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Justice
in Profile
Hisashi Owada
President, International Court of Justice
The Hague
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor, and President, International Judicial Academy
As a crowning
achievement to a long and illustrious career in the international arena,
Hisashi Owada of Japan was elected on February 6, 2009 as the first Japanese
President of the International Court of Justice.
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The United Nations Internal Justice System
By: Taylor G. Stout, Reporter, International Judicial Monitor
The United Nations Internal Justice
System is the self-administered mechanism for addressing staff-management
disputes that arise within the United Nations.
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| Private International Law Discourse |
Conflicts of Laws as Private International Law: A Historical Perspective on American Jurisprudence
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor
In
today’s global marketplace, the term “transnational litigation” is coming into
vogue to describe domestic legal disputes between private parties with a
foreign or international element. (Read More ») |
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International Judicial Academy -
Upcoming Events
- September, 2011 – Seventh Sir Richard May Seminar on International Law and International Courts in The Hague, Netherlands for U.S. and Canadian judges.
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| OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY |
| Editorial |
A Debt That is Owed
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy
Recently I was
escorting a group of Chinese judges through the imposing white marble building
on First Street N.E. in Washington that houses the Supreme Court of the United
States. (Read More »)
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| Judicial Reform Report |
Berlusconi and Judicial Engineering
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor,
International Judicial Monitor
Italian
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is both charismatic and controversial.
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| Leading
Figures in International Law |
Henry Wager Halleck (1815 – 1872)
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy
The history of international law in
the United States has not been a subject very much studied, either inside or
outside of academe, until recently (see In Review, this edition).
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| General
Principles of International Law |
Lex Mercatoria or the Law Merchant
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International
Judicial Monitor
The lex mercatoria, otherwise
known as the law merchant, has been the legal framework for international
commerce since the Middle Ages.
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| In Review: New Publications on International and Comparative Law |
International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change
Edited by David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, and William S. Dodge. Cambridge University Press. 2011
Reviewed By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy
The first decade of the new century
(and the new millennium) in the United States was characterized by strong
attacks against the judiciary, especially the federal judiciary, and including
the Supreme Court of the United States, for relying on, or even citing “foreign
law” by which was meant international law as well as the laws of other
countries.
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| Historic
Moments in International Law |
The Legal Foundations of Early Modern Empire
By: Edward J. Kolla, Visiting
Assistant Professor, History, Georgetown
University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar
In the fall 2010 edition of the IJM there
appeared a description of international law during “the Age of Discovery” and,
in particular, the legal debate surrounding Portuguese and Spanish claims to
new territory. (Read More ») |
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 International
Judicial Monitor
© 2011 – The International Judicial Academy
with assistance
from the American Society of International Law.
Editor: James G. Apple.
IJM welcomes comments, suggestions, and submissions.
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