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by the International Judicial Academy, Washington, D.C., with assistance
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American Society of International Law
Summer 2012 Issue |
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Justice
in Profile
Yuejiao Zhang
People’s Republic of China
Chairperson,
Appellate Body of the World Trade
Organization
Dispute Settlement Body
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor
Yuejiao Zhang of China is the current Chairperson of the
Appellate Body of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) located in Geneva,
Switzerland. (Read
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The Court of Arbitration for
Sport (Lausanne, Switzerland)
By: James G. Apple,
Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International
Judicial Academy
The cover of the September 3,
2012 issue of Newsweek magazine (USA) depicted Lance Armstrong, seven-jjtime
winner of the Tour de France, in full cycling regalia. (Read
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100 Ways
International Law: One Hundred Ways It
Shapes Our Lives
BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM A GREATER VARIETY OF WINES FROM
AUSTRALIA, CHILE AND OTHER COUNTRIES
By: James G. Apple,
Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International
Judicial Academy
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Private International Law Discourse |
Transnational Copyright Litigation
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor
In the last 25 years, international
law has come to play a significant role in all aspects of copyright protection
and litigation in the United States.
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Justice Sector Assessment |
Towards the Harmonization of Judicial Training in Europe:
The International and Regional Globalization of Judicial Training
By: Andrea Cruciani, District Court Criminal Judge, Italian Republic
Continuing judicial education has a
relatively short history, dating back only to the second half of the twentieth
century. (Read More ») |
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NEWS
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OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY |
Global Judicial Perspective |
The Tenth Anniversary of the
International Criminal Court
By: Richard J. Goldstone, Former Justice
of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, First Chief Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, and Regular Columnist, International
Judicial Monitor
On July 1,
2012, the International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated its tenth anniversary.
This occasion provides a good opportunity to reflect on the achievements and
problems of this still very young international institution.
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Special Report |
Peace, One Dispute at a Time: The Jerusalem Arbitration
Center
By: Catherine A. Rogers, Professor of Law, Dickinson College of Law, Pennsylvania State University
There is one important fact
about Israelis and Palestinians that is not generally reported: every year
Israelis and Palestinians engage in an estimated US$4 billion in trade.
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Judicial Reform Report |
Turkish Judicial Reform: It Has Achieved Much But There Is Much
To Be Done By: M. Uzeyir Karabiyik, Judge, Department of International
Law and Foreign Relations, Turkish Ministry of Justice
After the collapse of the
Ottoman Empire, the administration of the newborn Turkish Republic had
no time to lose to establish the necessary institutions and adopt a law system
for the Republic.
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General
Principles of International Law |
Nullum
crimen sine lege or nullum poina sine lege (no crime
without law)
By:
Debra B. Lefing, Reporter and Contributor, International Judicial Monitor
International
criminal law has seen an enormous growth in the past two decades with the
creation of international criminal tribunals and the permanent
International Criminal Court.
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Special Report |
World Congress on
Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability Meets in Brazil
By: Hans
Corell, Member of the High Level International Advisory Committee for the World
Congress; Former Legal Counsel of the United Nations
On June
17-20 2012, the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental
Sustainability was heldc in Brazil. (Read More ») |
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Leading
Figures in International Law |
Arthur von Mehren (United States) (1922-2006)
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor
Arthur von Mehren was undoubtedly the preeminent American
scholar in comparative and private international law of the last century.
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In Review: New Publications on International and Comparative Law |
A Distinct Judicial Power:
The Origins of an Independent Judiciary: 1606 -1787
By Scott Douglas Gerber
Oxford University Press. 2011
Reviewed By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief,
International Judicial Monitor, and President, International Judicial Academy
One of the major international developments in the post
World War II years relates to the nature of the judiciary in individual nations
and in international tribunals.
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International
Judicial Monitor
© 2012 – 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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