Search: Affective Justice: Book Symposium: A Response
04 Oct Book Symposium Investment Law: “Investment Lawyers are from Mars, Human Rights Lawyers are from Venus” – Comments on Hirsch
...treaties among SADC Members – thereby imitating the model of the Court of Justice of the European Union. A particular feature is that it allows individuals to bring cases under certain circumstances. What was so special in the mentioned decision is that the tribunal had to address the issue of expropriation without being able to apply the rules on foreign direct investment (FDI) that have been negotiated in the meantime among SADC members. In the absence of such applicable rules the tribunal used the general reference to human rights in...20 Nov Brief Book Review of Three Books on International Law, Armed Conflict and Counterterrorism
Over at Lawfare, I have posted a brief review of three books on international law, war, and counterterrorism, with a particular focus on the changing shape of counterterrorism through drone warfare and targeted killing. These are all excellent books and I commend them to the scholarly community. Noam Lubell, Extraterritorial Use of Force Against Non-State Actors (Oxford 2010) Kimberley N. Trapp, State Responsibility for International Terrorism (Oxford 2011) Hew Strachan and Sibylle Scheipers, The Changing Character of War (Oxford 2011)...18 Apr George Washington’s 220 Year Overdue Library Book: “The Law of Nations”
In all the amused press notices about George Washington’s (very) overdue library books, one small detail is worth noting. The library’s ledgers show that Washington took out the books on 5 October 1789, some five months into his presidency at a time when New York was still the capital. They were an essay on international affairs called Law of Nations and the twelfth volume of a 14-volume collection of debates from the English House of Commons. (Emphasis added). Actually, the “Law of Nations” as most of our readers know, is...29 Jun Weekend Roundup: June 22-28, 2013
how the book can inform the debate on international organizations, and Rachel Brewster welcomed the book’s insights on the influence of international law on national politics. Katerina’s response is here. On the final day of the symposium, Pierre Verdier asked whether the mechanism of policy diffusion would also apply in other areas of international law and policy co-ordination; Harlan Cohen reflected on the book’ conclusions and implications; and Roger raised the question about the role of courts in the diffusion process. Katerina’s final response is here. The symposium also tied...13 May Is Democracy Possible Beyond the State?
...beyond the state. Marc Plattner has a fine new book out, Democracy Without Borders: Global Challenges to Liberal Democracy. As Plattner states on the page 3, “Very crudely stated, the contention of this book is that we cannot hope to enjoy liberalism (at least in today’s world) unless it is accompanied by democracy, and we cannot enjoy liberal democracy outside the framework of the nation-state.” Later in the book on Page 107, Plattner quotes political scientists Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan as follows: “Without a state, they argue, “no modern...24 Jan Events and Announcements: 24 January 2021
...will hold a live online launch of the fourth volume of the Nuremberg Academy Series, entitled Integrity in International Justice, edited by Professor Morten Bergsmo and Dr. Viviane E. Dittrich on 2 February 2021 at 14:00-15:30 CET. The recently published book is the first book-length publication to analyse integrity in international justice comprehensively. Integrity in International Justice is a timely contribution to the field, particularly considering recent developments such as State sanctions imposed against international institutions officials, the release of the Independent Expert Review of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’),...30 Sep Book Symposium Investment Law: Comments on Freya Baetens’ Introductory Chapter
[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...