fallacy. Further issues of compliance...