Tuesday, May 8, 2012

New Issue: Leiden Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law (Vol. 25, no. 2, June 2012) is out. Contents include:
  • Editorial
    • Carsten Stahn, Between ‘Faith’ and ‘Facts’: By What Standards Should We Assess International Criminal Justice?
  • International Legal Theory
    • Yannick Radi, Standardization: A Dynamic and Procedural Conceptualization of International Law-Making
  • Symposium on Soft Law
    • Jean d’Aspremont & Tanja Aalberts, Which Future for the Scholarly Concept of Soft International Law? Editors’ Introductory Remarks
    • Jaye Ellis, Shades of Grey: Soft Law and the Validity of Public International Law
    • Matthias Goldmann, We Need to Cut Off the Head of the King: Past, Present, and Future Approaches to International Soft Law
    • Jaye Ellis, The King Is Dead, Long Live the King? A Reply to Matthias Goldmann
    • Matthias Goldmann, Soft Law and Other Forms of International Public Authority – The View from Discourse Theory: A Reply to Jaye Ellis
  • International Law and Practice - Symposium: Fairness in International Environmental Law
    • Mario Prost & Alejandra Torres Camprubí, Against Fairness? International Environmental Law, Disciplinary Bias, and Pareto Justice
    • Jaye Ellis, Extraterritorial Exercise of Jurisdiction for Environmental Protection: Addressing Fairness Concerns
    • Kishan Khoday & Usha Natarajan, Fairness and International Environmental Law from Below: Social Movements and Legal Transformation in India
    • Natasha Affolder, Transnational Conservation Contracts
  • Hague International Tribunals - International Court of Justice Symposium: The Nicaragua Case 25 Years Later
    • Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, The Notion of ‘Armed Attack’ in the Nicaragua Judgment and Its Influence on Subsequent Case Law
    • James R. Crawford, Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
    • Alain Pellet, The Nicaragua Case: ‘Mafiosi’s’ and ‘Veteran’s’ Approaches Combined
  • International Criminal Court and Tribunals
    • Antonio Cassese, The Legitimacy of International Criminal Tribunals and the Current Prospects of International Criminal Justice
    • Salvatore Zappala, Personal Remarks on Antonio Cassese and His Vision of International Law and International Criminal Justice along the Road He Walked
    • Christine Schuon, The Appeals Decision in the ICC’s Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Case on the Trial Chamber’s ‘Decision on the Admission into Evidence of Materials Contained in the Prosecution’s List of Evidence’
    • Bérénice Boutin, Responsibility of the Netherlands for the Acts of Dutchbat in Nuhanović and Mustafić: The Continuous Quest for a Tangible Meaning for ‘Effective Control’ in the Context of Peacekeeping