Search: Affective Justice: Book Symposium: A Response
31 Dec The Cover of My Book on the NMTs
Oxford has sent me the initial version of the book cover. Here it is: The painting, “The Red Stairway,” is by Ben Shahn, a Lithuanian-born American artist who painted between the 1920s and the 1950s. In 1942 and 1943, Shahn created propaganda posters for the Office of War Information (OWI); his poster about the destruction of Lidice is an absolute masterpiece. The OWI considered a number of his other posters to be insufficiently patriotic — i.e., too overtly left-wing — and refused to issue them. “The Red Stairway” itself was...26 Jun Reading a Couple of Books on Legal History, and a Comment on Fragmenting International Law
Flying around on various airplanes, I’ve been reading a couple of books on topics in legal history that I’ve found enjoyable and intellectually profitable. One is Stephen Neff’s Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War. I have benefitted greatly from Professor Neff’s earlier books in international law history, War and the Law of Nations and The Rights and Duties of Neutrals, and the Civil War book is no exception. Professor Neff (whom I had the pleasure of meeting earlier this summer as he is visiting...10 Sep Samuel Moyn on the History of Human Rights and the Human Rights Movement
Benjamin Davis I must admit that I am a bit surprised of the dating in the post-War period. Appeals to human rights in the ante-bellum period as part of the transnational battle against the Atlantic slave trade are well-known. I look forward to reading the book. Best, Ben Kenneth Anderson Well, it was odd, because while I was reading the Nation article, I saw out of the corner of my eye Mark Janis' book on the history of international law in the US. Jordan Response... What is stated about the...08 Dec A Brief Reply on the Legal Bases for Intervention in Syria
In response to Julian Ku’s post here on the potential legal justifications for the U.S. to use force against Syria in the event Assad turns to chemical weapons, Daniel Bethlehem sent along the following. Daniel Bethlehem practices in London and served as Principal Legal Advisor to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2006-2011. Julian Ku suggests that “[a]ssuming no Security Council approval, I think the U.S. would be in technical violation of the UN Charter [were it to intervene in response to an apparent Syrian chemical weapons threat]. Although...03 Jun Michael Stokes Paulsen on the Constitution and International Law
...Gittings, I am so tired of reading your nonsense. You have no clue as to the law or the complexity of legal issues. You embarrass yourself with each posting that you make, but you lack the basic knowledge to recognize how incredilbly ignorant that you are. You take no hints or the lack of response for what they mean. You present no real points worthy of response or debate. There are no Nazis here, no fascists. That you see them only shows your ignorance of the law and history. Anyone...01 Aug Joint Declaration Charging Legal Violations in Israel’s Gaza Offensive
...say they have no other choice, except to take the law into their own hands. It gets tiresome to hear platitudinous remarks to the effect that no nation on Earth can tolerate shelling of its citizens, when no other country on Earth would tolerate what the Zionist regimes have done to the Palestinians interned in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank enclaves, including indiscriminate attacks and shelling on a much wider scale than Israel has ever suffered. Response...I generally agree that Israel’s response is being, at the very least,...06 Oct The Law of Neutrality and the U.S. Conflict with Al-Qaeda
As readers know, a few of us on the blog have been debating whether the law of neutrality has any relevance to the United States’ conflict with al-Qaeda. I’m thus delighted to announce that three essays on that very issue are now available on SSRN as part of a mini-symposium hosted by the Texas International Law Journal. The lead essay is by Karl Chang, a lawyer with the Department of Defense; the two (long) responses are by yours truly and by Rebecca Ingber, who is on leave from the State...08 Aug Don’t evade ‘em, invade ‘em!
I harbored the faint hope that he would turn it down. To the contrary, the idea for him was love at first sight. His dissertation was so good that when it was published by Transnational Publishers, Inc., it came to define the field of humanitarian intervention in international law. Early evidence of this was the fact that the establishment folks in and around the American Society of International Law seemed to have taken a vow of silence about Fernando’s book. As late as 1991, a published symposium on Right versus...02 May Mark Osiel, The End of Reciprocity
University of Iowa law professor Mark Osiel – an old friend of mine and someone well known to many of us, particularly for his books and writing on mass atrocities – has a new book out, The End of Reciprocity: Terror, Torture, and the Law of War (Cambridge 2009). I’ve read it at pretty high speed – looking for some specific issues on targeted killing, mostly, but I still read it and the notes all the way through – and I want to highly recommend it to our readers. Incisive...17 Jul The Pre-Trial Chamber’s Dangerous Comoros Review Decision
...I how huge such subtleties actually are. Needn't be said that it matters when dealing with the most pivotal topic of peace in the world...that wars, death, destruction can result. I still think Mr. Heller, from a professional point of view, owes his readers a response to your comments. No response is not a resolution, and it leaves deeply caring readers dangling. Kevin Jon Heller Dr J, It's nearly 1:00 am in Melbourne, where I'm currently located, so I will post a substantive response to Hostage in the morning. In...