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Symposium: Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) & Economic Sanctions
Yale Journal of International Law, in collaboration with the LPE Project, presents this 2023 Symposium.
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Economic Sanctions: Where Law and Political Economy Meets Third World Approaches to International Law
Economic sanctions, touted as a peaceful alternative to war, have long been controversial in international law and international relations.
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Unilateral Coercive Measures: Effects and Legality Issues
Discusses the classification of unilateral coercive measures, identifies their consequences, and highlights their violations of international law.
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Symposium Workshop: TWAIL & Economic Sanctions
This post introduces the Symposium Workshop: TWAIL & Economic Sanctions
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The Trump Administration, Asylum Law, and Private-Actor Persecution
This essays examines the practices of the Trump administration through the lense of Asylum law.
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Symposium: Managing Mixed Migration
This symposium addresses migrants’ mixed rationales for leaving home.
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The International Law of Rabble Rousing
This Essay offers an account of rabble-rousing as a novel information warfare operation.
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COVID-19: Towards a Digital Fragmentation of the Right to Education?
The essay argues that the trend towards digital learning entails a platformization of education, engendering several new problems.
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Introduction to the “China and the International Legal Order” Joint Symposium Issues
This post introduces the symposium “China and the International Legal Order”.
Recent Publications:
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Disaster Risk Governance and COVID-19 – Accountability, Transparency, and Corruption
This essay discusses three related elements of disaster risk governance: accountability, transparency, and corruption.
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Exiting the United Nations: Paths and Potential
On the very first day of the 115th Congress, Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) introduced H.R. 193, the American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017.
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When Do Treaties Preempt State Law?
The American Law Institute is in the middle of an effort to update its Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States …
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Accepting that War-Sustaining Objects Are “Legitimate Targets” Under IHL Is a Terrible Idea
In a recent article, Professor Ryan Goodman puts forth a controversial argument: “war sustaining” objects in non-international armed conflicts …
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Treasuring the “Treasure Island of Korea”: A Cautionary Tale of Chinese Real Estate Development in Jeju Island
Home to the highest mountain in South Korea, the world’s longest lava caves, and unique lava forests, Jeju Island is the only place on Earth to …
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Symposium: Brexit and the Law
“Breaking up is Hard to Do,” the song goes, and for graphic proof, we need look no further than the United Kingdom’s June 23, 2016 referendum to leave
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International Law and the Lame-Duck Congress
As the Republican-controlled 114th Congress reconvenes for its lame-duck session, expectations for the session’s productivity are low.
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Is the Trump Administration Bound by the Iran Deal?
Examines the Iran Deal, and whether the Trump Administration could and should withdraw from it.
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Investment Arbitration: A Poor Forum for the International Fight Against Corruption
An examination of whether investment tribunals are suited to hearing allegations of corruption.
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Call for Modified Transparency in the Korea-Lone Star Funds Arbitration
In June 2016, the final oral argument for the investment dispute between South Korea (Korea) and Lone Star Funds (LSF) took place.
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The Uncertain Future of the European Investment Court System
Developments concerning the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and their impacts on the European Investment Court System.
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Hacking the Election
How can the US respond to allegations that the Russian Government was behind the cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee?
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Outsourcing Refoulement: The United States and the Central American Refugee Crisis
This piece addresses the implications of state efforts to displace legal obligations by outsourcing their refugee problems to other states.
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- Features Essays
“Uniting for Peace” in the Age of International Justice
This article examines the relevance of UfP in a new post-Cold War era.
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MLATs and the Trusted Nation Club: The Proper Cost of Membership
Looking at a new generation of MLATs and MLAT substitutes.
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Exhaustion of Local Remedies in Investor-State Dispute Settlement: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Re-examining the requirement for foreign investors to exhaust local remedies before bringing investor-state claims.
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Rethinking the International Refugee Regime
T. Alexander Aleinikoff rethinks the international refugee law.
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The Yukos Award and the Debate over the New York Convention
As the Obama Administration defends the Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”)…international arbitration has increasingly come under public scrutiny.
