Published by the American Society of International Law and the International Judicial Academy
July 2006, Volume 1, Issue 3 |
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Justice
in Profile
CHIEF JUSTICE Hilario G. Davide, Jr. has always been a
leader by example. His professional life has been, for
the most part, devoted to public service.
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
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NEWS
AND PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS |
ASIL
Sidebar |
When
Can an Individual Enforce a Right Set Forth in an
International Treaty?
When can an individual enforce
a right set forth in an international treaty? This
was the question posed in a recent ASIL webinar
given by Donald Francis Donovan.
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IJA
Docket |
Argentine
Conference on International Insurance Issues
In November 2006, the Latin American office of
the Academy will present two major conferences
on international insurance issues in Argentina.
The conferences will take place in Buenos Aires
and Cordoba. The conferences will be conducted
during the week of November 13, 2006.
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OPINIONS
AND COMMENTARY |
Global Judicial Dialogue |
Science
Education for Judges
Hon. Marvin J. Garbis, United States District
Judge, District of Maryland, USA
In the United States and elsewhere in the world, judges of 2006 are doing essentially
the same job as did judges at the beginning of the last century.
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General Principles of International Law |
Effects
of Domestic Law on International Law
International law both influences and has independent
status in domestic legal systems, and (conversely)
domestic law affects international law. (Read
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Leading Figures in International Law |
Louise
Arbour, Academic, Judge, Diplomat
Louise Arbour has made her mark on international
law in three distinct ways: as a law professor and
judge in her home country of Canada, as Prosecutor
of the International Criminal Tribunals for the
Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and as the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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In Review: New Publications on
International and Comparative Law |
Appointing Judges
in an Age of Judicial Power: Critical Perspectives
From Around the World
Edited by
Kate Malleson and Peter H. Russell. University
of Toronto Press. 2006
When nobleman, political philosopher and judge
Baron de Montesquieu published his The
Spirit of the Laws in 1748, he probably
did not realize that he was igniting a silent
revolution, the effects of which are still being
felt today. (Read More
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International
Judicial Monitor
© 2006 – The American Society of International Law and
International Judicial Academy.
Editors: James G. Apple, Katherine Brantingham and Andrew Solomon.
IJM welcomes comments, suggestions, and submissions.
Please contact the IJM editors at IJM@asil.org.
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