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Winston P Nagan

2011

International Law

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The Holocaust And Mass Atrocity: The Continuing Challenge For Decision, Winston Nagan, Aitza Haddad Dec 2011

The Holocaust And Mass Atrocity: The Continuing Challenge For Decision, Winston Nagan, Aitza Haddad

Winston P Nagan

This article begins with an appraisal of a report published by the United States Institute for Peace and authored by the former Secretary of State, Albright, and former Secretary of Defense, Cohen. This Report generated a great deal of interest and reaction from scholars across the globe. The article will introduce the broad outline of this Report and provide a summary of the principal criticisms that it has generated. This sets the stage for approaching the problem that is sensitive to the issue that this phenomenon be explore with a view to developing usable insights and data as well as …


The Holocaust And Mass Atrocity: The Continuing Challenge For Decision, Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad Dec 2011

The Holocaust And Mass Atrocity: The Continuing Challenge For Decision, Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad

Winston P Nagan

This article begins with an appraisal of a report published by the United States Institute for Peace and authored by the former Secretary of State, Albright, and former Secretary of Defense, Cohen. This Report generated a great deal of interest and reaction from scholars across the globe. The article will introduce the broad outline of this Report and provide a summary of the principal criticisms that it has generated. This sets the stage for approaching the problem that is sensitive to the issue that this phenomenon be explore with a view to developing usable insights and data as well as …


The Holocaust And Mass Atrocity: The Continuing Challenge For Decision, Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad Sep 2011

The Holocaust And Mass Atrocity: The Continuing Challenge For Decision, Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad

Winston P Nagan

This article begins with an appraisal of a report published by the United States Institute for Peace and authored by the former Secretary of State, Albright, and former Secretary of Defense, Cohen. This Report generated a great deal of interest and reaction from scholars across the globe. The article will introduce the broad outline of this Report and provide a summary of the principal criticisms that it has generated. This sets the stage for approaching the problem that is sensitive to the issue that this phenomenon be explore with a view to developing usable insights and data as well as …


Sovereignty In Theory And Practice, Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad Sep 2011

Sovereignty In Theory And Practice, Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad

Winston P Nagan

This article deals with the theory and practice of sovereignty from the perspective of a trend in theoretical perspectives as well as the relevant trend in practice. The article provides a survey of the leading thinkers and philosophers views on the nature and importance of sovereignty. The concept of sovereignty is exceeding the complex. Unpacking its meanings and uses over time is challenging. An aspect of this challenge is that the discourse about sovereignty is vibrant in diverse policy, academic and political constituencies. At times its narratives are relatively discrete and at other times the narratives overlap with the discourses …


Inflated Federalism And Deflated International Law: Roberts Cj V. The Icj, Winston P. Nagan, Benjamin Goodman Jul 2011

Inflated Federalism And Deflated International Law: Roberts Cj V. The Icj, Winston P. Nagan, Benjamin Goodman

Winston P Nagan

This Article is a critical review of the US Supreme Court’s response to the question of the degree of deference that the domestic courts of the United States should give to a ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ ruled that United States was not in compliance with its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR). The Medellin Case came before the Court as an appeal for the stay of Medellin’s execution upon a request that the Court consider the conviction in the Texas’ Courts as been incompatible with the ruling of the ICJ. The …


Recognition Of Palestinian Statehood: A Clarification Of The Interests Of The Concerned Parties, Winston Nagan, Aitza Haddad Jun 2011

Recognition Of Palestinian Statehood: A Clarification Of The Interests Of The Concerned Parties, Winston Nagan, Aitza Haddad

Winston P Nagan

This paper reviews the history of the claims to statehood and sovereignty of the Palestinian people, from the period of the League of Nations mandate to the current move to secure UN approval of a Palestinian State. The article examines the claims to statehood in international law and examines the problem in the broader context of claims about human rights and humanitarian violations, the Israeli claims to security and legitimacy and the US claims for its mediation goal to ensure that the problem does not descend into a legal vacuum in which the fundamental interests of all parties in security …