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American Society of International Law
Spring 2009 Issue |
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Justice
in Profile
The name Jean-Paul Costa may not be recognizable to many
people around the world; it is possible that even those
within the international law community are not familiar
with him.
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The
Court of Justice of the Andean Community (Tribunal de
Justicia de la Comunidad Andina) is the judicial organ
of the Andean Community.
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| NEWS
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| IJA
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Upcoming
International Judicial Academy Events
May 24-29 2009 - Insurance & Justice Seminar
in Washington, DC for judges and insurance executives
from Argentina . (Read
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OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY |
| Editorial |
Why
Judges Should Know (More) About International
Law
By Dr. James G. Apple
When I was enrolled in a graduate law program
at a university in Europe in the late 1980s, seeking
a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, I entered the
international law world as a novice. When in law
school in the early 60s in the United States,
international law wasn't even offered as a subject
in the law school curriculum. (Read
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| Global
Judicial Dialogue |
Institute
for International Judges: Brandeis University’s
Gathering of International Law Judges to Debate
International Justice: Past, Present and Future,
January 4-8, 2009 Trinidad
By: Jennifer Hillman, Member of the World
Trade Organization Appellate Body
It was with much anticipation for some warmer
weather that I packed my bags this past January
for the beautiful island nation of Trinidad and
Tobago and the 2009 Brandeis Institute for International
Judges (BIIJ).
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| General
Principles of International Law |
General Principles of International Law
Use of Force and Self Defense
Under international law the use of force by any
nation in any international situation is limited
to that authorized by the Security Council of
the United Nations and the right of individual
or collective self defense. The ingredients of
self defense are necessity and proportionality.
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| Leading
Figures in International Law |
Carlos
Saavedra Lamas
Dr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, an Argentine academic,
scholar, and politician, is probably most well-known
for being the first Latin American to receive
the Nobel Peace Prize. He received the Prize in
1936.
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| Justice
Sector Assessment |
The Hague Conference
on Private International Law: “Providing
a High Degree of Legal Security.”
One of the site visits of judges from the
United States participating in the International
Judicial Academy’s annual seminar on international
law and international courts in The Hague, Netherlands
is the Hague Conference on Private International
Law. (Read More
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In
Review: New Publications on
International and Comparative Law |
Culture and International
Law
Edited
by Paul Meerts. Hague Academic
Press. 2008.
The subject of this recent publication by the
Hague Academic Press is important, and thus the
essays presented it are of real importance if
the reader is bilingual (English and French).
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 International
Judicial Monitor
© 2009 – 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 editors at IJM@asil.org.
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