Monday, January 9, 2012

New Issue: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The latest issue of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (Vol. 44, no. 5, November 2011) is out. Contents include:
  • Foreign State Immunity at Home and Abroad (Cont.)
    • Harold Hongju Koh, Foreign Official Immunity After Samantar: A United States Government Perspective
    • Beth Stephens, Abusing the Authority of the State: Denying Foreign Official Immunity for Egregious Human Rights Abuses
    • Lori Fisler Damrosch, Changing the International Law of Sovereign Immunity Through National Decisions
    • Elena Sciso, Italian Judges' Point of View on Foreign States' Immunity
    • Ingrid Wuerth, Symposium Epilog: Foreign Sovereign Immunity at Home and Abroad
  • Ozan O. Varol, The Origins and Limits of Originalism: A Comparative Study
  • Intisar A. Rabb, The Islamic Rule of Lenity: Judicial Discretion and Legal Canons