Friday, September 5, 2025

New Issue: American Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 119, no. 3, July 2025) is out. Contents include:
  • Ingrid Brunk & Monica Hakimi, Statement by the Editors-in-Chief of the American Journal of International Law
  • Special Issue: Reparations in International Law
    • Ingrid Brunk & Monica Hakimi, Transforming the World with Reparations?
    • E. Tendayi Achiume, Race, Reparations, and International Law
    • Antony Anghie, The Injustices of Reparations
    • Anne Orford, Reparations, Climate Change, and the Background Rules of International Law
    • Lavanya Rajamani, Empowering International Law to Address Claims for Climate Reparations
    • Steven Ratner, Reparations for Colonialism Beyond Legal Responsibility
    • Dire Tladi, Jus Cogens and Reparations: Can We Just End the Separation?
  • International Decisions
    • Ernesto Hernández-López, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)—Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)—GMO corn
    • Tamás Molnár, European Commission v. Hungary (Reception of Applicants for International Protection II) No. C-123/22
    • Eleni Polymenopoulou, Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation v. Germany. Judgment
  • Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
    • The United States Designates Criminal Organizations as “Terrorists” for the First Time
    • The United States to Issue Licenses and Permits for Commercial Seabed Mining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
    • President Trump Threatens “Secondary Tariffs” on Countries Importing Venezuela Oil
    • Secretary of State Rubio Announces Visa Restrictions for Foreign Officials Who Forcibly Return Uyghurs to China and Immediately Bars Thai Officials
  • Recent Books on International Law
    • Mark A. Drumbl, reviewing The Violence of Law: The Formation and Deformation of Gacaca Courts in Rwanda, by Jens Meierhenrich
    • Gerry Simpson, reviewing Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia, by Gary Bass
    • Diego Mejía-Lemos, reviewing Identification of Customary International Law, by Omri Sender and Michael Wood
    • David L. Sloss, reviewng Historical Gloss and Foreign Affairs: Constitutional Authority in Practice, by Curtis A. Bradley