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Extradition And The Political Offense Exception In The Suppression Of Terrorism, Antje C. Petersen
Extradition And The Political Offense Exception In The Suppression Of Terrorism, Antje C. Petersen
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Foreword: Some Implications Of The Term "Transnational", Harold G. Maier
Foreword: Some Implications Of The Term "Transnational", Harold G. Maier
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
I think it is safe to say that no other body of law has changed as much during the Twentieth Century as has the law applicable to international matters. When the late Judge Phillip C. Jessup coined the term "transnational law,"' he did so with the recognition that human affairs could not properly be confined by the artificial territorial boundaries of nation-states. When the Vanderbilt International, the original incarnation of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, sought a new name to mark its transition from duplicated to printed format, it selected Jessup's characterization to emphasize global interdependence, rather than the …
Implementation Of Human Rights As An International Concern: The Case Of Argentine General Suarez-Mason And Lessons For The World Community, Narj Gibney
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Conscientious Objection And International Law: A Human Right, Marie-France Major
Conscientious Objection And International Law: A Human Right, Marie-France Major
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
The Case For Self-Determination, Guyora Binder
The Case For Self-Determination, Guyora Binder
Journal Articles
This lecture offers an analysis and defense of the right of self-determination of peoples. The argument begins by analyzing self-determination into its universalist and nationalist components. The universalist component of self-determination is satisfied wherever institutions of government are majoritarian. The nationalist component of self-determination is satisfied to the extent that institutions of government are identified with particular communities. The universalist compoent is now widely recognized as an authoritative principle of international law. The nationalist component remains controversial, particularly outside of the particular context of the dismantling of European colonial empires. The lecture proceeds to defend the nationalist component by attacking …