American Society of International Law. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting back issues from January 1998:
Introduction
Jan 01, 1998; ... Some future historian of the American Society of International Law may ,find it worth a footnote that, in the waning years of the millennium, the Society's annual in-gatherings of the faithful displayed a marked preoccupation with large questions about how the global system is put together, the ...
The genocide convention after fifty years: Contemporary strategies for combating a crime against humanity
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 8:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, by its Chair, Steven Ratner,* who introduced the panelists: B.G. Ramcharan, United Nations Division for Political Affairs; Payam Akhavan, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; and Delissa Ridgway, Foreign Claims ...
Plenary theme panel: The challenge of non-state actors
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Anne-Marie Slaughter,* who introduced the panelists: Linda Mabry, Stanford University Law School; Aryeh Neier, Open Society Institute; Peter Spiro, Hofstra University School of Law; Philippe Sands, University of London, New ...
Contemporary conceptions of customary international law
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 11:25 a.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Stephen J. Toope,* who introduced the panelists: Harold Hongju Koh, Yale Law School; S. James Anaya, Indian Law Resource Center and the University of Iowa; and Hilary Charlesworth, Centre for International and Public Law, ...
Non-state actors and the case law of the Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Alan Tieger,* who introduced the panelists: Louise Arbour, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Michal Wladimiroff, Lead Defense Counsel in Prosecutor v. Tadic; and Gabrielle Kirk ...
Standards and norms in international law
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 11:20 a.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Alan O. Sykes,* who introduced the panelists: Jack Goldsmith, University of Chicago School of Law; Eric Posner, University of Pennsylvania School of Law; and Kenneth Abbott, Northwestern University School of Law ....
ASIL/ACUNS summer workshop alumni panel on political and legal space
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 1:15 p.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Julie Mertus, who introduced the panelists: Barbara Stark, University of Tennessee College of Law; Robin L. Teske, James Madison University; Mary Ann Tetreault, Iowa State University; and the discussant, Barbara Welling Hall, ...
Private interests, human rights and the formulation of U.S. foreign policy
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 2:40 p.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Lynda Clarizio,* who introduced the panelists: Pharis Harvey, Executive Director, International Labor Rights Fund; J. Daniel O'Flaherty, National Foreign Trade Council; and Stephen Rickard, Washington Office Director, Amnesty ...
WTO dispute settlement: Three years in review
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Robert Hudec,* who introduced the panelists: Andrew Shoyer, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP; Debra Steger, World Trade Organization Appellate Body Secretariat; and Thomas Cottier, Institute of European and ...
Multiple visions of international law's future
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 2:40 p.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Enrique Carrasco, who introduced the panelists: Rosemary Coombe, University of Toronto; Ruth E. Gordon, Villanova University School of Law; S. James Anaya, Indian Law Resource Center and University of Iowa College of Law; and ...
International law: The year in review
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 8:15 p.m., Thursday, April 2, 1998, by its Chair, Tom Farer,* who introduced the panelists: David Malone, Director General, International Organizations Bureau, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Steve Simon, Director of Global Issues, ...
A breakfast to celebrate professor Stefan Riesenfeld's 90th birthday
Jan 01, 1998; ... Professor Riesenfeld is the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley. He was born on June 8, 1908, in Breslau, Germany. He received his J.D. in 1932 from the University of Breslau; his LL.B. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1937; and a ...
Legal authority for the possible use of force against Iraq
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 9:15 a.m., Friday, April 4, by its Chair, Michael Glennon, who introduced the panelists: Thomas M. Franck, New York University School of Law; Michael Matheson, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State; and Paul C. Szasz, University of Georgia School of Law ...
New players to combat transnational bribery
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 9:25 a.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Lucinda A. Low, who introduced the panelists: Luis F. Jimenez, Organization of American States; Thomas J. White, U.S. Department of State; and Nancy Zucker Boswell, Transparency International USA. TRANSNATIONAL ...
International security: Multiple actors, multiple threats
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 11:10 a.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Jack Beard, who introduced the panelists: Samuel M. Witten, Assistant Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State; Steven E. Kaplow, Assistant General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency; and Marc Weller, University of Cambridge ....
The future of the inter-American system for the promotion and protection of human rights
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 11:10 a.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Claudio Grossman, who introduced the panelists: Robert K. Goldman, Washington College of Law, American University; Antonio A. Cancado Trindade, Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Dinah Shelton, Notre Dame Law School; Josh ...
The European Union and the World Trade Organisation
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 11:10 a.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Jacques Bourgeois,* who introduced the panelists: Hugo Paemen, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States; Jeffrey M. Lang, formerly of the Office ofthe U.S. Trade Representative; and Gregory Shaffer, University ...
International environmental law: Lessons from the Antarctic protection protocol
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 1:10 p.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Gerald S. Schatz, who introduced the panelists: R. Tucker Scully, U.S. Department of State; Beth Claudia Clark, The Antarctica Project; and Christopher C. Joyner, Georgetown University. Gerald S. Schatz, of the Bars of ...
The challenge of electronic resources for international law
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 12:45 p.m., Friday, April 3, 1998, by its Chair, Marci Hoffman,' who introduced the panelists: Anne Burnett, University of Georgia School ofLaw Library; Gail Partin, Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University; John King Gamble, Pennsylvania State ...
Clash of civilizations? Cultural differences in the development and interpretation of international law
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 2:20 p.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Alison Dundes Renteln, who introduced the panelists: Margaret Scully Granzeier, Lecturer, Environmental Studies Program and Committee on International Relations, The University of Chicago; Nigel Purvis, Special Assistant and ...
In defense of universal law: The perspective of a government practitioner
Jan 01, 1998; ... IN DEFENSE OF UNIVERSAL LAW: THE PERSPECTIVE OF A GOVERNMENT PRACTITIONER by Nigel Purvis* The issue I wish to discuss today is whether the "clash of civilizations" paradigm discredits the notion of universal law-that is to say, law that is applicable to every state-or implies that ...
International law in a world of multiple actors: A conversation with Louis Henkin and Louis B. Sohn
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 3, by its Moderator, Josh E. Alvarez, who introduced the panelists: Louis B. Sohn, Distinguished Research Professor, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.; and Louis Henkin, University Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, ...
Corporate codes of conduct
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Claire Dickerson,* who introduced the panelists: Jonathan Rosenblum, A.E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change, University of Wisconsin; Patrick Gnazzo, United Technologies Corporation; O. Thomas ...
Process, practice and procedure of the international court of justice
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened on Friday, April 3, at 4:10 p.m., by its Chair, Charles N. Brower, who introduced the panelists: Rosalyn Higgins, International Court of Justice; and J. Piers Gardner, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. CHARLES N. BROWER:* This panel is ...
State responsibility in a multiactor world
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 9:05 a.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, David Bederman, who introduced the panelists: James Crawford, Cambridge University; Stephanie Farrior, Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, and Georgetown University Law Center; Brice Clagett, Covington ...
Transitional justice: Amnesties, truth commissions and beyond
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 9:10 a.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, Ellen Lutz,' who introduced the panelists: Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of California, Hastings College of Law; Ruti Teitel, New York Law School; and Heinz Klug, University of Wisconsin Law School. TRUTH COMMISSIONS ...
Does international law matter to Congress?
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 9:10 a.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, David Birenbaum,' who introduced the panelists: Robert F. Turner, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia Law School; Allan Gerson, District of Columbia Bar; Gary Hufbauer, Council on Foreign Relations; and ...
Public participation in international environmental decision making
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 11:00 a.m. by its Chair, Hilary French, Vice President for Research, World Watch Institute, Washington, D.C., who introduced the panelists: Steve Charnovitz, Director, Global Environment and Trade Study, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Marc Levy, Center for ...
Political subdivisions as non-state actors
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 10:55 a.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, Richard B. Bilder, who introduced the panelists: Ted McDorman, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria; and Joel Trachtman, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. REMARKS By RicHARD B. BILDER* ...
Nonactor states in U.S. foreign relations?: The Massachusetts Burma Law
Jan 01, 1998; ... NONACTOR STATES IN U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS?: THE MASSACHUSETTS BURMA LAW by Joel P. Trachtman* The topic of non-central government (NCG) entities' involvement in foreign relations is timely. It is also well juxtaposed with the topic of nongovernmental organization (NGO) ...
The accountability of international organizations to non-state actors
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, Daniel D. Bradlow, who introduced the panelists: Richard Bissell, World Commission on Dams; Sabine Schlemmer-Schulte, World Bank; Harold K. Jacobson, University of Michigan; Jo Marie Griesgraber, Center of Concern; and David ...
Reading international legal texts
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, Julie Stone Peters, who introduced the panelists: Antony Anghie, University of Utah College of Law; Richard Weisberg, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; Susan Tiefenbrun, Hofstra University School of Law; and Vasuki ...
International legal ethics and professional responsibility
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, Detlev Vagts, Professor of Law, Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, Mass., who introduced the panelists: James H. Carter, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York; and David Luban, Professor of Law, Georgetown University ...
Wrap-up: Non-state actors and their influence on international law
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 4, by its Chair, Christine Chinkin, who introduced the panelists: John H. Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center; Mark Janis, University of Connecticut School of Law; Virginia Leary, Hastings College of the Law, University of California; and ...
The East Asian debate on international human rights: Domestic approaches and attitudes in the absence of regional commitments
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 1 p.m., Thursday, April 2, by its Chair, Eric Schwartz, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy, National Security Council, who introduced the panelists: Michael Davis, Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jacques deLisle, Assistant ...
Separatism and the democratic entitlement
Jan 01, 1998; ... The panel was convened at 9:25 a.m., Friday, April 3, by its Chair, Siba Grovogui, who introduced the panelists: Mortimer N. Sellers, University of Baltimore, Center for International and Comparative Law; Deborah Cass, Australian National University Law School; Fernando Tes6n, Arizona State ...