Search: Affective Justice: Book Symposium: A Response
16 Jan Symposium on Asia and International Law
The forthcoming issue of the European Journal of International Law will feature an article by Professor Simon Chesterman, the Dean of the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law, entitled Asia’s Ambivalence About International Law and Institutions: Past, Present and Futures. This week, Opinio Juris and EJILTalk will hold a joint symposium on the two blogs on Professor Chesterman’s article. The article’s abstract explains: Asian states are the least likely of any regional grouping to be party to most international obligations or to have representation reflecting their number and size...
24 Sep Symposium Exploring the Crime of Ecocide: Can Deforestation Amount to Ecocide?
[Shirleen Chin is the Head of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships for the Stop Ecocide Foundation , based in The Hague, that runs the “Stop Ecocide: Change the Law ” Campaign.] [This symposium was convened by Shirleen, who was inspired by attending an Expert Working Group on international criminal law and the protection of the environment at the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law in Spring 2020. See here for the original Opinio Juris symposium which emerged from that meeting.] In July 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil said, “Brazil...
10 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Visuality and Visibility in the Quest for New Critical Registers – Probing the Ecocide Aesthetic
...Anne Orford’s re-reading of Foucault’s genealogical methodology, “making visible those things that are already visible”. This concept of visibility in ICL – and the praxis of making its central struggles visible – is a guiding theme to our contribution to a recent symposium in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (JICJ). What is called for in this post-critical moment, we argue, are methodological and conceptual experiments that centre the discursive and material embodiments of ICL common sense, as well as its contestation in various contexts. Abandoning the search for deep...
26 May Call for Submissions: Fifth Emerging Voices Symposium on Opinio Juris
This summer we will host our fifth Emerging Voices symposium, where we invite doctoral students, early-career academics and practicing lawyers to tell Opinio Juris readers about a research project or other international law topic of interest. If you are a doctoral student or in the early stages of your career (e.g., post-docs, junior academics or early-career practitioners within the first five years of finishing your final degree) and would like to participate in the symposium, please send a draft blog post somewhere between 1000-1500 words and your CV to opiniojurisblog...26 Jan Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 49-2: Online Symposium
The Virginia Journal of International Law is delighted to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris this week in this online symposium featuring three articles recently published by VJIL in Vol. 49:2, available here . On Tuesday, Professor Vlad Perju of the Boston College Law School will discuss his article Reason and Authority in the European Court of Justice . Professor Perju’s article proposes a new vision for the European judiciary by presenting the striking case for politicizing the judicial discourse of the European Court of Justice. Contrary to the prevailing...14 Apr Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 50-3: Online Symposium
The Virginia Journal of International Law is delighted to continue its partnership with Opinio Juris this week in this online symposium featuring three Articles recently published by VJIL in Vol. 50:3, available here . Today, Christopher M. Bruner, Associate Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law, will discuss his Article Power and Purpose in the “Anglo-American” Corporation . In his Article, Professor Bruner addresses the striking divergence between U.S. and U.K. corporate governance systems. Contrary to prevailing perceptions, Professor Bruner explains, shareholders in the United Kingdom are, in fact,...
09 Sep Contemporary International Criminal Law After Critique Symposium: Accountability for the Unaccountable? Article 15 Communications Beyond the ICC
...on stories that concern powerful individuals, are novel or surprising, or contain an element of controversy or conflict. By alleging that western political figures are complicit in genocide and warrant investigation at the ICC, the complicity communications invoke these dimensions of newsworthiness to attract the public’s attention. However, the strategic use of Article 15 communications is not without its controversies. For example, when individuals and organisations make a communication and invoke international criminal law in response to mass violence, this might problematically inflate victims’ expectations that a legal response from...06 Aug Call for Papers: Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law
It’s that time of the year again! The editorial team at Opinio Juris is pleased to announce the call for papers for our Fifth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law. We can’t believe it’s already been five years! We welcome abstracts of up to 400 words on any topic relating to international law and popular culture (film, tv, books, video games, or more–get creative!). To be considered, please submit your pitch via email to Dr Sarah Zarmsky and Dr Alonso Gurmendi at s.zarmsky@qub.ac.uk by Friday 22 August at 17:00...14 Sep China, Taiwan and International Law: A Symposium in Honor of Professor Hungdah Chiu
...after I entered the legal academy). In any event, I will be participating in this symposium by sharing some of my recent research on China and international courts. But there are much better reasons to attend as well. See below. The program will kick off October 5, 2011 at 5:30pm in the Ceremonial Courtroom at UM Carey Law with a lecture delivered by the senior American expert in East Asian law, Professor Jerome Cohen, followed up on October 6 by a lunchtime lecture by the former Chairman of the National...12 Nov The Oxford Guide to Treaties Symposium: Evidence of “Secondary” Fragmentation
volume looked at a number of different secondary rules in the law of treaties and the law of state responsibility, to determine whether there was evidence of specific secondary rules present in non-proliferation law that depart from or conflict with general international legal rules, or with specific secondary rules present in other special regimes. See the info on the book at the CUP website here: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6857823/?site_locale=en_GB You can also read some of the intro to the book here: http://www.cambridge.org/servlet/file/store6/item7092793/version1/9781107009714_excerpt.pdf Judge Simma gave the book a really nice back cover endorsement....