Recently added articles from American Journal of International Law:

The shortcomings of indeterminacy in arms control regimes: the case of the Biological Weapons Convention.

Apr 01, 2007; Beard, Jack M. ... I. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, INDETERMINACY, AND DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR ARMS CONTROL REGIMES In 1972 a historic attempt to create the world's first international legal regime banning the development and possession of an entire class of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) culminated in the ...

The Military Commissions Act, habeas corpus, and the Geneva Conventions.(Agora (continued): Military Commissions Act of 2006)

Apr 01, 2007; Bradley, Curtis A. ... Many commentators argued that a central problem with the government's actions after the attacks of September 11, 2001, was executive unilateralism. For example, in criticizing President George W. Bush's initial effort to establish military commissions to try terrorists, Professors Neal ...

Judicial review and the Military Commissions Act: on striking the right balance.(Agora (continued): Military Commissions Act of 2006)

Apr 01, 2007; Martin, David A. ... Hamdanv. Rumsfeld (1) seemed a promising example of a special form of judicial role. Abstaining from deploying its ultimate power to judge the constitutionality of an action of a political branch, the United States Supreme Court used statutory construction to give a strong nudge in a ...

The two faces of terror.(Agora (continued): Military Commissions Act of 2006)

Apr 01, 2007; Farer, Tom J. ... To know where we are, we have to see ourselves from a distance. Otherwise the remarkable becomes commonplace. I see the Military Commissions Act of 2006 from a temporal distance, specifically from the era of state-terror regimes in Latin America during which I served for eight ...

Reconceptualizing legal education after war.

Apr 01, 2007; Waters, Christopher P.M. ... Of one thing we may be certain: in the postwar period there will be no lack of experimentation as to methods of teaching and studying law, and this will be to the great advantage of students, of the profession and the public alike if the law school men will but keep constantly in mind that ...

Covey T. Oliver (1913-2007).(University of Pennsylvania Law School professor)(Testimonial)

Apr 01, 2007; Rogers, William D. ... Eric Sevareid once said that there were three sorts of people: the mowers of lawns, the well poisoners, and the life enhancers. Covey Oliver was of that small third group. He excelled across the spectrum of public policy--as an exciting pundit of the law, a superb law teacher, and a public ...

The fifty-eighth session of the International Law Commission.

Apr 01, 2007; Matheson, Michael J. ... The International Law Commission (ILC) of the United Nations held its fifty-eighth session in Geneva from May 1 to June 9, and from July 3 to August 11, 2006. This was the final year of the Commission's most recent five-year term (or quinquennium), and it finished work on several topics by ...

The Council of Europe addresses CIA rendition and detention program.

Apr 01, 2007; Hakimi, Monica ... In November 2005, the U.S. media reported that the Central Intelligence Agency was operating secret detention facilities in a handful of foreign countries, including two in eastern Europe, and that detainees were often transferred between those facilities and states known to engage in ...

WTO - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement - rules/exceptions - international law as interpretive tool.

Apr 01, 2007; Lester, Simon ... EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES--MEASURES AFFECTING THE APPROVAL AND MARKETING OF BIOTECH PRODUCTS. WT/DS291/R, WT/DS292/R, & WT/DS293/R. At <http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_status_e.htm>. World Trade Organization Panel, September 29, 2006 (adopted November 21, 2006). ...

Legality of preventive targeted killings - international armed conflict - status of members of terrorist organizations - civilians taking direct part in hostilities - principle of proportionality - judicial review of military measures during armed conflict.(Public Committee Against Torture in Israel v. Government of Israel)

Apr 01, 2007; Ben-Naftali, Orna ... PUBLIC COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE IN ISRAEL V. GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL. Case No. HCJ 769/02. At <http://elyon1.court.gov.il/files_eng/02/690/007/a34/02007690.a34.pdf>. Supreme Court of Israel, sitting as the High Court of Justice, December 13, 2006. In Public Committee Against ...

Legislative authorization to shoot down aircraft abducted by terrorists if innocent passengers are on board - incompatibility with human dignity as guaranteed by article 1(1) of the German Constitution.

Apr 01, 2007; Naske, Nina ... "AERIAL SECURITY LAW." Case No. 1 BvR 357/05. 115 BVerfGE 118. Available at <http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de>. Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court of Germany), February 15, 2006. On February 15, 2006, the Federal Constitutional Court of ...

International environmental law - Montreal Protocol - U.S. Constitution - nondelegation doctrine.

Apr 01, 2007; Knox, John H. ... NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL V. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. 464 F.3d 1. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, August 29, 2006. In Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency, (1) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

The Limits of Leviathan: Contract Theory and the Enforcement of International Law.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Posner, Eric A. ... The Limits of Leviathan: Contract Theory and the Enforcement of International Law. By Robert E. Scott and Paul B. Stephan. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. viii, 255. Index. $70, 40 [pounds sterling]. Over the last five years, public international law ...

Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Actors.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Hannum, Hurst ... Human Rights Obligations of Non-state Actors. By Andrew Clapham. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xxxiii, 613. Index. $110, 68 [pounds sterling], cloth; $49.95, 27.50 [pounds sterling], paper. It is difficult to know where to begin to review this impressive ...

The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules: A Commentary.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Friedland, Paul D. ... The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules: A Commentary. By David D. Caron, Lee M. Caplan, and Matti Pellonpaa. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xlii, 1066. Index. $225, 135 [pounds sterling]. The surge of treaty-based arbitration has led to a surge in arbitration under ...

Compliance with Decisions of the International Court of Justice.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Bjorklund, Andrea K. ... Compliance with Decisions of the International Court of Justice. By Constanze Schulte. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xxxiii, 485. Index. $165. A court's pronouncements may be legally persuasive and intellectually sound, but if the parties before it do not ...

Les normes internationales du travail: un patrimoine pour l'avenir: Melanges en l'honneur de Nicolas Valticos.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Blackett, Adelle ... Les normes internationales du travail: un patrimoine pour l'avenir: Melanges en l'honneur de Nicolas Valticos. Edited by Jean-Claude Javillier and Bernard Gernigon. Geneva: International Labour Organization, 2004. Pp. xxv, 709. At <http://www.ilo.org/public/french/standards/ ...

Maritime Delimitation.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Colson, David A. ... Maritime Delimitation. Edited by Rainer Lagoni and Daniel Vignes. Leiden, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2006. Pp. viii, 241. $119, 88 [euro]. Maritime Delimitation, edited by Rainer Lagoni and Daniel Vignes, is a collection of twelve essays by judges of the International Tribunal ...

India and International Law.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Karamanian, Susan L. ... India and International Law. Edited by Bimal N. Patel. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005. Pp. xii, 379. $179, 125 [euro]. As part of its centennial celebration, the American Society of International Law reached out to international law societies to continue the process ...

Defining the Crime of Aggression.(Book review)

Apr 01, 2007; Ferencz, Benjamin B. ... Defining the Crime of Aggression. By Oscar Solera. London: Cameron May, 2007. Pp. 529. $170, 85 [pounds sterling]. On June 6, 1945, Justice Robert Jackson of the U.S. Supreme Court reported to President Harry Truman that international law had evolved to a point where aggressive ...