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International Crimes: Jus Cogens And Obligatio Erga Omnes, M. Cherif Bassiouni
International Crimes: Jus Cogens And Obligatio Erga Omnes, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Law and Contemporary Problems
There are both gaps and weaknesses in the various sources of International Criminal Law in norms and enforcement modalities. A comprehensive international codification would solve these problems, but this is not forthcoming.
Introduction, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Introduction, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Law and Contemporary Problems
Efforts to work against the practice of impunity for major international crimes and violations of fundamental human rights and to develop international guidelines against the practice are discussed.
International Guidelines Against Impunity: Facilitating Accountability, Madeline H. Morris
International Guidelines Against Impunity: Facilitating Accountability, Madeline H. Morris
Law and Contemporary Problems
Reasons for a consistent pattern of compromise when it comes to impunity for international crimes and human rights violations are discussed. Guidelines are presented for facilitating accountability for these crimes.
Lessons From The Americas: Guidelines For International Response To Amnesties For Atrocities, Douglass Cassel
Lessons From The Americas: Guidelines For International Response To Amnesties For Atrocities, Douglass Cassel
Law and Contemporary Problems
The impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of human rights violations, thanks in part to amnesty laws, is summarized. The international community should adopt guidelines to assist their own officials in responding to future amnesties.
Searching For Peace And Achieving Justice: The Need For Accountability, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Searching For Peace And Achieving Justice: The Need For Accountability, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Law and Contemporary Problems
Despite a high level of mass violence in the post-war years, there have been few prosecutions at the international or national level. Impunity for such crimes is a betrayal of human solidarity with the victims.
Legal Responses To Genocide And Other Massive Violations Of Human Rights, W. Michael Reisman
Legal Responses To Genocide And Other Massive Violations Of Human Rights, W. Michael Reisman
Law and Contemporary Problems
The international community could halt the proliferation of genocides by arresting them before, or at least while they are happening, by any means necessary. Instead, the focus is on actions after the fact.
Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts On The Way Forward, Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts On The Way Forward, Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Law and Contemporary Problems
Some of the tasks needed to be done by legal scholars and advocates to combat impunity in cases of massive violations of human rights are discussed. Pathways for implementation of these ideas are many and overlapping.
Hague Conference Conventions And The United States: A European View, Cornelis D. Van Boeschoten
Hague Conference Conventions And The United States: A European View, Cornelis D. Van Boeschoten
Law and Contemporary Problems
From a European perspective, international cooperation in litigation does not primarily require the safeguarding of governmental interests, but the equitable balancing of the interests of plaintiffs and defendants. A European view of the role of US procedures in Hague Conference conventions is presented.
Comment On Judge F. Weis, Jr., Service By Mail—Is The Stamp Of Approval From The Hague Convention Always Enough?, Doug Rendleman
Comment On Judge F. Weis, Jr., Service By Mail—Is The Stamp Of Approval From The Hague Convention Always Enough?, Doug Rendleman
Law and Contemporary Problems
Joseph F. Weis Jr's theories regarding US procedural policymaking and service by mail from the Hague Convention are examined. Weis explores two themes that run through US civil procedure: counterintuitive instrumentalism and underlying pragmatism.
The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure In The Context Of Transnational Law, George K. Walker
The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure In The Context Of Transnational Law, George K. Walker
Law and Contemporary Problems
The development of exceptions in the Rules of Civil Procedure and federal statutes that apply only to litigants outside the US is explored. The Rules should not make exceptions on a blanket basis, as some proposals indicate.
Comments Of Professor Joan E. Donoghue’S Article, The Public Face Of Private International Law: Prospects For A Convention On Foreign State Immunity, Horace B. Robertson Jr.
Comments Of Professor Joan E. Donoghue’S Article, The Public Face Of Private International Law: Prospects For A Convention On Foreign State Immunity, Horace B. Robertson Jr.
Law and Contemporary Problems
Joan E. Donoghue's theories regarding the prospects for a convention on foreign state immunity within the Hague Conference are examined. The prospects for supporting efforts to negotiate an international convention on state immunity are small.
Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments: A New Approach For The Hague Conference?, Arthur T. Von Mehren
Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments: A New Approach For The Hague Conference?, Arthur T. Von Mehren
Law and Contemporary Problems
The curent Hague jurisdiction and recognition project for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments is discussed, and the merits and demerits of various approaches to jurisdiction and recognition problems are considered.
The Reluctant Partner: Making Procedural Law For International Civil Litigation, Stephen B. Burbank
The Reluctant Partner: Making Procedural Law For International Civil Litigation, Stephen B. Burbank
Law and Contemporary Problems
Although the US has been a member of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Since 1964, other members may doubt the US' willingness to abide by the international obligations it has incurred. The US' ambivalence regarding international commitments is examined.
Cooperation In International Procedural Conflicts: Prospects And Benefits, Takeshi Kojima
Cooperation In International Procedural Conflicts: Prospects And Benefits, Takeshi Kojima
Law and Contemporary Problems
The need for international integration of civil procedure has been strongly felt all over the world, particularly in the countries of Asia, North America and Europe. The birth of an international treaty will be good news for all those involved in international civil disputes.
Service By Mail—Is The Stamp Of Approval From The Hague Convention Always Enough?, Joseph F. Weis Jr.
Service By Mail—Is The Stamp Of Approval From The Hague Convention Always Enough?, Joseph F. Weis Jr.
Law and Contemporary Problems
The Hague Convention has not solved all of the problems in transnational service of process. Much of the difficulty has centered on the US preference for service by mail, a method of minimal expense.
The Hague Evidence Convention Revisited: Reflections On Its Role In U.S. Civil Procedure, Gary B. Born
The Hague Evidence Convention Revisited: Reflections On Its Role In U.S. Civil Procedure, Gary B. Born
Law and Contemporary Problems
A reworking of the basic terms of the Hague Evidence Convention is proposed. Under current law, US courts typically do not employ the Convention's evidence-taking mechanisms when ordering discovery from either a litigant or a witness subject to the court's subpoena power.
Remarks, Peter H. Pfund
Remarks, Peter H. Pfund
Law and Contemporary Problems
The US proposal for the Hague Conference to prepare a recognition and enforcement convention is a proposal for multilateral negotiations by the member states of the Hague Conference that would involve many states besides the US.
International Control Of Civil Procedure: Who Benefits?, Robert B. Von Mehren
International Control Of Civil Procedure: Who Benefits?, Robert B. Von Mehren
Law and Contemporary Problems
The work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the field of civil litigation is considered, focusing particularly on the Service Convention and the Evidence Convention. The international community has benefited from the work of the Hague Conference through cooperation under its auspices.
International Control Of International Litigation: Who Benefits?, Hans Smit
International Control Of International Litigation: Who Benefits?, Hans Smit
Law and Contemporary Problems
The enormous growth of international intercourse Since WWII has brought a corresponding increase in litigation with international aspects. Problems associated with adjudication by domestic courts of disputes with international aspects are considered.
Hague International Child Abduction Convention: A Progress Report, Linda Silberman
Hague International Child Abduction Convention: A Progress Report, Linda Silberman
Law and Contemporary Problems
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction was adopted on Oct 25, 1980. The objective of the Convention is to protect children from wrongful international removals or retentions from their lawful custodians.
A Comment On The Role Of The Hague Conference On Private International Law, Georges A.L. Droz
A Comment On The Role Of The Hague Conference On Private International Law, Georges A.L. Droz
Law and Contemporary Problems
The first session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law convened in 1893. The role of the Hague Conference on current international law is examined.
Thoughts About A Multinational Judgments Convention: A Reaction To The Von Mehren Report, Andreas F. Lowenfeld
Thoughts About A Multinational Judgments Convention: A Reaction To The Von Mehren Report, Andreas F. Lowenfeld
Law and Contemporary Problems
Arthur von Mehren's proposal for a mixed convention for jurisdiction and multinational judgments is examined. A theory for what a sound convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgments should contain is proposed.
Cross-Border Investment, Conflict Of Laws, And The Privatization Of Securities Law, Robert W. Hillman
Cross-Border Investment, Conflict Of Laws, And The Privatization Of Securities Law, Robert W. Hillman
Law and Contemporary Problems
The rapid acceleration of transnational investing is occurring in an environment in which emerging markets, and foreign interest in these markets, are exploding. The issues involved with cross-border investment, conflict of laws and the privatization of securities law are examined.
Nation, Duration, Violation, Harmonization: An International Copyright Proposal For The United States, David Nimmer
Nation, Duration, Violation, Harmonization: An International Copyright Proposal For The United States, David Nimmer
Law and Contemporary Problems
Throughout most of its history, the US has adopted copyright laws independent of the outside world. That changed in 1989 when Congress joined the Berne Convention.