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Inefficient Customs In International Law, Eugene Kontorovich
Inefficient Customs In International Law, Eugene Kontorovich
William & Mary Law Review
This Article explores whether and when rules of customary international law (CIL) can be expected to be efficient. Customary rules are often regarded as desirable because in certain circumstances, they promote the welfare of the group in which they arise. Unless these circumstances apply among states, the efficiency arguments for the legalization of customary norms do not apply. The Article takes as its central observation the divergent treatment of custom in domestic and international law. In international law, if a customary behavior of states can be identified, it is automatically elevated to the status of legal obligation without any independent …
Time To Overturn Turney, Paul A. Lafata
Time To Overturn Turney, Paul A. Lafata
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Help For Hotspots: Ngo Participation In The Preservation Of Worldwide Diversity, Bradley M. Bernau
Help For Hotspots: Ngo Participation In The Preservation Of Worldwide Diversity, Bradley M. Bernau
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This Note explores the role that nongovernmental organizations can and do play in the preservation of global biodiversity hotspots. The hotspot concept-developed in the late 1980s alongside the new field of conservation biology-identifies particular areas of the world that contain high levels of endemic species that are highly threatened or endangered. Some experts have argued that by focusing species conservation efforts on these areas, a maximum amount of species can be protected and preserved using a minimum amount of time, money, and effort, allowing the remaining, scarce funds and resources to be directed toward species conservation efforts elsewhere.
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Queries From Querin: Guantanamo Tribunals And The Separation Of Powers Doctrine, Tanja Korpi
Queries From Querin: Guantanamo Tribunals And The Separation Of Powers Doctrine, Tanja Korpi
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Transboundary Groundwater In New Mexico, Texas, And Mexico: State And Local Legal Remedies To A Challenge Between Cities, States, And Nations, Jennifer Evans
Transboundary Groundwater In New Mexico, Texas, And Mexico: State And Local Legal Remedies To A Challenge Between Cities, States, And Nations, Jennifer Evans
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
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Women In Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dilemmas And Directions, Naomi R. Cahn
Women In Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dilemmas And Directions, Naomi R. Cahn
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Prologue, Claudio Grossman
Prologue, Claudio Grossman
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Legal Updates, Natalie Huls, Art Steele, Huwaida Arraf, Courtney Nicolaisen, Miya Saika Chen
International Legal Updates, Natalie Huls, Art Steele, Huwaida Arraf, Courtney Nicolaisen, Miya Saika Chen
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
International Law-The Impact On National Constitutions, Michael Kirby
International Law-The Impact On National Constitutions, Michael Kirby
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Aspirational Principles Or Enforceable Rights? The Future For Socio-Economic Rights In National Law, Ellen Wiles
Aspirational Principles Or Enforceable Rights? The Future For Socio-Economic Rights In National Law, Ellen Wiles
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reconstruyendo El Nucleo De Derechos De La Persona Humana: Aportes Para La Justiciabilidad De, Tambien, Los Derechos Economicos, Sociales Y Culturales , Lila Garcia
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Argentina: Social Rights, Thorny Country: Judicial Review Of Economic Policies Sponsored By The Ifis , Horacio Javier Etchichury
Argentina: Social Rights, Thorny Country: Judicial Review Of Economic Policies Sponsored By The Ifis , Horacio Javier Etchichury
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Practioner's Guide: An Overview Of The Major International Arbitration Tribunals, Stefania Bondurant
A Practioner's Guide: An Overview Of The Major International Arbitration Tribunals, Stefania Bondurant
South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business
No abstract provided.
Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Protegiendo El Derecho A La Salud En El Sistema Interamericano De Derechos Humanos: Estudio Comparativo Sobre Su Justiciabilidad Desde Un Punto De Vista Substantivo Y Procesal , Carlos Ivan Fuentes Alcedo
Protegiendo El Derecho A La Salud En El Sistema Interamericano De Derechos Humanos: Estudio Comparativo Sobre Su Justiciabilidad Desde Un Punto De Vista Substantivo Y Procesal , Carlos Ivan Fuentes Alcedo
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
International Legal Updates, Sebastian Amar, Shirley Woodward, Sabrina Balgamwalla, Amy Tai
International Legal Updates, Sebastian Amar, Shirley Woodward, Sabrina Balgamwalla, Amy Tai
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Israel, Hezbollah And The Conflict In Lebanon: An Act Of Aggression Or Self-Defense?, Victor Kattan
Israel, Hezbollah And The Conflict In Lebanon: An Act Of Aggression Or Self-Defense?, Victor Kattan
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Liability For Torts In Violation Of International Law: No Hook Under Sosa For Secondary, Complicit Actors, Helena Lynch
Liability For Torts In Violation Of International Law: No Hook Under Sosa For Secondary, Complicit Actors, Helena Lynch
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.