The Role of Judges in a World Drifting Toward Chaos
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International Judicial Monitor and President, International Judicial Academy

This Summer 2015 issue of the International Judicial Monitor is being published in October, 2015. (Read More »)

Some Reflections from the Bench on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Business Bankruptcy Cases
By: Elizabeth S. Stong, Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of New York (U.S.)

More than ten years ago, I wrote a short article for the ALI-ABA publication The Practical Litigator entitled “A User’s Guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution in Business Cases.”
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Victim Participation and Reparations at the ICC After Lubang
By: Iva Vukusic, International Judicial Monitor Correspondent in The Hague

The past year has seen numerous important developments at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
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Rich Pickings on the Golden Rock
By: Stephen  C.  Neff, Reader in Law – Public International Law, University of Edinburgh Law School

The “golden rock” in question was the Dutch-ruled West Indian island of St Eustatius, during the years of the American struggle for independence from Great Britain. (Read More »)

International Sales Transactions – A Commentary on Terms of Usage

By: Starkeisha Tucker, Intern, International Judicial Academy

International transactions make up some of the daily activities of public and private businesses.
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Misconduct in the Enforcement of International Law by Rogue States and Democratic Ones
By: Richard A. Goldstone, Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, and Regular Columnist, International Judicial Monitor

During the first week of September 2015 present and former international chief prosecutors gathered at Lake Chautauqua, in upstate New York, for the ninth annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogs. (Read More »)

CRISPR Genetic Engineering: Replete with Biological Potential; Replete with Social Risk
By: Susan A. Ehrlich, J.D., LL.M. (biotechnology & genetics)
Judge (ret.), Arizona Court of Appeals

Humans have been genetic engineers since ancient times by using selective breeding of  plants and animals, but orthodox selective breeding is a lengthy and often-times costly matter of trial and error or even of chance.  (Read More »)

Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren
By Ed Cray. Simon and Schuster. 1997

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

The editorial that appeared in the last issue of the International Judicial Monitor discussed the background of persons being considered for judicial selection to appellate courts in the United States..
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Deadly Force By Law Enforcement: Does The U.S. Comply With International Standards?
By: T’Aria Reynolds, Intern, International Judicial Academy

Traditionally, international law was limited to the regulation of diplomatic relations between the States. (Read More »)