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Justice
in Profile
Judge Theodor Meron
By: Taylor G. Stout, Reporter, International Judicial Monitor
Judge Theodor Meron currently serves in the Appeals Chamber of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The International Criminal Court
By: Taylor G. Stout, Reporter, International Judicial Monitor
The International Criminal Court represents the culmination of the efforts of many nations, international legal scholars, and international institutions lasting nearly a century.
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| NEWS
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| IJA
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Upcoming
International Judicial Academy Events
- November 14 – 20, 2010: The IJA will assist
in the conduct of a seminar on commercial law for Russian Judges and
government officials in Washington, DC and Wilmington, Deleware, conducted
in conjunction with the Russian-United States Foundation.
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OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY |
| Editorial |
United States Jurisprudence, Judicial Interpretation and “The Law of Nations”
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy
In Article I, Section 8
of the Constitution of the United States, there appears a little known, rarely noticed
phrase: “the law of nations.” Several years ago I was in the company of a
professor of U.S. history and American studies from a relatively prominent U.S. university. (Read More »)
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| Judicial Reform Report |
The 2010 Reforms to Turkey's Constitutional Court: A Rule of Law Review
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor
As part of the global rule of law movement, judicial reform has become a central component of overall democratic reform efforts in many countries. Judicial reform initiatives, however, often require constitutional changes that may be politically impossible to achieve. (Read
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| General
Principles of International Law |
Complementarity
By: Taylor G. Stout, Reporter, International Judicial Monitor
The establishment of international criminal tribunals creates the problem of coordinating their action with that of national courts. This problem is manifest when both international and national courts are empowered to prosecute the same crimes.
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| Leading
Figures in International Law |
Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694)
By: Taylor G. Stout, Reporter, International Judicial Monitor
Samuel von Pufendorf was a seventeenth century German jurist, historian, philosopher, and statesman renowned for his influential writings on international and natural law.
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In
Review: New Publications on
International and Comparative Law |
International Judicial Institutions: The Architecture of International Justice at Home and Abroad
By Richard J. Goldstone and Adam M. Smith.
Routledge 2009.
Reviewed by: Taylor G. Stout, Reporter, International Judicial Monitor
Is there a “system” of international justice? Or does the increasing variety of methods for its enforcement indicate that there are merely discrete instances of international justice?
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| Historic
Moments in International Law |
International Law During the Age of Discovery
By: Edward J. Kolla, Visiting Assistant Professor, History,
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Adam Smith once opined that “the
discovery of America, and . . . of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of
Good Hope, are the greatest and most important events recorded in the history
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| Private International Law Discourse |
A Look at the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor
In 2009, the United States ended more than a decade of negotiations and became a signatory to its first international convention mandating the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments issued by courts resolving certain international business disputes. The Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (COCCA) was drafted under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and was opened for signature on June 30, 2005.
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Judicial Monitor
© 2010 – The International Judicial Academy
with assistance
from the American Society of International Law.
Editor: James G. Apple.
IJM welcomes comments, suggestions, and submissions.
Please contact the IJM editor at ijaworld@verizon.net.
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