Recently added articles from Chicago Journal of International Law:
The Language of Law and the Practice of Politics: Great Powers and the Rhetoric of Self-Determination in the Cases of Kosovo and South Ossetia
Jul 01, 2009; ... "When the President [Woodrow Wilson] talks of 'self-determination' what unit has he in mind? Does he mean a race, a territorial area, or a community?" It was a calamity, [Secretary of State Robert] Lansing thought, that Wilson had ever hit on the phrase. "It will raise hopes which can never be ...
Great Power Security
Jul 01, 2009; ... I. INTRODUCTION The change of administration in the US may have encouraged the belief that collective security will finally have its day.1 Critics of the Bush administration argued that the US intervention in Iraq was illegal because it had not received the authorization of the UN ...
Minimalist Interpretation of the Jurisdictional Immunities Convention
Jan 01, 2009; ... I. Introduction The UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property ("Jurisdictional Immunities Convention")1 is the first worldwide agreement to formalize a consistent approach to jurisdictional immunity. Basically it presents a list of situations in which a ...
Identitarian Anxieties and the Nature of Inter-Tribunal Deliberations
Jan 01, 2009; ... I. INTRODUCTION On matters of judicial contacts across territorial boundaries-whether horizontal1 or vertical2-two seemingly opposed trends define our globalized world. On the one hand, communication technologies are making it easier for members of judicial tribunals across the globe to ...
Keeping the Barbarians outside the Gate: Toward a Comprehensive International Agreement Protecting Cultural Property
Jan 01, 2009; ... "The British say they have saved the [Elgin] Marbles. Well, thank you very much. Now give them back."-Melina Mercouri1 In 1897, a British expedition arrived in the Nigerian city of Benin while the king of Nigeria was engaged in a sacred ritual, during which contact with foreigners was ...