Tuesday, January 21, 2020

New Issue: American Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 114, no. 1, January 2020) is out. The Journal now provides free access to the International Decisions and Contemporary Practice of the United States sections. Contents include:
  • Article
    • Cosette D. Creamer & Beth A. Simmons, The Proof Is in the Process: Self-Reporting Under International Human Rights Treaties
  • Essay
    • Cecily Rose, The Creation of a Review Mechanism for the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and Its Protocols
  • Current Developments
    • Sean D. Murphy, Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens) and Other Topics: The Seventy-First Session of the International Law Commission
  • Editorial Comment
    • Richard B. Bilder, On the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
  • International Decisions
    • Tania Voon, Russia—Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit
    • Angela Mudukuti, Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, Judgment in the Jordan Referral re Al-Bashir Appeal
    • Tara Van Ho, Vedanta Resources Plc and Another v. Lungowe and Others
    • Cameron Miles, The MV “Norstar” Case (Panama v. Italy)
  • Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
    • Jean Galbraith, Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
  • Recent Books on International Law
    • Cesare P.R. Romano, Legitimacy, Authority, and Performance: Contemporary Anxieties of International Courts and Tribunals
    • Chiara Giorgetti, reviewing Comparative International Law, edited by Anthea Roberts, Paul B. Stephan, Pierre-Hugues Verdier, and Mila Versteeg
    • Rita Guerreiro Teixeira & Jan Wouters, reviewing Research Handbook on the Theory and Practice of International Lawmaking, edited by Catherine Brölmann and Yannick Radi
    • Charlotte Ku, reviewing The Changing Practices of International Law, edited by Tanja Aalberts and Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
    • Andrea Harrison, reviewing Underground Warfare, by Daphné Richemond-Barak