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10 Jul On Paddington Bear and “Darkest Britain”: Rethinking Peru-UK Relations
...British homes. As a Peruvian currently living in the UK, this choice felt personal, and compelled me to write these lines. After all, while Paddington himself may be Peruvian, his story is most certainly not. It was written and created by a British man and meant to be read and discussed by British people. In fact, outside the tourism industry and those educated in the country’s elite British schools, very few Peruvians actually know who Paddington is. This is no wonder. Paddington’s “Peruvianness” plays no real role in developing the...30 Jun First Step Toward a North American Union?
...but I think this remains a bit of a pipe dream for now, especially as the threat of deeper E.U. integration recedes. The three countries have currently eschewed steps toward a more formal union and have instead settled on a “Security and Prosperity Partnership ” that simply pushes inter-agency cooperation along a number of lines: public health, intellectual property, regulatory streamlining. While this and future initiatives might be the first step toward a “North American Union”, the fuzzy non-binding aspect of the SPP might also signal that integration has reached...29 Jun Can Congress Reverse Hamdan? (Updated)
...legal power to constitute commissions or that such commissions violate the Due Process Clause. (3) So if Congress is unhappy with this decision, they can reverse it. Peter’s guess is that they won’t want to. I’m not sure about that, although that is a purely political question. Still, President Bush has already said he is going to ask Congress for legislation along these lines and a number of Senators, including Majority Leader Bill Frist and Senator Lindsey Graham, have said they will work to pass such legislation. *That was fast....
02 May Symposium in Pursuit of Intersectional Justice at the International Criminal Court: Ongwen amici curiae Submissions from a Feminist Collective of Lawyers and Scholars
...according to the appropriate filing guidelines. Regular meetings and check-ins continued until late December. Technical meetings addressing specific issues including the application of a gender competent analysis; the incorporation of intersectional considerations pertaining to race, gender and age through Article 21(3); the collective communication strategy; and moot court sessions in preparation for the oral hearings were held. Feminist strategizing and exchange was not confined to the aforementioned four groups and certainly did not stop once the written submissions had been finalized. For example, supportive alliances were built between groups that...20 Apr Events and Announcements: April 20, 2019
...focus on the Arab/MENA region. Papers need not be exclusively legal—the journal has long been interdisciplinary in its focus, and welcomes contributions from sociological, political science, economics, and anthropological perspectives as well. Submissions are due by 31 July 2019. All papers will be peer-reviewed and must adhere to the Arab Law Quarterly author guidelines. For inquiries about submissions, please contact Professor M. Kabir Hassan at mhassan [at] uno [dot] edu. For additional information, see here. Announcements The American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) is pleased to announce that...06 Sep We Still Don’t Know Where the CIA’s Public Authority Comes From
...the CIA with the necessary authority. Perhaps there is another source, such as Title 50 of the US Code, as my co-blogger Deb Pearlstein has suggested. Indeed, the redaction on page 16 of the new White Paper may well refer to that other source of authority, given that five or six lines of redacted text follow this statement: Thus, just as Congress would not have intended section 1119 to bar a military attack on the sort of individual described above, neither would it have intended the provision to prohibit an...12 Feb The Shift from Proportionality to Necessity and an Indirect Comment on Gaby Blum’s Article
...lines between those who are “in” and those who are “out” of direct targeting. III I should now take up Gaby’s article directly, but unfortunately I am in an airport and don’t have it available. So instead I will simply add a comment as to my own view on this, with apologies to Gaby. And very briefly – boarding beginning. I believe that we have to distinguish between conventional, overt warfare, particularly between states but not limited to it – e.g., the counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and AfPak, on the...02 Apr What do we mean by the Transnationalization of Private Law?
...states the operation of different non-national sources of law operating side by side: fundamental principles, customs, treaties, general principles, and party autonomy. It is clear that in the legal order between states, we acknowledge immanent or informal law formation along these lines even if treaties may often be preferred and the other sources have suffered here also because of 19th Century exalted sovereignty ideas. But treaties are there foremost to clarify, be more specific or remedy as indeed bilateral investment treaties (BITs) for the protection of foreign investment normally do....