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Bartram Brown

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The International Criminal Court In Africa: Impartiality, Politics, Complementarity And Brexit, Bartram Brown Dec 2016

The International Criminal Court In Africa: Impartiality, Politics, Complementarity And Brexit, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

I have known and been inspired by Henry J. Richardson III and his scholarship for many years. A hallmark of his work has been his focus upon African-American interests in international law and also upon the rights and interests of African states. In acknowledgement of that intellectual debt, it is my honor to dedicate the following article to this festschrift celebrating his life and work.

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Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown Dec 2011

Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown Dec 2011

Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

There are compelling reasons for concern about the quality of law. Law is essential to structuring the social relations of the state. Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are God-given unalienable rights, and that the purpose of governments is to secure these rights on behalf of the governed. Whether the law of a state will be successful in this task depends upon the quality of that law. And, due to the vast changes in the international legal system so presciently anticipated by Wolfgang Friedmann in the 1960s, concern about the quality of law must, …

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International Criminal Law: Nature, Origins And A Few Key Issues, Bartram Brown Dec 2010

International Criminal Law: Nature, Origins And A Few Key Issues, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

The purpose of international criminal law is to establish the criminal responsibility of individuals for international crimes. Public international law is traditionally focused on the rights and obligations of states, and thus is not particularly well suited to this task. It has adapted through a long and slow historical process, drawing upon multiple sources. Many of the chapters in this Handbook explore to some extent the historical development of international criminal law. I will not attempt to summarize that history in detail, but a few historical observations here will help to explain how international criminal law emerged from its sources …

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The Relevance Of International Law To The Domestic Decision On Prosecutions For Past Torture, Bartram Brown Dec 2009

The Relevance Of International Law To The Domestic Decision On Prosecutions For Past Torture, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

The US, as a champion of human rights abroad, has often been skeptical and even critical when other states have granted de facto amnesty allowing impunity for gross violations of human rights. Nonetheless, some now argue that the US should turn a blind eye to the evidence indicating that under the Bush Administration US government officials formulated and implemented a policy of torture. Naturally, arguments about US national security have been central to the debate. The CIA’s own reports insist that enhanced interrogation techniques have been effective in yielding valuable information vital to the national security of the United States, …

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Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown Dec 2007

Depoliticizing Individual Criminal Responsibility, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Human Rights, Sovereignty And The Final Status Of Kosovo, Bartram Brown Dec 2004

Human Rights, Sovereignty And The Final Status Of Kosovo, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Etat Des Lieux Des Droits De L’Homme, Du Droit International Humanitaire Et Du Droit International Pénal Face Aux Requêtes En «Réparation» Des Grands Crimes De L’Histoire: Bilan Prospectif (In French), Bartram Brown Dec 2003

Etat Des Lieux Des Droits De L’Homme, Du Droit International Humanitaire Et Du Droit International Pénal Face Aux Requêtes En «Réparation» Des Grands Crimes De L’Histoire: Bilan Prospectif (In French), Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Barely Borders: Issues Of International Law, Bartram Brown Dec 2003

Barely Borders: Issues Of International Law, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Intervention, Self-Determination, Democracy And The Residual Responsibilities Of The Occupying Power In Iraq, Bartram Brown Dec 2003

Intervention, Self-Determination, Democracy And The Residual Responsibilities Of The Occupying Power In Iraq, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Reconciling State Sovereignty And Protections For The Internally Displaced, Bartram Brown Dec 2002

Reconciling State Sovereignty And Protections For The Internally Displaced, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Book Review (Reviewing Vera Gowlland-Debbas Ed., United Nations Sanctions In International Law (2001) And Paul Conlon, United Nations Sanctions Management: A Case Study Of The Iraq Sanctions Committee, 1990-1994 (2000)), Bartram Brown Dec 2001

Book Review (Reviewing Vera Gowlland-Debbas Ed., United Nations Sanctions In International Law (2001) And Paul Conlon, United Nations Sanctions Management: A Case Study Of The Iraq Sanctions Committee, 1990-1994 (2000)), Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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The Evolving Concept Of Universal Jurisdiction (Symposium), Bartram Brown Dec 2000

The Evolving Concept Of Universal Jurisdiction (Symposium), Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Primacy Or Complementarity: Reconciling The Jurisdiction Of National Courts And International Criminal Tribunals, Bartram Brown Dec 1997

Primacy Or Complementarity: Reconciling The Jurisdiction Of National Courts And International Criminal Tribunals, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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Developing Countries In The International Trade Order, Bartram Brown Dec 1993

Developing Countries In The International Trade Order, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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The Protection Of Human Rights In Disintegrating States: A New Challenge, Bartram Brown Dec 1991

The Protection Of Human Rights In Disintegrating States: A New Challenge, Bartram Brown

Bartram Brown

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