The Security Council and the Intervention Brigade: Some Legal Issues

Tribunal Establishes Initial Procedures for Review of Mass Bondholder Claims against Argentina 

Plurilateral Trade Negotiations: Supplanting or Supplementing the Multilateral Trading System?

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Judicial Pressure and a Remedy for Unstable Judicial Behavior
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy

Several weeks ago I was preparing for a meeting with some judges from the Peoples Republic of China.
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Judge Rosemary Barkett Selected for Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
By: Maria A. Chhabria, Director of Academic Programs, International Judicial Academy

In August 2013, the U.S. Department of State selected Judge Rosemary Barkett as a U.S.-appointed member of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. Judge Barkett will begin her tenure on that tribunal on October 1, 2013.
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An “Unrelieved Record of Misery and Misgovernment”: Liberia and the League of Nations
By: Stephen C. Neff, Reader in Law – Public International Law, University of Edinburgh Law School

Readers may be forgiven for supposing that the era of international human rights law commenced in 1948, with the modest fanfare accompanying the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
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The Hague Conference Re-Launch of the Judgments Project
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor

The international community has struggled for decades to develop a comprehensive convention to allow for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil matters.
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The United States’ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
By: Tyler Church, Legal Intern, International Judicial Academy

Corruption is a central problem for many nations, and is especially problematic in developing countries where government resources are scarce.
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Hammarskjold Commission Presents Report on Secretary-General’s Death to the United Nations
By: Richard J. Goldstone, Hammarskjold Commission Member, 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

Dag Hammarskjold is said by many to have been the best Secretary-General in the history of the United Nations.
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Antonio Cassese
(Italy) (1937-2011)
By Tyler Church, Legal Intern, International Judicial Academy

One of the most distinguished jurists in international criminal law, Antonio Cassese was a statesman, academic and judge.
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Extraterritoriality and the Law of Nations in American Federal Courts
By Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International Judicial Monitor

In the last several years, the United States Supreme Court has handed down a number of decisions in transnational cases that appear to retract the ability of federal and state courts to entertain cases where the facts giving rise to the claim occurred entirely abroad, or where the putative defendant has only limited or tangential connections to the United States.  
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Law and Security in Europe: Reconsidering the Security Constitution
Edited by Massimo Fichera and Jens Kremer, Intersentia Publishing Ltd. 2013

Reviewed By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor, and President, International Judicial Academy

Even though this book is seemingly restricted to “security in Europe,” as stated in its title, its value lies far beyond the borders of the European Union.
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Upcoming Events

• Figueroa Joins IJA Staff

• IJA To Host Brazilian Judges in the Fall

• Chinese Judges, Prosecutors to Visit IJA in Fall

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