International Judicial Monitor
Published by the International judicial Academy of the International Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
with circulation assistance from the American Society of International Law

Spring 2017 Issue
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Philippe Sands Justice in Profile
Philippe Sands  - United Kingdom, Barrister

By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor

English barristers have the well-deserved reputation of being among the best advocates in the world. Many of them attend Oxford or Cambridge Universities and participate in the debating activities of the Oxford Union or the Cambridge Union.
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Central American Court of Justice
International Tribunal Spotlight
European Nuclear Energy Tribunal

In the roughly 60 years since nuclear power plants have been planned and developed world wide, there have been seven accidents at such plants, beginning in 1957.
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100 Ways
100 Ways
International Law: One Hundred Ways It Shapes Our Lives
Using the same software on computers worldwide by providing rights of distribution, copyright, and rental to authors of computer programs via the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (1996)

By: Jason K. Everett, Staff Writer, International Judicial Monitor

Copyright laws provide authors with the exclusive rights (for a limited time) to use and distribute their work.  (Read More »)

   
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Editorial

Bad Judges - Good Judges
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor

During my time in law practice covering 25 years, I was involved in a trial situation that clearly featured a “bad judge.”
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Hague Happenings

A New Court in The Hague
By: Iva Vukusic, International Judicial Monitor Correspondent in The Hague

The Hague is home to a new court: The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office.
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  Iva Vukusic
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Leading Figures in International Law

Tobias Asser, Dutch Jurist
By: Jason K. Everett, Staff Writer, International Judicial Monitor

Tobias Asser, born in Amsterdam on April 28, 1838, is best known for his work in the formation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration during the 1899 Hague peace conference which ultimately earned him, alongside his colleague Albert Fried, a Nobel Prize. (Read More »)

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Historic Moments in International Law

“Savage and Monstrous Excesses” in the Age of Reason
By: Stephen  C.  Neff, Reader-in-Law, Public International Law, University of Edinburgh Law School

The modern law of armed conflict prohibits, absolutely, the targeting of civilian populations. But it was not always so.
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Global Judicial Perspective

The Security Council and the International Criminal Court
By: Richard J. Goldstone, Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, and Regular Columnist, International Judicial Monitor

The African Union and some African States have protested the alleged bias of the International Criminal Court (ICC) toward Africa.
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  Richard A. Goldstone
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Commentary

International Law and Crimes of Terrorism
By: Issam M. Saliba, Legal Specialist, Law Library of the United States Congress

In 1937 the League of Nations adopted the first multilateral Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism.
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Judicial Tourism

Bologna – A Must-See City in Italy for the Judge/Jurist Traveler
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor

There are two reasons why I wanted to visit Bologna. The first was that it contains the oldest university in the world (founded 1088) and is the birthplace of Western legal culture.
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  Dr. James G. Apple
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In Review: Books About International Law and About Courts and Judges

Richard Posner
By: William Domnarski
Oxford University Press. 2016

Reviewed by: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor

The International Judicial Monitor has reviewed three of the many books written by Richard Posner, a judge sitting on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, Illinois.
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