Recent Publications

• Disaster Risk Governance and COVID-19 – Accountability, Transparency, and Corruption

  March 17, 2017

  This essay discusses three related elements of disaster risk governance: accountability, transparency, and corruption.

  

• Treasuring the ‘Treasure Island of Korea’: A Cautionary Tale of Chinese Real Estate Development in Jeju Island

  March 2, 2017

  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 …

  

• Exiting the United Nations: Paths and Potential

  March 2, 2017

  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.

  

• When Do Treaties Preempt State Law?

  March 2, 2017

  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 …

• Accepting that War-Sustaining Objects are 'Legitimate Targets' under IHL is a Terrible Idea

  March 2, 2017

  In a recent article, Professor Ryan Goodman puts forth a controversial argument: “war sustaining” objects in non-international armed conflicts …

  

• Symposium: Brexit and the Law

  February 3, 2017

  “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

• Call for Modified Transparency in the Korea-Lone Star Funds Arbitration

  December 1, 2016

  In June 2016, the final oral argument for the investment dispute between South Korea (Korea) and Lone Star Funds (LSF) took place. 

  

• The Uncertain Future of the European Investment Court System

  December 1, 2016

  Developments concerning the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and their impacts on the European Investment Court System.

  

• International Law and the Lame-Duck Congress

  December 1, 2016

  As the Republican-controlled 114th Congress reconvenes for its lame-duck session, expectations for the session’s productivity are low.

  

• Investment Arbitration: A Poor Forum for the International Fight Against Corruption

  December 1, 2016

  An examination of whether investment tribunals are suited to hearing allegations of corruption.