Wednesday, November 7, 2007

New Issue: Columbia Human Rights Law Review

The latest issue of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review (Vol. 38, no. 3, Spring 2007) is out. Contents include:

  • 40th Anniversary Special Issue - Dedicated to Columbia University Professor Louis Henkin
  • Foreword: Human Rights and the "War on Terror"
  • The Future of Human Rights Law: A Tribute to Louis Henkin
    • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Letter honoring Louis Henkin
    • Lee Bollinger, Letter honoring Louis Henkin
    • Judge Rosemary Barkett, Louis Henkin and the Education of the Federal Judiciary
    • Juan Méndez, Lou Henkin, Transitional Justice, and the Prevention of Genocide
    • Harold Hongju Koh, The Future of Lou Henkin's Human Rights Movement
    • The Legacy of Louis Henkin: Human Rights in the "Age of Terror" - An Interview with Sarah H. Cleveland
  • George P. Fletcher, The Law of War and Its Pathologies
  • Deborah Pearlstein, The Constitution and Executive Competence in the Post-Cold War World
  • Naureen Shah, Knocking on the Torturer's Door: Confronting International Complicity in the U.S. Rendition Program