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29 Apr

driven by a rationalist logic “outside of time,” one without a normative, social, and political history of its own. My book tries to take that history more seriously, seeking to refocus attention on the specifically legal-cultural (indeed, social-psychological) dimension of the process of institutional change. Such a refocusing requires, in the context of integration, an effort to understand how delegation came to be “experienced” as an appropriate foundation for administrative governance, not just in the 1950s but also before and after. But I hasten to add that my book is...
29.04.11 | |

01 Oct

[Nicolas Hachez is a PhD student at the institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Jan Wouters is Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam EU and Global Governance, and Director of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven).] First of all, we would like to thank Prof. Treves for his kind words on our chapter, and for his very interesting ‘think outside the box’ comments....
01.10.13 | |

01 Oct

[Tullio Treves is a Professor of International Law at the University of Milano and a Public International Law Consultant at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in Milan] This chapter is entitled “International investment dispute settlement in the twenty-first century: does the preservation of the public interest require an alternative to the arbitral model?” It is a detailed and well reasoned review of the criticisms raised against arbitration as the mechanism dominating the settlement of international investment disputes, of the steps already taken or underway to attenuate the...
01.10.13 | |

27 May

[At the time of conceptualizing this post, Iris Mueller was a thematic legal adviser in the ICRC legal division, working mostly on customary IHL. Previously, she was a legal adviser on the update of the ICRC commentaries on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Additional Protocols. She continues to work for the ICRC in a legal capacity.] The regulation of non-international armed conflicts by international humanitarian law (IHL) may seem evident today. Giovanni Mantilla’s book “Lawmaking under pressure – International Humanitarian Law and Internal Armed Conflict” provides a stark reminder that,...
27.05.21 | |

01 Oct

[Nicolas Hachez is a PhD student at the institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Jan Wouters is Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam EU and Global Governance, and Director of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven).] This chapter, entitled ‘International investment dispute settlement in the twenty-first century: does the preservation of the public interest require an alternative to the arbitral model?’ takes a...
01.10.13 | |

01 Oct

[Vid Prislan is a Research Fellow PhD-candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University] First of all, I would like to thank the editors of Opinio Juris for providing me with the opportunity to briefly present the arguments which I raise in my chapter in Investment Law within International Law: Integrationist Perspectives. My chapter deals very broadly with the issue of non-investment obligations in investment treaty arbitration. It does so by exploring how investment tribunals can consider (and take into account) arguments based on...
01.10.13 | |

17 Mar

a ‘courtroom’ should look like and intentionally refuse to transition towards liberal market capitalism. (See Marcos Zunino, Justice Framed). In sum, then, for me one broader takeaway of Jalloh’s book is methodological in nature. Where should ‘we’ look? With whom should ‘we’ engage? Who is the ‘we’? Does the world really need yet another ‘qualitative methods’ doctoral dissertation that interviews Hague lawyers at the ICC, ICTY, and ICTR? That defoliates some other arcane detail of the ICC’s Rome Statute? Perhaps the time has come to foster a more complete and...
17.03.21 | |

30 Sep

[Laurence Boisson de Chazournes is Professor of international law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva, Switzerland]. In her chapter, Freya Baetens notes that it is necessary to scrutinize “how concepts, principles and rules developed in the context of other sub-fields could (or should) inform the content of investment law.” This scrutiny is well-deserved, as the interrelations of other bodies of norms with the corpus of norms related to investment law have gained traction but remains ambiguous. The notion of cross-fertilization and that of legal...
30.09.13 | |

29 Jul

Although it is mentioned briefly, Kal’s book does not address cyber-territoriality in detail. I take Kal at his word that there will be no sequel. But I think the history and framework Kal provides may be useful in assesssing efforts to manage cyber-territoriality. I should note that I generally agree with Kal that exceptionalist claims that cyberspace has “flattened” the world and undermined territorial sovereignty are overstated (pp. 8-9). In their book, Who Controls the Internet?, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu present a compelling argument that geography and territory remain...
29.07.09 | |

07 Nov

with my response here. I hope our readers enjoyed our first joint book discussion. As part of our joint Opinio Juris/EJIL: Talk! symposia, Oxford University Press has offered to give readers a 20% discount on each book. To purchase The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal law, click here. When you add the book to your OUP basket, the 20% discount will automatically be deducted. The discount is good until 31 January 2012. We will post a similar link for Marko’s book when we host that discussion....
07.11.11 | |

24 Nov

define it. Read the complete live press release here. The Fourth Volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series ‘Integrity in International Justice‘: The International Nuremberg Principles Academy has published the latest volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series, a book entitled Integrity in International Justice, edited by Morten Bergsmo and Viviane E. Dittrich. This is the first book to comprehensively analyse integrity in international justice. Thirty-three chapters discuss in-depth the meaning of integrity, awareness and culture of integrity, the roles of international organizations and states as well as international courts in enhancing...
24.11.20 | |