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04 Jun The Civil War and the Blockade of Gaza (a Response to Posner)
...to be understood as a “war” in Randall’s sense, not simply as an insurrection. The Union was thus required, in Europe’s view, to treat the CSA as a belligerent with the same rights and obligations under the laws of war that the Union itself enjoyed. The Blockade and The Prize Cases That was the European response. What about the Union’s own response? Despite the blockade, Lincoln insisted that the CSA was an insurgent, not a belligerent. But did its actions support that description? And did the Supreme Court agree with...08 Sep Chief Justice Roberts and Executive Power: The Clerkship Inheritance
It is well known that Judge John Roberts served as a law clerk to the late Chief Justice Rehnquist, whom Roberts is quite likely to succeed. But less attention has been paid to the actual cases Roberts may have worked on as a law clerk for Rehnquist, even less attention to the cases that Rehnquist worked on when he was law clerk to Justice Robert Jackson in 1952. It turns out that Rehnquist most likely worked on Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer , perhaps the most important case dealing...18 Jul On Winning, Losing, and Things Inbetween: A (Preliminary) Comparative Legal Analysis of Morse v. Frederick
marijuana." [This is reminiscent of Justice Brennan's concurrence in Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (upholding a school's punishment of a student for giving a lewd speech at a voluntary student assembly) -- Justice Brennan observed that he didn't personally view the student's speech as offensive, but he deferred to the school administrators' exercise of discretion as "not unreasonable."] I think Justice Stevens' dissenting opinion is untenable for at least two reasons. First, if the dissenting opinion had carried the day, it would have allowed judicial second-guessing of almost...
13 Feb Symposium on Rewriting Histories of the Use of Force: Introduction
links with colonial pursuits, Siddharth Mallavarapu raises questions on international law’s present identity and purpose: can it be truly cosmopolitan, or it is forever bound to be at the service of imperial powers? Both Mohamed Helal and Siddharth Mallavarapu call on international lawyers to reconsider their relationship with international politics. Politics should not be seen as law’s ‘Other’, but it as a necessary partner to achieve its purpose (whatever that may be). The symposium then turns to the second prong of Agatha’s study. Miriam Bak McKenna discusses the affective life...
03 Feb ICC and Palestine Symposium: ‘Sometimes They Come Back’: The Question of the ICC’s Territorial Jurisdiction in Palestine
the Symposium and will be published in the following days shall contribute to the vivacious and constructive debate around the goals and challenges the ICC is facing today. We are looking forward to a lively discussion on these important issues this week, and we are very grateful to Opinio Juris for hosting this Symposium. Symposium Posts: ‘Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere’ – Palestine, Israel, and the ICC by Mark Kersten Mind the Gap– The ‘Palestine Situation’ before the ICC by Alice Panepinto General Assembly Resolution 67/19 and...
24 Apr ICC Prosecutor Symposium: The ICC Assembly of States Parties’ Selection Process for the Third ICC Prosecutor
Conflict/Opinio Juris symposium on the ICC Prosecutor, is dedicated to the memory of Felipe Michelini, Chair of the Board of Directors of the ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims, who passed away following a tragic accident as this piece was being finalized.] Introduction As Chairs of the ICC Assembly of States Parties Committee and Panel of Experts on the Election of the Prosecutor, we have read with interest the thoughtful articles in the recent symposium on “The Next ICC Prosecutor.” As the conveners rightly stressed in their introduction, “the choice of...31 Mar St. John’s Center for International and Comparative Law Inaugural Symposium
Tomorrow, the Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL) of St. John’s University School of Law will have its inaugural symposium. Peggy and I are CICL’s Co-Directors, and we are looking forward to what we hope will be a great kick-off. The symposium, entitled Challenges to International Law, Challenges from International Law: New Realities and the Global Order, is co-sponsored by the American Society of International Law and the St. John’s Journal of International and Comparative Law (the Center’s new online journal). Presenters will include Michael Mattler, the Minority Chief...
17 Sep Symposium on Early Career International Law Academia: Call for Abstracts
to deal with questions), time management (including how to say ‘no’), academic networking (e.g., how to become part of projects), citations, and teaching for the first time (including, for example, how to balance teaching/research/admin.). Other topics/angles will also be considered. The format of the symposium will include conventional blog posts (1,200 words ideally, 1,500 maximum), dialogues, interviews, and samples (e.g., a successful book proposal). Those interested in contributing blog posts to the symposium are invited to send an abstract of not more than 150 words by 5 October 2021. Expressions...23 Mar Domestic Enforcement of Public International Law After Sanchez Llamas v. Oregon: A Symposium
was largely reversed by Congress a few months later while the long term effects of Sanchez-Llamas remain uncertain. For this reason, this symposium is a terrific opportunity to shine the light on this potentially important decision. This symposium is full of blogger-professors. In addition to yours truly, Opinio Juris co-blogger Peggy McGuinness and Opinio Juris guest-blogger Janet Levit have contributions in this symposium. Bloggers Melissa Waters and Paul Stephan also have essays. The symposium will not be the last word on Sanchez-Llamas, but it is certainly an important first word....
06 Feb Symposium on Fairness, Equality, and Diversity in Open Source Investigations: An Introduction
...can have implications for whose voices are heard (or unheard) during the OSINT process and through open source evidence. This symposium delves further into these issues and more, with a stellar line-up of pieces on a wide range of topics pertaining to fairness, equality, and diversity relating to open source investigations and digital open source evidence. Each day of the symposium will feature posts relating to a common theme. Today, we begin with a theme at the heart of the symposium—the lived experiences of marginalized voices working within the OSINT...