Published by the American Society of International Law and the International Judicial Academy
September 2006, Volume 1, Issue 4 |
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Justice in Profile
Judge Rudiger Wolfrum of Germany is the President of
the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which
sits in Hamburg, Germany.
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
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Rule of Law Survey |
Should
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions apply as a
matter of international law to the US conflict with al
Qaeda and other non-state actors?
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NEWS
AND PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS |
ASIL
Sidebar |
Judicial
Education and the Emergence of a Global Legal Environment
The growing
impact of international law and transnational legal
practice on legal systems the world over during
the past several decades has led to increased emphasis
on ensuring that members of the judiciary obtain
training in substantive and procedural aspects of
international law and how it is incorporated domestically.
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IJA
Docket |
Second
Sir Richard May Seminar
The second Sir Richard May Seminar on International
Law and International Courts is being held in
The Hague, Netherlands, September 24-29, 2006.
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OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY |
Global
Judicial Dialogue |
The
Value of International Programs For Judges
Hon. Linda Ludgate, Pennsylvania Court
of Common Pleas Judge, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Since becoming a state trial judge in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in 1990, I have attended numerous
courses at the National Judicial College in Reno,
Nevada, obtaining valuable information that has
assisted me in my duties as a trial judge. (Read
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General
Principles of International Law |
Treaty
Interpretation
Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the
Law of Treaties (VCLT) set forth the basic rules
of treaty interpretation. (Read
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Leading
Figures in International Law |
Dr.
Leandro O. Despouy, Human Rights Advocate and Scholar
Dr. Leandro Despouy, a human rights advocate and
scholar from Argentina,
is spearheading the international protection of
the independence of judges, lawyers, and prosecutors.
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Justice
Sector Assessment |
Rule of Law Lessons-Learned
in UN Complex Multidimensional Peacekeeping
United Nations complex multidimensional
peacekeeping operations initiated under Chapter
VII of the UN Charter have become increasingly
involved in rule of law (ROL) issues and programming.
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In
Review: New Publications on
International and Comparative Law |
A New World Order
By Anne-Marie Slaughter
Princeton University Press 2005
“New world order” is neither a new
idea nor a new phrase. That fact is simply demonstrated
by doing a quick “Google” search of
the term, which yields some eight million, three
hundred and ninety thousand references. (Read
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International
Judicial Monitor
© 2006 – The American Society of International Law and
International Judicial Academy.
Editors: James G. Apple, Joseph Patton and Andrew Solomon.
IJM welcomes comments, suggestions, and submissions.
Please contact the IJM editors at IJM@asil.org.
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