Tuesday, December 30, 2008

New Issue: European Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law (Vol. 19, no. 5, November 2008) is out. Contents include:
  • Marking the Universal Declaration's 60th Anniversary: A Human Rights Symposium (cont'd)
    • Jochen von Bernstorff, The Changing Fortunes of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Genesis and Symbolic Dimensions of the Turn to Rights in International Law
    • Mary Ann Glendon, Justice and Human Rights: Reflections on the Address of Pope Benedict to the UN
  • EJIL: Debate!
    • Paolo G. Carozza, Human Dignity and Judicial Interpretation of Human Rights: A Reply
    • Robert Howse, Human Rights, International Economic Law and Constitutional Justice: A Reply
    • Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, Human Rights, International Economic Law and Constitutional Justice: A Rejoinder
  • Symposium: Private Military Contractors and International Law
    • Francesco Francioni, Private Military Contractors and International Law: An Introduction
    • Nigel D. White & Sorcha MacLeod, EU Operations and Private Military Contractors: Issues of Corporate and Institutional Responsibility
    • Carsten Hoppe, Passing the Buck: State Responsibility for Private Military Companies
    • Chia Lehnardt, Individual Liability of Private Military Personnel under International Criminal Law
    • Cedric Ryngaert, Litigating Abuses Committed by Private Military Companies
    • Simon Chesterman, 'We Can't Spy . . . If We Can't Buy!': The Privatization of Intelligence and the Limits of Outsourcing 'Inherently Governmental Functions'
  • Article
    • Jean d'Aspremont, Softness in International Law: A Self-Serving Quest for New Legal Materials