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Justice
in Profile
Shunji Yanai, Japan
President of the International Tribunal
for the Law of the Sea
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International
Judicial Monitof and
Assistant Professor, Charlotte Law School
Judge Shunji Yanai of Japan
currently serves as the President of the International Tribunal for the Law of
the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany.
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The European Court of Justice
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy
When the first contours
of European unity began to show after World War II, which came in the form of
the European Coal and Steel Community established in 1951, there was included
the idea of a court to adjudicate disputes that would undoubtedly arise in this
new international body.
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100 Ways
International Law: One Hundred Ways It
Shapes Our Lives
DRIVING CARS WITH IMPROVED SAFETY STANDARDS
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy
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Women and the Judiciary;
Women in the Judiciary
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy
During the decade of the 90s there were two
occasions when I was traveling in the Middle East.
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| Global Judicial Perspective |
Ownership
of “International Humanitarian Law”
By: Richard
J. Goldstone,Former Justice, Supreme Constitutional Court
of South Africa; First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal
Tribunal for Yugoslavia; and Regular Columnist, International
Judicial Monitor
Humanitarian law, or as it was
originally called, the law of war, goes back many centuries and was based on
reciprocity.
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| Leading
Figures in International Law |
Carlos
Calvo (Argentine)
(1824
– 1906)
By:
Lucia Druetta, Assistant Editor, International Judicial Monitor and Director, Academic
Programs, International Judicial Academy
Carlos
Calvo was a prominent figure in international law of the late 19th century.
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| Historic
Moments in International Law |
The Art of Treaty
Repudiation – Medieval Style
By: Stephen C.
Neff, Reader in Law, University of Edinburgh Law School
King Charles V
of France, who reigned from 1364 to 1380, was given the sobriquet of “the
Wise.”
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| Private International Law Discourse |
OAS Convention on International Commercial
Arbitration
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International
Judicial Monitof and
Assistant Professor, Charlotte Law School
The Organization of American States, or OAS, was
established in 1948 among the nations of North, Central and South America to
promote peace and democracy, provide a common defense and to work cooperatively
on political, legal and economic problems.
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| Global Judicial Dialogue |
Judges and Scientists: An International
Discussion Needed
By Judge Susan A. Ehrlich, Arizona Court
of Appeals (ret.); J.D., LL.M. (biotechnology & genomics)
Law and science are linked in a quote
from the 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
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| Judicial Reform Report |
Recent Legal and
Judicial Reform Initiatives in Brazil
By: Fausto Martin
De Sanctis, Federal Appellate Judge, Sao Paulo Brazil
The Brazilian judicial system is composed of numerous institutions.
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| General
Principles of International Law |
The UN Basic Principles on the Role of
Lawyers
By: Carolyn A. Dubay, Associate Editor, International
Judicial Monitof and
Assistant Professor, Charlotte Law School
In the famous United States Supreme
Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), Justice Hugo Black wrote
that “[t]he right of one charged with crime to counsel may not be deemed
fundamental and essential to fair trials in some countries, but it is in
ours.”.
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| In
Review: Recent Publications on International and Comparative Law and About Judges and Courts |
Rose Heilbron: The Story of England’s First Woman Queen’s Counsel and Judge
By: Hilary Heilbron
Hart Publishing, 2012
Reviewed By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief,
International Judicial Monitor, and President, International Judicial Academy
Biographies inspire inspiration. Or perhaps it is better to
say, in a more formal, less repetitive way, that biographies create, stimulate,
activate, prompt, kindle or nourish inspiration. In looking back over a
life-time of reading, some of the most treasured books that I have read have been
biographies.
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| IJA
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International Judicial Academy -
Upcoming Events
- March,
2013 – /MEPIMENA Judicial Education Project in Washington DC for Judges from
the Middle East- North Africa.
- April,
2013 – 7th International Congress of Brazilian Labor Court Judges in
Washington DC.
- April,
2013 – Issues in the Administration of Justice Seminar in Washington DC for
Judges from Brazil.
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