Search: Affective Justice: Book Symposium: A Response
04 Feb International Economic Law Symposium: An Epilogue to the Rise of Emerging Powers in the 2010s–The Turn to Geoeconomics in the 2020s
in developing countries’ struggle to preserve the flexibilities of the TRIPS agreement. In this post, I engage with Andreas Buser’s book by looking at what has followed the “rise of emerging powers”. The story recounted in the book has now moved to its next chapters. I make the following claims: (i) it is by now clear that the most consequential development for global economic governance has not been the “rise of emerging economies”, but the rise of China; and (ii) the terms in which the debate on the “rise of...
21 Jan Symposium: Comment on “Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law”
“Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law” by Kubo Mačák presents a detailed and insightful analysis of the tipping point at which non-international armed conflict (NIAC) may be ‘internationalized’ and considered to be an international armed conflict (IAC), with the focus in particular in relation to the status of combatants and the law of occupation. Far from esoteric, the topic is timely, relevant and has a real impact on the rights and obligations in the conduct of warfare. A few observations as I perused the book – some general in nature,...26 Apr Events and Announcements: 25 April 2020
...to its regular offerings of high-level scholarly articles and legal development columns. For this purpose, we are currently looking for a Book Review Editor with at least 3 years of post-PhD experience (or equivalent) and, preferably, with previous editorial expertise. Women and non-Western scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. The Book Review Editor will be asked to evaluate incoming book reviews, as well as to identify recently published titles suitable for review and suitable reviewers. The Book Review Editor will work closely with the co-Editors-in-Chief (Prof. Régis Bismuth and Prof....12 Mar Cheng Book Roundtable: Why International Legal Theory Matters
...Harold Koh, the State Department Legal Advisor, argues drones are lawful, but in his former life as an academic, Professor Koh, the human rights scholar, might have taken a different view. The book also explains why bank regulators follow BASEL III even if it is not strictly law. Crucially, the book is an attempt not just to explain international law, but to guide decisionmakers about what to do about it. I will leave the details of my thesis to later posts. For now, I offer thanks to Opinio Juris and...11 Oct All Yoo All the Time (The Book)
Sorry to contribute to this phenomenon, but John Yoo’s new book War By Other Means: An Insider’s Account of the War on Terror is now out from Atlantic Monthly Press (not affiliated with the Atlantic Monthly, I was surprised to discover, though it’s something of an explanation), and shouldn’t go ignored. As signaled by the subtitle, this is not a book directed at an academic audience, and I’m not going to do the equivalent of a review here (I’ve collected some highlights after the jump). A couple of brief observations:...02 Sep Confronting Terrorism and Neo-Conservatism: Initial Provocations
thinking. Having read with fascination the previous Opinio Juris book discussions, I have to anticipate that by the end of this week my interlocutors will have squeezed out of me every lingering ounce of intellectual complacency. Chris suggested that I open the exchange by sketching in a few broad strokes what I thought I was doing in this book. My purpose, however well or poorly realized, was to look through a Liberal optic at the most important and neuralgic issues implicated in the struggle against mass-casualty terrorism linked to individuals...01 Oct Gary Bass Reviews John Witt’s ‘Lincoln’s Code’ in the NYT Sunday Book Review
John Witt’s magisterial new book, Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History, appeared a few weeks ago, and Gary Bass has an enthusiastic review of it in yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Book Review. I am only about half-way through it, but Bass’ enthusiasm is entirely justified – it is a fabulous book and one that I think merits attention world-wide. Bass’ review-essay is also well worth the read: Abraham Lincoln’s administration published a new fighting code for Union soldiers in 1863, which diffused far beyond American shores:...
20 Oct Ending Book Famine and Vaccine Inequality: What a South African Court’s Decision on Copyright Law has to do with COVID-19 Vaccine Access
...persons with disabilities throughout the world in accessing reading materials. Without equal access to reading material, persons with disabilities simply cannot fully enjoy a range of rights on an equal basis with others, including the rights to education, participation in cultural life and freedom of expression. The phrase “book famine” is a term used even by the World Intellectual Property Organization itself, to describe the devastating dearth of reading materials available to persons with disabilities throughout the world. In the Global South, as few as one percent of all books...