YJIL Forum
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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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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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Reflections on a Potential Peace Treaty for the Korean Peninsula
The essay examines critical questions for consideration as South Korea, North Korea, and the United States try to move toward a peace treaty
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Mehdi J. Hakimi*
This essay surveys the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s charges against the Taliban and their affiliates.
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Group and Individual Rights in the Argument for Puerto Rican Accession
This essay examines the distinction between group rights and individual rights in relation to disputes about Puerto Rico’s status.
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Comment on Blocher & Gulati's “Puerto Rico and the Right of Accession”
This comment builds upon examples included in Blocher and Gulati’s Article using judicial, congressional, and historical precedents.
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Constitutional Amendment and “Fundamendment”: A Response to Professor Richard Albert
I am delighted to offer some brief observations following Professor Richard Albert’s fascinating study of constitutional amendment and dismemberment.
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On Constitutional Dismemberment
In Constitutional Amendment and Dismemberment, Richard Albert endorses four main claims: one conceptual, one descriptive, and two normative.
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Rescuing the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine: A Reply to Richard Albert
My major aim here is to rescue the UCA doctrine from Albert’s attack, and to argue that it is a significant tool in a world with his concerns.
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Not “Final and Irreversible”: Explaining South Korea’s January 2018 Reversal on the “Comfort Women” Agreement
Approximately two years ago, the Foreign Ministers of South Korea and Japan announced that they had “final[ly] and irreversibl[y]” resolved the issue.
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A War Crimes “Wiki”: The Need for an Open Database to Ensure Syrian Accountability
Just over a month ago, a Swedish court became the first court anywhere to convict an individual associated with the Assad regime for war crimes.
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More Privacy Principle: A Reply to Asaf Lubin
In his reply to The Privacy Principle, Asaf Lubin queries whether the right to privacy meets the criteria of a general principle of law.
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Building a Durable Legal Framework in Space: The Extraterrestrial Impact of the South China Sea Dispute
Just a few weeks ago, tech titan Elon Musk announced his lofty intention to send the first colonists to Mars by 2024.
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The Case of Kim Jong-nam and Questions of International Law
At first glance, an assassination is a straight forward violation of international law.
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A Closer Look at the Korean Constitutional Court’s Ruling on Park Geun-hye’s Impeachment
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea unanimously approved the National Assembly’s December 2016 vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye.
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President Trump’s Budget Blueprint and U.N. Blue Helmets
On March 16th, President Trump released an initial budget outline for fiscal year (FY) 2018.
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Understanding War-Sustaining Targeting: A Rejoinder to Iulia Padeanu
Ms. Iulia Padeanu says, “Accepting that War-Sustaining Objects are ‘Legitimate Targets’ under IHL is a Terrible Idea,” but I say shouldn’t we use …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.