Recently added articles from American Journal of International Law:
Law and war in the virtual era.
Jul 01, 2009; ... Since the first attempts by states to use law to regulate armed conflict, legal constraints have often failed to protect civilians from the adverse effects of war. Advances in military technology have usually not improved this situation and have instead made law even more distant and less ...
The pillar of glass: human rights in the development operations of the United Nations.
Jul 01, 2009; ... From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed. -Immanuel Kant In September 2007, Buddhist monks, students, democracy campaigners, and ordinary men, women, and children took their lives into their hands in the streets of ...
Thomas M. Franck (1931-2009).(German-born American political consultant)(Testimonial)
Jul 01, 2009; ... I. Thomas M. Franck was born in 1931 in Berlin, Germany. His family left only in 1938, securing entry to Vancouver, Canada. He arrived speaking German, but rapidly acquired proficiency in English and completed his schooling there. He graduated with a BA in 1952 and ...
The private life of environmental treaties.
Jul 01, 2009; ... The gravitational pull of environmental treaties is felt not only by states. Yet international lawyers almost exclusively focus on states to explain treaty compliance, measure treaty implementation, and assess treaty effectiveness. This essay draws attention to a phenomenon that falls ...
Current developments: the 2008 judicial activity of the International Court of Justice.
Jul 01, 2009; ... The International Court of Justice issued three judgments in 2008: a final decision on the merits, of May 23, in Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks, and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore); (1) a final decision on the merits, of June 4, in Certain Questions of Mutual ...