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Going Bare In The Law Of Assignments: When Is An Assignment Champertous?, Anthony Sebok Jan 2020

Going Bare In The Law Of Assignments: When Is An Assignment Champertous?, Anthony Sebok

FIU Law Review

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The Hidden Costs Of Strategic Communications For The International Criminal Court, Megan A. Fairlie Jan 2016

The Hidden Costs Of Strategic Communications For The International Criminal Court, Megan A. Fairlie

Faculty Publications

In little more than a decade, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has received nearly 11,000 requests for its Prosecutor to conduct atrocity investigations around the globe. To date, no such communication has resulted in an official investigation. Nevertheless, the act of publicizing these investigation requests has proven to be an effective, attention-getting tool that can achieve valuable, alternative goals. This fact explains the increasing popularity of “strategic communications” — highly publicized investigation requests aimed not at securing any ICC-related activity, but at obtaining some non-Court related advantage. This Article, which is the first to identify this trend, explains why the …


Miranda And Its (More Rights-Protective) International Counterparts, Megan A. Fairlie Jan 2013

Miranda And Its (More Rights-Protective) International Counterparts, Megan A. Fairlie

Faculty Publications

The goal of this article is to encourage the international legal community to revisit its unexamined acceptance of strategic communications. This can lead to a debate that, at a minimum, should prompt Court supporters — specifically civil society members — to think carefully before engaging in conduct that creates dangerous consequences for the ICC.