Features Essays

YJIL’s Vol. 52 reached out to Prof. Oona A. Hathaway for her thoughts about the current landscape of international law and her new role with ASIL.

International law has been an enduring reference point for Palestine, as well as an enduring source of frustration. In applying doctrine to Palestine,

Wenaweser and Alavi: Inside the legal and political battle to create a tribunal for Ukraine’s aggression—and what it means for global justice.

While the need to give and receive care represents a foundational aspect of human existence, its recognition in legal frameworks remains insufficient.

AI will disrupt jobs worldwide, exposing the WTO’s limits. A labor-focused framework is urged to protect workers and sustain resilient global trade.

In this Features Essay, the authors discuss the legality of prosecuting foreign state-owned enterprises under international law.

Canada and India’s dispute over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar raises complex international legal issues involving sovereignty and human rights.

Fellmeth argues that UN Special Rapporteur Douhan’s report on sanctions is flawed in evidence, interpretation, and application of international law.

Caroline Krass discusses the lawyers’ role in integrated deterrence at the U.S. Cyber Command Legal Conference, noting cybersecurity and compliance.

This Essay offers an account of rabble-rousing as a novel information warfare operation.

This Article proposes an innovative human rights-based interpretation of interest rates applied to public and private loans. Available to download.

“Within the past year, the tides of global corruption have begun a perceptible shift. In a growing number of countries …”

Frédéric Sourgens’s recent article, The Privacy Principle, dares to ask a provocative question: can international law regulate global surveillance pro

Towards a unified theory of “arising out of” or “related to” jurisdiction where the defendant’s forum conduct contributed to the plaintiff’s claims

This Essay identifies certain critical grey zones of international law that are susceptible to exploitation when conducting cyber operations. 

This article examines the relevance of UfP in a new post-Cold War era. 

Re-examining the requirement for foreign investors to exhaust local remedies before bringing investor-state claims.

Looking at a new generation of MLATs and MLAT substitutes.

As the Obama Administration defends the Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”)…international arbitration has increasingly come under public scrutiny.

T. Alexander Aleinikoff rethinks the international refugee law. 

On October 23, 2015, the President of India Pranab Mukherjee, with input from Prime Minister Modi, signed into law a new Arbitration Ordinance.

On April 28, 2015, there were few surprises at the Supreme Court.