American Society of International Law. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting back issues from January 2000:
Introduction
Jan 01, 2000; ... The program committee early on agreed that "ferment" would capture the tone we would try to set for the 2000 annual meeting. The choice seemed obvious. We have seen great changes in the work that international law does in the world, both globally and at the local level. New challenges have ...
International law and practice: Dealing with the past in the South African experience the second annual Gortius lecture
Jan 01, 2000; ... The title of my lecture might make one think that international law is something apart and distinct from practice. This way of speaking follows from the natural rhythms of the legal mind. Lawyers have a long tradition of dichotomy. We constantly talk of theory versus practice, law versus ...
International law in ferment: Recent developments in private international law
Jan 01, 2000; ... The lecturers began their presentations at 9:15 a.m., Wednesday, April 5. They included Amelia Boss, Beasley School of Law, Temple University; Charles H. Brower, II, University of Baltimore School of Law; Harold S. Burman, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State; and Jeffrey D ....
Accountability and democracy in the case of using force under international auspices
Jan 01, 2000; ... This presentation derives from a large research project that has been more than three years in progress and reflects the work of a multinational team of lawyers, policy analysts, and political scientists. The project is supported by the Ford Foundation and will conclude at the end of 2000 with ...
What is TWAIL?
Jan 01, 2000; ... The regime of international law is illegitimate.' It is a predatory system that legitimizes, reproduces and sustains the plunder and subordination of the Third World by the West.' Neither universality nor its promise of global order and stability make international law a just, equitable, and ...
ICSID and the rise of bilateral investment treaties: Will ICSID be the leading arbitration institution in the early 21(st) century?
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Charles N. Brower, White & Case, LLP, Washington, DC, who introduced the panelists: Antonio R. Parra, Deputy Secretary-General, ICSID; Daniel Price, Powell & Goldstein, Washington, DC; and Robert Volterra, ...
The history of international law: Universality and particularity
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Tony Anghie, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, who introduced the panelists: Onuma Yasuaki, University of Tokyo, Japan; Claudio Grossman, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC; Outi Korhonen, ...
International law in domestic litigation
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Thursday, April 6. The panelists were: Curtis A. Bradley, University of Virginia School of Law; Michael D. Ramsey, University of San Diego School of Law; Ralph G. Steinhardt, George Washington University Law School; and John C. Yoo, University of California ...
The third world and international law: Voices form the margins
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Thursday April 6, by its Chair, Dianne Otto,* who introduced the panelists: Robert Aponte-Toro, University of Puerto Rico School of Law, San Juan, PR; and Anthony Farley, Boston College Law School, Boston, MA. REMARKS BY DIANNE OTTO: Dianne ...
Unmasking international law: Stories and discourses of empire, progress, exclusion, and inclusion
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Lakshman Guruswamy, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, OK, who introduced the panelists: Adeno Addis, Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA; Nathaniel Berman, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, ...
Political corruption as an international offense
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 am, Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Daniel K. Tarullo, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, who introduced the panelists: Claire M. Dickerson, Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ; Joel Paul, University of California Hastings College of Law; and Susan ...
Provisional and protection measures in international litigation: Mareva and Grupo Mexicano
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Peter D. Trooboff, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, who introduced the panelists: Lawrence Collins, Q.C., Herbert Smith, London; Gavan Griffith, Q.C., former Solicitor General of Australia, Melbourne; Timothy McEvoy, ...
The single superpower and the future of international law
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Johan D. van der Vyver, Emory University School of Law, who introduced the panelists: Michael Byers, Duke University School of Law; Georg Nolte, Institute of International Law, University of Gottingen; James C. Hathaway, ...
The project of reconfiguration: How can international law be reconstituted?
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 6, 2000, by its Chair, Siegfried Wiessner who introduced the panelists: Hilary Charlesworth, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Maxwell Chibundu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Raul M. Sanchez, St. Mary's ...
Extraterritorial sanctions and legality under international and domestic law
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Stephen Krasner, Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, who introduced the panelists: Jeffery C. Atik, Suffolk University School of Law; Edward McWhinney, Institute of International Law; and ...
On the restitution of Jewish cultural property looted in World War II
Jan 01, 2000; ... The last decade of the twentieth century has witnessed an intensified soul-searching on an almost global scale concerning the moral responsibility of humankind (as well as of individual countries) for the sins of commission and omission related to the genocidal acts perpetrated against the ...
Islam and human rights: Beyond the universality debate
Jan 01, 2000; ... The implementation of international human rights norms in any society requires thoughtful and well-informed engagement of religion (broadly defined) because of its strong influence on human belief systems and behavior, regardless of the formal characterization of the relationship between ...
My talk at the ASIL: What is new thinking in international law?
Jan 01, 2000; ... What is "new thinking" in international law? How does a discipline like this one innovate? I thought I would speak today about the ways in which international law has conventionally renewed itself by transforming its disciplinary vernacular. I. THINKING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW AS A ...
Should international arbitration awards be reviewable?
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 3:45 p.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Lucy Reed, Freshfields, NY, who introduced the panelists: William Park, Boston University School of Law; Eric A. Posner, University of Chicago School of Law; W. Michael Reisman, Yale Law School; and Nathalie Voser, ...
The West and the rest: The politics of asylum and immigration laws
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 3:45 p.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Arthur C. Helton, Council on Foreign Relations, who introduced the panelists: Monica Kathina Juma, Oxford University; and James Stillwaggon, White & Case LLP. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN U.S. ASYLUM LAW Over ...
The foreign affairs powers of the U.S. Executive in light of changing conceptions of states' rights
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, David A. Martin, University of Virginia School of Law, who introduced the panelists: Martin S. Flaherty, Fordham Law School; Peter J. Spiro, Hofstra University Law School; Andrew N. Vollmer, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering; and ...
Globalization and human rights: Does one hurt the other?
Jan 01, 2000; ... From "Innocence" to Crisis In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the position adopted by the World Bank's senior management on the role of the World Bank in relation to the international bill of human rights faced serious scrutiny from critics of the impact the development projects the ...
International litigation in practice: Alien tort and other claims before national courts
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 6, by its Chair, Gregory H. Fox, Chapman University School of Law, who introduced the panelists: David J. Bederman, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA; Paul R. Dubinsky, New York Law School; Michael Kendall, McDermott, Will & ...
Litigating labor rights
Jan 01, 2000; ... Labor rights merit special attention in discussions of legal responses to issues of concern to the global workforce. Efforts at enhancing labor rights are increasingly linked with trade expansion in order to more broadly distribute the benefits of increased global trade and economic integration ....
Rapidly changing functions and slowly evolving structures: The troubling case of the IMF
Jan 01, 2000; ... Since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the mid-1970s, the international financial institutions (IFIs), primarily the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, have helped the world avoid the horrors of a systemic economic collapse. However, when one considers the ...
The proliferation of international courts and tribunals: International adjudication in ascendance
Jan 01, 2000; ... The past two decades have seen an explosion of new international courts and tribunals. Depending on one's count, more than fifty international courts and tribunals are now in existence, with more than thirty of these established in the past twenty years. The rate of growth has been so furious ...
International law in the Russian Constitutional Court
Jan 01, 2000; ... When Professor Paul Stephan first suggested that I talk about the Russian Constitutional Court, my first inclination was to say: "Hey, you are more familiar with Russian law than I am." I have known Professor Stephan since 1984, when he was already a respected expert on Soviet law. The ...
International law in ferment and the world court: A discussion on the role and record of the International Court of Justice
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Friday, April 7, by its Interlocutor, Peter H. F. Bekker, White & Case, LLP, New York, NY, who introduced the panelists: Stephen Schwebel, retired President of the International Court of Justice, The Hague; Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, retired Registrar of ...
Human rights and the right to proselytize: Inherent contradictions?
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, John Witte, Jr., Director of the Law and Religion Program, and Jonas Robitscher, Professor of Law, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, who introduced the panelists: Karen Engle, University of Utah College of Law; Fausto Pocar, ...
Explaining the sources and methods of international law
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, Anthony Clark Arend, Georgetown University Department of Government, Washington, DC, who introduced the panelists: Jeffrey L. Dunoff, Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA; David Fidler, Indiana University School of ...
International law and health, two approaches: The World Health Organization's tobacco initiative and international drug controls
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 7, by its chair, Douglas W. Bettcher, who introduced the panelists: Allyn L. Taylor, World Health Organization and Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health; Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, University of Geneva; Virginia ...
Exploring the evolution of purposes, methods and legitimacy: Accountability of intergovernmental organizations
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, Edward Kwakwa, who introduced the panelists: Niels Blokker, Leiden University; August Reinisch, University of Vienna; and Vera Gowlland-Debbas, Graduate Institute of International Studies. I think we all agree that the ...
Regional international law in ferment: The contribution of the Inter-American Juridical Committee
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, Keith Highet, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, who introduced the panelists: H. E. Edmundo Vargas Carreno, Ambassador of Chile to Costa Rica; Jonathan T. Fried, Assistant Deputy Minister Department of Foreign ...
Legal theory in ferment: What international legal theory can learn from international relations theory
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, Martha Finnemore, George Washington University, Washington, DC, who introduced the panelists: Robert J. Beck, Tufts University; Christopher C. Joyner, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; and Robert D. Vander Lugt, Vinson ...
Human rights, development, and environmental protection: A Holy Trinity or conflicting regimes?
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, Errol Meidinger, State University of New York at Buffalo, who introduced the panelists: Dinah Shelton, Notre Dame Law School; Romina Picolotti, Center for Human Rights and Environment; and Richard Herz, EarthRights ...
Universality and particularity: The effect of regional legal systems on global trade and standards
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 2:15 p.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, Frank J. Garcia, Florida State University College of Law, who introduced the panelists: Robert Herzstein, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC; Craig Jackson, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law; Matthew ...
Africa: Isolation and marginalization
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 2:15 p.m., Friday, April 7, by its Chair, Ziyad Motala, Howard University School of Law, who introduced the panelists: John Dugard, Leiden University; Vaughan Lowe, All Souls College, Oxford University; and Emile K.M. Yakpo, African Society of International and ...
Southeastern Europe: An endeavor consistent with the transatlantic vision and indicative of the chaning international environment plenary address
Jan 01, 2000; ... I'm particularly delighted to be here tonight because the pursuit of U.S. interests overseas requires a broad range of expertise. It is both trite and true to say that U.S. interests are expanding dramatically in a globalized world. That expansion tests old presumptions and paradigms, and ...
A liberal theory of international law
Jan 01, 2000; ... I begin with several disclaimers. First, note the title. I wish to propose a liberal theory of international law. There are many possible theories derived from or based on liberal political philosophy, ideology or international relations (IR) theory; mine is only one. It is based on a particular ...
The South African transition to democratic rule: Lessons for international and comparative law
Jan 01, 2000; ... The topic of South Africa is not a new one for the American Society of International Law. We must take note of the historical role of particular individuals within ASIL in ensuring that South Africa and Africa generally were not totally marginalized within this Society. In particular, I would ...
Critical race theory and international law: Convergence and divergence racing American foreign policy
Jan 01, 2000; ... The purpose of this lecture is to inquire into intersections between international law and Critical Race Theory (CRT). I am going to focus on how race shapes American foreign policy and American perspectives on international law. But in the CRT tradition, a tradition that validates and ...
China's approach to international law: A historical perspective
Jan 01, 2000; ... In recent years, China has been expanding its engagement with the international legal order. The PRC has obtained or sought entry into the major multilateral institutions in the international legal economic order, including the IMF and the WTO. It has expanded its roles in the principal regimes ...
Five years after Beijing: A report card on women's human rights
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, Athena D. Mutua, State University of NewYork at Buffalo Law School, who introduced the panelists: Kerry Rittich, University of Toronto Law School; Celestine Nyamu, Harvard Law School;Jennifer M. Green, Center for ...
The WTO and a constitutional framework for the world economy
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair Gary Horlick, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, who introduced the panelists: William Davey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; Edwini Kessie, WTO, Geneva; Petros Mavroidis, University pf Neuchatel and Columbia ...
State responsibility: Reflections on the International Law Commission's draft articles
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, David J. Bederman, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA, who introduced the panelists: James R. Crawford, Cambridge University Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge, England; Andrew Jacovides, former member, ...
Comparative peace: A look at recent peace agreements
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, Michael Scharf, New England School of Law, Boston, MA, who introduced the panelists: Nicholas Kitrie, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC; Paul C. Szasz, New York University School of Law, New York ...
Human rights and humanitarian intervention: The legality of the NATO-Yugoslav-Kosovo War
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, Professor Marcella David, University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA, who introduced the panelists: Michael Matheson, Acting Legal Adviser, U.S. State Department, Washington, DC; Associate Professor Sean D. Murphy, ...
New social movements: Alternatives to development
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, Anthony Anghie, Professor, University of Utah, who introduced the panelists: Julie Mertus, Ohio Northern University/American University; Mohan Gopalan Gopal, World Bank; and Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Massachusetts Institute of ...
Old laws and new wars: Justifying humanitarian war in the Balkans
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 2:15 p.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, Linda A. Malone, College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wyhte School of Law, who introduced the panelists: Mihailo Crnobrnja, Reeves Center for International Studies, College of William and Mary; Julie Menus, Ohio Northern ...
International norms and indigenous peoples: The contest over group rights
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 2:15 p.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, Robert T. Coulter,* who introduced the panelists: Benedict Kingsbury, New York University School of Law; Osvaldo Kreimer, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; and Lynn Sicade, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of ...
Scholars in the construction and critique of international law
Jan 01, 2000; ... The panel was convened at 2:15 p.m., Saturday, April 8, by its Chair, Lori Fisler Damrosch, Columbia University, who introduced the panelists: Jack L. Goldsmith, University of Chicago School of Law; Harold G. Maier, Vanderbilt University School of Law; Bruno Simma, University of Munich and ...
In memoriam: Sir Joseph Gold
Jan 01, 2000; ... SIR JOSEPH GOLD I very much regret not being with you today to pay tribute in person to a great man, a great lawyer and a great scholar. I first met Joseph Gold in the mid-seventies. He was then General Counsel of the IMF; I was Director-General of the OPEC Fund for ...
In memoriam: William Elred Jackson
Jan 01, 2000; ... William Eldred Jackson was born in Jamestown, New York on July 19, 1919. He was the son of Robert Houghwout Jackson and Irene Gerhardt Jackson. At the time of his death on December 4, 1999, Mr. Jackson was a senior partner in the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City ....