New Issue: Global Governance

The latest issue of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions (Vol. 14, no. 1, January-March 2008) is out. Contents include:

• Giovanni Bassu, Law Overruled: Strengthening the Rule of Law in Postconflict States
• Simon Chesterman, Globalization Rules: Accountability, Power, and the Prospects for Global Administrative Law
• Klaus Dingwerth, North-South Parity in Global Governance: The Affirmative Procedures of the Forest Stewardship Council
• Thomas N. Hale, Transparency, Accountability, and Global Governance
• Simon Rushton, The UN Secretary-General and Norm Entrepreneurship: Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Democracy Promotion
• Daniel C. Esty, Review Essay: Climate Change and Global Environmental Governance

Baughen: International Trade and the Protection of the Environment

Simon Baughen (Univ. of Bristol - Law) has published International Trade and the Protection of the Environment (Routledge 2007). Here's the abstract:

Analyzing globalization and the increasing tension it has caused between the goals of free trade and environmental protection, International Trade and the Protection of the Environment provides a comprehensive and detailed legal analysis, both at the national and international level of what looks set to become the new legal order of the twenty-first century.

This book asks the questions does the treatment of ‘measures tantamount to expropriation’ have the capacity to lead to a ‘regulatory chill’ on environmental protection and what are the possibilities for claims before the UK courts that are based on alleged violations of international law?

Symposium: The Future of International Criminal Justice - Evolving Accountability from Nuremburg to the International Criminal Court

The latest issue of the Penn State International Law Review (Vol. 25, no. 4, Spring 2007) contains the proceedings of a symposium on "The Future of International Criminal Justice - Evolving Accountability from Nuremburg to the International Criminal Court." Contents include:

• Symposium: The Future of International Criminal Justice - Evolving Accountability from Nuremburg to the International Criminal Court
• Louis F. Del Duca, Introduction
• Richard Goldstone, Historical Evolution - From Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court
• Herbert Okun, The Role of International Criminal Justice in Peace Negotiations
• Dermot M. Groome, Re-Evaluating the Theoretical Basis and Methodology of International Criminal Trials
• David Crane, Hybrid Tribunals - Internationalized National Prosecutions
• Clint Williamson, The Role of the United States in International Criminal Justice
• Mary Robinson, Keynote Address - Rule of Law and International Human Rights in Challenging Times

Futamura: War Crimes Tribunals and Transitional Justice: The Tokyo Trial and the Nuremburg Legacy

Madoka Futamura has published War Crimes Tribunals and Transitional Justice: The Tokyo Trial and the Nuremburg Legacy (Routledge 2007). Here's the abstract:

Advocates of the ‘Nuremberg legacy’ emphasize the positive impact of the individualization of responsibility and the establishment of an historical record through judicial procedures for ‘war crimes’. This legacy has been cited in the context of the establishment and operation of the UN ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals in the 1990s, as well as for the International Criminal Court.

The problem with this legacy, however, is that it is based solely on the experience of West Germany. Furthermore, the effect of the procedure on post-conflict society has not been empirically examined. This book does this by analyzing the Tokyo Trial, the other International Military Tribunal established after the Second World War, and its impact on post-war Japan. Madoka Futamura examines the short- and long-term impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (the Tokyo Trial), on post-war Japan, in order to improve the understanding of and strategy for ongoing international war crimes tribunals.

New Issue: Journal du Droit International

The latest issue of the Journal du Droit International ("Clunet") (Vol. 134, no. 4, Octobre-Novembre-Décembre 2007) is out. Contents include:

• Doctrine
• Cécile Legros, Les conflits de normes juridictionnelles en matière de transports internationaux de marchandises (suite)
• Walid Ben Hamida, Clause de la nation la plus favorisée et mécanismes de règlement des différends: que dit l’histoire?
• Variétés
• Emmanuel Gaillard, Souveraineté et autonomie: réflexions sur les représentations de l’arbitrage international
• Didier Laméthe, Les langues de l’arbitrage international: liberté raisonnée de choix ou contraintes réglementes?

New Issue: Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management

The latest issue of Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (Vol. 73, no. 3, August 2007) is out. Contents include:

• David Altaras, Arbitration in England and Wales and the European Convention on Human Rights: should arbitrators be frightened?
• Houston Putnam Lowry, A participant’s view of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s Working Party II (Arbitration) Proceedings in January 2006
• Alexander Belohlavek, Arbitration in the Czech Republic
• Thomas Wardyński, The status of arbitration and arbitration law in Poland
• Crenguta Leaua, Arbitration in Romania
• Gerald Zeiler, Treaty v. contract: which panel?
• Alexander Muranov & Demitriy Davydenko, Summary of the law and practice of enforcement of foreign judgments in Russia
• William Wood, Mediation: the next ten years
• Richard Anderson & John Aycock, The introduction of payment and adjudication provisions into the construction laws of the Isle of Man

New Issue: ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin

The latest issue of the ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin (Vol. 18, no. 1, 2007) is out. Contents include:

• Laurence Kiffer, Amiable composition and ICC Arbitration
• Extracts from ICC arbitral awards relating to amiable composition

New Volume: Finnish Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Finnish Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 16, 2005) is out. Contents include:

• Symposium: The National Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
• Foreword
• Mattias Goldmann, Implementing the Rome Statute in Europe: From Sovereign Distinction to Convergence in International Criminal Law
• Implementation of the Rome Statute in Albania
• Magdalena Forowicz, Implementation of the Rome Statute in Belgium
• Rain Liivoja, René Värk, & Merri Kastemäe, Implementation of the Rome Statute in Estonia
• Jussi Ohisalo, Implementation of the Rome Statute in Finland
• Martin Hess, Nandor Knust, & Christine Schuon, Implementation of the Rome Statute in Germany
• Paola Sacchi & Silvia Borelli, Implementation of the Rome Statute in Italy
• Sergey Vasiliev & Anna Ogodorova, Implementation of the Rome Statute in Russia
• Simon P. Olleson & Matthew R. Brubacher, Implementation of the Rome Statute in the United Kingdom
• Tobias Bräutigam, Comparative Law and the U.S. Supreme Court: Roper v. Simmons and the Quest for Theory
• Linda Johanna Friman, War and Peace in Outer Space: A Review of the Legality of the Weaponization of Outer Space in the Light of the Prohibition on Non-Peaceful Purposes
• Jan Klabbers, Reflections on Soft International Law in a Privatized World
• James O’Connor, U.S. Neoconservatism and the Rule of Radical Occasionalism - Carl Schmitt’s War on Terror?
• Aurel Sari, The Danish Cartoon Row: Re-Drawing the Limits of the Right to Freedom of Expression?

Frederking: The United States and the Security Council: Collective Security Since the Cold War

Brian Frederking (McKendree College - Political Science) has published The United States and the Security Council: Collective Security Since the Cold War (Routledge 2007). Here's the abstract:

This book describes the rules governing international security decision-making and examines the different understandings of collective security in the post-Cold War world.

The post-Cold War world has largely been a struggle over which rules govern global security. Discussions and decisions following the events of 9/11 have highlighted differences and disputes in the United Nations Security Council. Where Russia, China, and France prefer ‘procedural’ collective security, in which all enforcement attempts must be explicitly authorized by the Security Council, the US and Britain prefer ‘substantive’ collective security, in which particular countries can sometimes take it upon themselves to enforce the rules of the global community.

Using a constructivist theory of global security to analyze a series of case studies on Iraq (1990-91); Somalia, Rwanda, and Haiti; Bosnia and Kosovo; Afghanistan and Iraq (2003), the author demonstrates how competing interpretations of collective security recur. Challenging the claim that 9/11 fundamentally changed world politics, Brian Frederking argues that the events exacerbated already existing tensions between the veto powers of the UN Security Council.

Carreau & Juillard: Droit international économique

Dominique Carreau (Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)) & Patrick Juillard (Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)) have published the third edition of Droit international économique (Dalloz 2007). Here's the abstract:

L'internationalisation des économies nationales ne cesse de s'accroître depuis les dernières décennies. Elle n'a cependant pas encore rattrapé le niveau qui fut le sien au XIXe siècle. Le XIXe siècle, en effet, demeure l'âge d'or d'un libéralisme qui trouve son aboutissement dans une division internationale du travail fondée sur la loi de l'avantage comparé. L'actuelle interpénétration des économies, qu'on dénomme, en forçant le trait, " mondialisation ", a été favorisée par la mise en place d'un encadrement conventionnel qu'ont voulu les Etats après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Cet encadrement, paradoxalement, poursuivait un objectif de libéralisation : les derniers obstacles à la réalisation de cet objectif ont disparu avec le discrédit du modèle de planification centralisée. La création d'un système commercial de portée universelle devenait possible, et le 1er janvier 1995, l'OMC se substituait au GATT. La libéralisation des échanges de biens et de services ne pouvait pas ne pas s'accompagner de la libéralisation des investissements. Cette dernière se manifeste par la prolifération des accords bilatéraux de promotion et de protection, dont le nombre s'élève actuellement à près de 3000. C'est de l'ensemble de ces phénomènes que cet ouvrage s'efforce de rendre un compte aussi exact que possible. Aussi s'attache-t-il à présenter, dans chacun des éléments qui le composent, ce que l'on peut désormais appeler le système économique international. Une place importante est accordée au commerce des biens et services - tant il est vrai que l'échange demeure le moteur de l'économie internationale. Mais l'établissement des personnes et l'investissement des capitaux ne peuvent en être dissociés. Enfin, les mécanismes de financement, public ou privé, du système constituent le facteur commun à tous ces développements. Ce précis s'adresse donc tant aux étudiants de 2e et 3e cycles auxquels la matière est enseignée dans le cadre de leurs cursus respectifs, qu'aux praticiens du droit des affaires internationales.

Wouters & De Meester: The World Trade Organization: A Legal and Institutional Analysis

Jan Wouters (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Institute for International Law) & Bart De Meester (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Institute for International Law) have published The World Trade Organization: A Legal and Institutional Analysis (Intersentia 2007). Here's the abstract:

The World Trade Organization, set up in 1995, has become a centrepiece of global economic governance in a fragmented international legal and institutional system. The WTO oversees an extensive body of international trade rules. But it has also become a widely contested organization, as its trade rules affect a great variety of rules and policies on environmental protection, public health, technical standards, cultural diversity, financial stability and professional qualifications. Whether it likes it or not, the WTO is put at the centre of global economic governance and no internationally oriented legal practitioner, government official, academic or student can afford to neglect this swiftly developing body of law. This book introduces the institutional and substantive legal aspects of the WTO. It thereby addresses both the vertical interactions of WTO law with domestic legal systems and the horizontal interactions between WTO rules and other areas of international regulation. Starting from the history and theory of international trade law, the book discusses the content and application of the basic principles in the different WTO agreements. Furthermore, it also clarifies the decision-making processes and dispute settlement system of the WTO.

Symposium: Envisioning a More Democratic Global System

The current issue of the Widener Law Review (Vol. 13, no. 2, 2007) includes the proceedings of a symposium on "Envisioning a More Democratic Global System," which took place at the Widener University School of Law in April 2006. Contents include:

• Andrew Strauss, Considering Global Democracy
• Richard Falk, What Comes After Westphalia: The Democratic Challenge
• Heraldo Muñoz, Democracy in the Americas
• Gregory H. Fox, Internationalizing National Politics: Lessons for International Organizations
• Daniele Archibugi, Can Democracy Be Exported?
• Kimon Valaskakis, The Perils of “Dumb” Democracy
• Robert C. Johansen, The E-Parliament: Global Governance to Serve the Human Interest
• Andrew Strauss, On the First Branch of Global Governance
• Chandra Muzaffar, Hegemony, Terrorism, and War—Is Democracy the Antidote?
• Thomas Franck, One Man One Vote or One Man One Goat: Reflections on Democracy in the Global Arena
• Heikki Patomäki, Rethinking Global Parliament: Beyond the Indeterminacy of International Law
• David Kennedy, Assessing the Proposal for a Global Parliament:A Skeptics View
• Upendra Baxi, Towards a General Assembly of Peoples:Notes for Conversation
• Zaid Ibrahim, America and the Future of Global Democracy

Genocide Accountability Act of 2007

On Friday, President Bush signed into law the Genocide Accountability Act of 2007 (text here). As the White House press release notes, the statute "expands criminal liability for participation in acts of genocide committed outside of the United States to persons not covered by current [U.S.] criminal law." Prior to passage of the Act, the ability of the United States to prosecute persons accused of genocide was limited to U.S. nationals or persons who committed genocide on U.S. territory. Now it includes, among other categories of persons, an "alleged offender [who] is brought into, or found in, the United States, even if that conduct occurred outside the United States." Kevin Jon Heller provides commentary at Opinio Juris.

New Issue: World Arbitration and Mediation Review

The latest issue of the World Arbitration and Mediation Review (Vol. 1, no. 5, 2007) is out. Contents include:

• International Arbitration
• Anna Conley, A Comparative Law Analysis of U.S. Judicial Assistance
• Anne-Marie Loong, Steps Toward an International Arbitration Culture? A Dissenting View from the People's Republic of China
• Jennifer Anglim Kreder, A Nazi-Looted Art Tribunal

Wendel: State Responsibility for Interferences with the Freedom of Navigation in Public International Law

Philipp Wendel has published State Responsibility for Interferences with the Freedom of Navigation in Public International Law (Springer 2007). Here's the abstract:

A multitude of conventions covering the law of the sea contain provisions on compensation for wrongful interferences with navigation. Even though interferences by warships and coast guard vessels appear to be more frequent due to a perceived increased risk of international crimes at sea, the compensation provisions have hardly been applied.

This book analyzes all relevant compensation provisions and compares them to the general law of state responsibility. The author discusses such issues as the responsibility of international organizations, liability for lawful conduct, and several and joint liability in public international law.