American Society of International Law. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting back issues from January 2001:
A note about the Proceedings
Jan 01, 2001; ... The Proceedings of the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law follows the innovations introduced in 1999 with fuller text lectures and summaries for panels and other meeting events. The 2001 Proceedings was edited by annual meeting program committee co-chairs, Professor ...
The visible college of international law: An introduction
Jan 01, 2001; ... When developing the theme of the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), we decided-in conjunction with the officers and staff of the Society as well as with the talented and dedicated members of our program committee-to undertake a rigorous and focused ...
The third annual grotius lecture: Just war and humanitarian intervention
Jan 01, 2001; ... The just war tradition is a theory of comparative justice applied to considerations of war and intervention. To better grapple with its complexities and the characteristic form of moral reasoning that enters into the just war tradition, it is important to get a grip on what this centuries-old, ...
The American Society of International Law: The president's round table
Jan 01, 2001; ... REMARKS BY IAN BROWNLIE* * Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC., Blackstone Chambers, London; specializing in public international law. My principal theme is the role of the ASIL in the further development of the existing college of international lawyers. In my submission, any college of ...
An interview with Oscar Schachter
Jan 01, 2001; ... In a 1977 law review article,1 Oscar Schachter wrote of an "invisible college of international lawyers," a group of scholars whose work largely went unnoticed by their target audience: states. Schachter's 1977 remarks served as the basis for this year's ASIL Annual Meeting theme. In an interview ...
Does method matter?
Jan 01, 2001; ... David Wippman, as Chair of the panel, introduced the panelists and outlined the circumstances that led the United Nations Security Council to impose economic sanctions on Afghanistan. Wippman then invited each panelist to analyze the use of economic sanctions against Afghanistan from the ...
Judicial views of international law
Jan 01, 2001; ... The Judicial Outreach Program has given the ASIL an opportunity to speak with judges from many courts and to begin an ongoing dialogue with the judiciary; however, as in any good dialogue, there comes a time when one must be quiet and listen. While the Society has presented panels at the First, ...
International trials for internal armed conflicts
Jan 01, 2001; ... Our assignment is to consider the past and the future of international law to see whether history can guide us to new frontiers. Although I am better at predicting the past than the future, I will try to do both. Although I was not there personally, allow me to go back to Westphalia in 1648 for ...
Holocaust claims
Jan 01, 2001; ... THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES GovERNMENT IN RECENT HOLOCAUST CLAIMS RESOLUTION I will focus on how the U.S. government came to be involved in a number of the key settlements and what its role was. This is, I think, an interesting story-one that is hard for outsiders to know. I ...
Alien Tort Claims and business liability
Jan 01, 2001; ... The panel was convened at 2:15 p.m., Thursday, April 5, by its Chair, Beth Stephens, Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, who introduced the panelists: Melissa Crow, Foley, Hoag & Eliot; Richard L. Herz, EarthRights International; and Kristin Linsley Myles, Munger, Tolles & Olson ....
International law and the work of federal and state legislators
Jan 01, 2001; ... TRACING THE INSTITUTIONAL INSINUATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW by Peterj- Spiro * * Professor of Law, Hofstra University Law School, Hempstead, NY. As Anne-Marie Slaughter observes, the state is being disaggregated at the international level. Slaughter demonstrates how ...
Global public health issues
Jan 01, 2001; ... FROM ISOLATIONISM TO MUTUAL VULNERABILITY AND BACK: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND UNFAIR DISTRIBUTION OF GLOBAL DISEASE BURDENS by Obijiofor Aginam* *Global Health Leadership Officer, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Assistant Professor of Law, Carleton University, ...
Human rights and direct petition
Jan 01, 2001; ... DIRECT PETITION IN THE UN HMUAN RIGHTS TREATY SYSTEM Today, four UN human rights treaties permit individuals to complain to international bodies of violations of their human rights. The implementation strategies associated with the UN treaty system are essentially three-fold: (1) a ...
Religious and social ethical perspective on international law: The Middle East peace process
Jan 01, 2001; ... The panel was convened at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, by its Chair, Geoffrey R. Watson, Professor of Law at The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Professor Watson introduced the panelists: Father Drew Christiansen, Senior Fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at ...
The U.S. lawyer-statesman at times of crisis: A look at colonial America
Jan 01, 2001; ... How have U.S. lawyers or statesmen relied upon international law in times of crisis over the course of American history? In my view, the U.S. lawyers or statesmen have turned to international law to serve three discrete functions in American history, and one or more of those functions are ...
The U.S. lawyer-statesman at times of crisis
Jan 01, 2001; ... The panel was convened at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 6, by its Chair, Sean D. Murphy, George Washington University School of Law, who introduced the panelists: David Golove, NewYork University School of Law;Jordan J. Paust, University of Houston Law Center; Mary Ellen O'Connell, Ohio State ...
Boundary disputes into the twenty-first century: Why, how...and who?
Jan 01, 2001; ... INTRODUCTION International boundaries are artificial human constructs. Many exist with little respect for human geography, traditional economic patterns, or the wishes of the people living on either side. They rarely take into account the physical geography of the earth's surface or its ...
The role of the new international adjudicator
Jan 01, 2001; ... The proliferation of fora for the peaceful settlement of disputes is today the subject of much attention. International jurisdictions of a more or less permanent character are being created, as are ad hoc tribunals to deal with disputes as they arise. Conciliation procedures are being ...
Pinochet revisited
Jan 01, 2001; ... REMARKS BY JOSE E. ALVAREZ, CHAIR* The last time we gathered during this annual meeting to address this topic, in 1999, events were unfolding as the panel met and people were following the latest developments on their laptops. The organizers thought it was time to reexamine the Pinochet ...
Intellectual property and indigenous peoples
Jan 01, 2001; ... At the outset, I should like to express my gratitude to the organizers of this important meeting for inviting me to deliver a lecture on the theme, "Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples." I should like to begin with making the following introductory remarks. Indigenous peoples ...
Intellectual property and indigenous peoples
Jan 01, 2001; ... Subsequent to Professor Erica Daes' lecture, this panel was convened at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 6, 2001, by its Chair, Professor Siegfried Wiessner, who introduced the panelists: S. James Anaya, Samuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law; Professor ...
Citizens in the international realm: The new participatory demands
Jan 01, 2001; ... PANEL INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION by Andrew Strauss* Our panel this morning is entitled, "Bringing Down the Global Democratic Deficit." It will look at the role of citizens in the international system following the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle and the ...
The new cyber college of international lawyers
Jan 01, 2001; ... The panel was convened at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 6, by its Chair, William Slomanson, Thomas Jefferson School of Law and ASIL UN21 Interest Group Chair, who introduced the panelists: Christopher Gibson, World Intellectual Property Organization; Mark S. Kende, University of Stellenbosch; Irwin ...
International organizations: Conflicts of international law
Jan 01, 2001; ... Today I would like to speak about a problem not created by proliferating international tribunals, but certainly made more acute by that phenomenon. This is the question of how international law should address conflicts between two treaty-based multilateral obligations. How should a tribunal ...
Teaching international law--"The Visible College of International Law clinicians: Making a real difference in law school and in the world"
Jan 01, 2001; ... REMARKS BY DIANE EDELMAN* Clinical law teaching has long been part of the American law school curriculum, in the form of judicial externships-clinics that attend to the needs of the elderly, the poor, children, those with special needs, and a host of others. In recent years, many law ...
Investment disputes and NAFTA Chapter 11
Jan 01, 2001; ... The panel was convened at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 6, by its Chair, William S. Dodge, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, who introduced the panelists: Barry Appleton, Appleton & Associates, Washington, DC; Denyse MacKenzie, Trade Law Division, Canadian Department of ...
Reflections of international law in popular culture
Jan 01, 2001; ... The representation of law and order in the media has long been a subject of debate. Issues concerning fictional, factual, and hybrid representations (the so-called docudramas and faction) have been discussed throughout the twentieth century.1 A relatively recent addition to this debate has been ...
The media's portrayal of international law
Jan 01, 2001; ... The panel was convened at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 7 by Lucy Reed, the Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting and a Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York, filling in for Michael Elliott of E-countries as chair of the panel. The panelists included Stuart Taylor of the National ...
The inevitability of peace operations?
Jan 01, 2001; ... The panel was convened at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 6 by its Chair, Jarat Chopra of Brown University and Former Head, Office of District Administration, UN Transitional Administration in East Timor, who introduced the panelists: The Honorable Gareth Evans, AO, QC, President, International ...
The role of international financial institutions in postconflict situations
Jan 01, 2001; ... THE ROLE OF THE WORLD BANK IN POSTCONFUCT SITUATIONS by Daniel D. Bradlow* Professor of Law and Director, International Legal Studies Program, American University, Washington College of Law. INTRODUCTION Since 1980, nearly half of all low-income countries have ...
The complex role of the legal adviser when international organizations administer territory
Jan 01, 2001; ... A striking feature of the current UN missions in Kosovo and East Timor is that administrative prerogatives over territory have been given to the United Nations. In this paper, I will explore one way of fitting this activity into the framework of international law. I will suggest how the legal ...
The visible college of international law: "Towards the rule of law in international relations"
Jan 01, 2001; ... Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Board, Madam Executive Director, Colleagues, and Friends: It is a great honor for me to address the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law once more in my capacity as the Legal Counsel of the United Nations.1 I thank ...
International law and international relations: Scholarship at the intersection of principles and politics
Jan 01, 2001; ... INTRODUCTION A talk on the theme of international relations (IR) and international law (IL) could potentially go in two directions. Obviously it would be possible to discuss the role of law in international affairs. We have had a clear reminder this week of the intimate relationship ...
Aiding violence? The development enterprise and ethno-national conflict
Jan 01, 2001; ... During the past decade, the development community has begun codifying and tentatively implementing an agenda of using international aid (together with other tools of foreign policy, ideally) to promote peace, democracy, and reconciliation in recipient countries. Drawing from both the Agenda for ...
Private international law briefing / Year-in-review
Jan 01, 2001; ... INTRODUCTION I would like to preface my remarks by thanking our panel Chair, Professor Helen Harnell, for the opportunity for the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretariat for Legal Affairs to participate in this morning's discussion. I would also like to caution to you that ...
On the possibilities and limitations of NGO participation in international law and its processes
Jan 01, 2001; ... REMARKS BY JANET E. LORD INTRODUCTION Access to and participation in international law and policy processes by a range of state and nonstate actors is a prevalent theme in contemporary international legal scholarship. A central challenge and limitation of analyzing the ...
95th annual meeting program
Jan 01, 2001; ... ANNUAL MEETING TIME In his famous observation made nearly a quarter century ago in 1977, Professor Oscar Schachter referred to our profession as an "invisible college of international lawyers." The turn of the century, and the (true) millennium, invites an examination of this intriguing ...
2001 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Jan 01, 2001; ... THE CASE CONCERNING THE SEA BED MINING FACILITY The 2001 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition presented competitors with a set of facts concerning a boundary dispute and a potentially environmentally harmful deep sea bed mining operation in international waters ....
In memoriam: Abram Chayes
Jan 01, 2001; ... At last year's Annual Meeting, I was telling those of you who knew Abe that his health had deteriorated and that if you wanted to talk to him you should do so quickly. No one could imagine that in fact he had only a week left. But many, many members of the Society-his former students, his ...
In memoriam: Keith Highet
Jan 01, 2001; ... Keith Highet was a friend to very many of those in this room and a major figure in the world of international law for much of the past four decades. Tom Franck has written a splendid tribute to Keith in the Journal that captures his character and attainments. His character was hard to ...