Author: David Sloss

[Opinio Juris welcomes Professor David Sloss as a guest respondent. Professor Sloss is an expert on foreign relations law (among other areas) and he teaches at Saint Louis University School of Law. His recent articles can be found here.] I want to thank John Bellinger for his recent posts on this blog. He has presented a very thoughtful and...

[Opinio Juris has requested David Sloss' permission to post this email he published on a international law list serve and he has kindly obliged] I finally was able to read the Texas court’s decision in Medellin. It strikes me that the court almost completely ignored the strongest argument in favor of the petitioner. That argument can be summarized as...