Posted on December 15, 2009 by Ole W. Pedersen
Our own Gentian Zyberi’s recent paper, ‘Self-Determination through the Lens of the International Court of Justice’, has now been published in the Netherlands International Law Review (2009) No. 56 pp. 429-453. Full abstract: This article focuses on the role and contribution of the International Court of Justice to developing and interpreting the right of peoples [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2009 by Gentian Zyberi
There have been a few interesting posts on our blog and elsewhere on two distinct, but related issues. That is the importance of international law and its place in the university curricula. First I just wanted to expand a little on what my fellow co-blogger Ole W. Pedersen wrote in the last post on 18 [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2009 by Ole W. Pedersen
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of American philosopher John Dewy. Although not terrible relevant to international law per se, Dewey’s contribution to philosophy stretches a wide range of areas relevant to the law. Of interest to international lawyers would be Dewey’s work on democracy emphasising the deliberative role of individuals (not [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2009 by derekfincham
First off, many thanks to Ole and everyone here at International Law Observer for the kind invitation to post a little bit about my research on cultural heritage law. I’d like to begin by thinking about how and why we choose what to teach and study. I was interested to read the recent discussion of [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2009 by Dominik Zimmermann
All those who are familiar with the international law related blogosphere know that it has been growing immensely over the last years. More and more researchers, especially young and aspiring scholars active in the field of public international law, have learned about the advantages of using blogs to get the message out, to engage in [...]
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Posted on September 6, 2009 by Ole W. Pedersen
On Opinio Juris and the Volokh Conpircay an interesting debate has taken place over the last few days with regard to whether first year US law students ought to choose international law as a subject (Kenneth Anderson lists the latest inputs here). In short, Eric Posner argues that unless you plan to work for an [...]
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Posted on August 19, 2009 by Dominik Zimmermann
As some of our readers might have noticed already (perhaps thanks to our earlier note on the subject) the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is up and running on the web. The online edition is continuously extended and with the next upload of new articles, which will take place in September, the 1000th [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2009 by Dominik Zimmermann
The Journal of International Criminal Justice has issued an announcement on the new ‘Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Law Studies’. This award will be a biennial prize to the author of the most original and innovative paper published in the JICJ in the two years preceding the award. According to the announcement, the aim [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2009 by Ole W. Pedersen
This is the title of a paper by Professors Stephanos Bibas and William Burke-White just posted on SSRN. For readers with an interest in international criminal law this is a must read. In their paper, Bibas and Burke-White, inter alia, argue that scholarship dealing with international criminal law has to a large extent overlooked procedural [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2009 by Ole W. Pedersen
Following discussions in relation to the legality of the armed conflict in Gaza and the alleged violations of international law by the two belligerents (see here, here and here), some of you might find Professor Sloane’s recent paper, titled “The Cost of Conflation: Preserving the Dualism of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello in [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2009 by Ole W. Pedersen
A new student-run but peer-reviewed international law journal has been launched by the Institute for Public International and European Law of the Georg-August University Göttingen. The journal will be available online and will be published in English only. First issue is out and it looks very promising.
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Posted on December 2, 2008 by Dominik Zimmermann
The European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, will offer a new program called “Protection of the Individual under International Law in times of peace and war — LL.M. in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law”. Interestingly, the working language of the program is English which unfortunately cannot be taken for granted in all LL.M. programs [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by Dominik Zimmermann
In early September, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (in co-operation with Oxford University Press) launched the new edition of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL). It is an updated, comprehensive work covering the central and essential topics in international law. The project was initiated in 2004 [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Ole W. Pedersen
It is not very often that one of the most eminent and powerful lawyers in the US offer free advice to law students. That is, however, what Justice Scalia of the US Supreme Court did the other evening when speaking to the Federalist Society. Apart from criticising the eminent Chicago Law School for having lost [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008 by Dominik Zimmermann
Thanks to Austen Parrish for drawing our attention to the following event: On Friday, October 3, 2008, Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California is hosting a symposium on Arctic Sovereignty – titled Arctic Sovereignty: Cold Facts, Hot Issues. Drawing on Southwestern’s strong ties with Canada, this one-day symposium will bring together leading legal figures [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2008 by Dominik Zimmermann
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg offers a doctoral research position within the area of international law starting from 1 May 2008 or later. The doctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary programme of the new ‘Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation, Punishment (IMPRS-REMEP)’. Applicants should hold [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2008 by Dominik Zimmermann
For all those who are interested in attending a summer school this summer, the Leiden Journal of International Law has collected a list of schools that might be of interest. Here’s a link.
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Posted on March 4, 2008 by Dominik Zimmermann
Thanks to Fergal McGoldrick for drawing my attention to the first Summer School on Transitional Justice taking place this summer at the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. Here is a brief description of the School: The School will take place from 9th-13th June 2008 at the University of Ulster’s [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2008 by Jernej Letnar Černič
The Law Section of the Organising Committee of College of Arts & Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference, at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland invites graduate students undertaking legal research to submit abstracts for consideration. The Conference will take place over two days (11-12 June) in the beautiful surroundings of King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. The aim of [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2007 by Dominik Zimmermann
The third biennial Conference of the European Society of International Law will be held in Heidelberg on 4-6 September 2008. This time the conference will be organized in association with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. The organizers have chosen “International Law in a Heterogeneous World” as the main topic [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2007 by Dominik Zimmermann
On his monthly column, ASIL president José E. Alvarez recently wrote about the “Democratization of the Invisible College“. The concept of an Invisible College of International Lawyers was first coined by Oscar Schachter (the late Professor of Columbia University Law School) who saw it as “the active professional community of professors, students, government officials and [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2007 by Jernej Letnar Černič
Judge Mirjam Škrk, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia will deliver two lectures at School of Law, University of Edinburgh, on 11 and 12 October 2007. Here are more details on the lectures: “A Constitutional Court in a New Member State“, 5pm, Europa Institute, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Old College, 11 [...]
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Posted on September 26, 2007 by Dominik Zimmermann
The international law related blogosphere is expanding: the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights of the Faculty of Law, University College Cork in Ireland has started its own Blog. The Centre is relatively young (established in 2006) and sees as its main objectives a contribution on national and international debates on questions concerning the [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2007 by Dominik Zimmermann
An exciting new online portal has opened, which might be of interest for everyone paying attention to the legal and policy challenges posed by transnational and non-state armed groups: the tagsproject.org. It is a joint project by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University and the Graduate Institute on International [...]
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