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The Problem Of Extravagant Inferences, Cass Sunstein Jan 2024

The Problem Of Extravagant Inferences, Cass Sunstein

Georgia Law Review

Judges and lawyers sometimes act as if a constitutional or statutory term must, as a matter of semantics, be understood to have a particular meaning, when it could easily be understood to have another meaning, or several other meanings. When judges and lawyers act as if a legal term has a unique semantic meaning, even though it does not, they should be seen to be drawing extravagant inferences. Some constitutional provisions are treated this way; consider the idea that the vesting of executive power in a President of the United States necessarily includes the power to remove, at will, a …


The United States And The International Criminal Court: Why Undermining The Icc Undercuts U.S. Interests, Jane Stromseth Jan 2020

The United States And The International Criminal Court: Why Undermining The Icc Undercuts U.S. Interests, Jane Stromseth

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


China's Rule Of Law From A Private International Law Perspective, King Fung Tsang Jul 2019

China's Rule Of Law From A Private International Law Perspective, King Fung Tsang

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Judging Congressional Elections, Lisa M. Manheim Jan 2017

Judging Congressional Elections, Lisa M. Manheim

Georgia Law Review

A pivotal clause of our Constitution suffers from
uncertainty and neglect. The result has scrambled the law
of contested congressional elections. These high-stakes
disputes turn on questions of procedure, and in particular
on questions of forum. Yet across the country, an
unpredictable and ad hoc set of regimes governs these
fundamental questions. The culprit behind the confusion
is Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution,
which states that "Each House shall be the Judge of the
Elections ... of its own Members." This command may
seem straightforward, if a bit unsettling-it allows
Congress to decide who has won …


Contemporary Soviet Criminal Law: An Analysis Of The General Principles And Major Institutions Of Post-1958 Soviet Criminal Law, Chris Osakwe Dec 2016

Contemporary Soviet Criminal Law: An Analysis Of The General Principles And Major Institutions Of Post-1958 Soviet Criminal Law, Chris Osakwe

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Some Remarks On Self-Defense And Intervention: A Reaction To Reading Law And Civil War In The Modern World, Josef Rohlik Dec 2016

Some Remarks On Self-Defense And Intervention: A Reaction To Reading Law And Civil War In The Modern World, Josef Rohlik

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Jus Cogens In International Law, With A Projected List, Marjorie M. Whiteman Nov 2016

Jus Cogens In International Law, With A Projected List, Marjorie M. Whiteman

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Law And Modernization In China: The Juridical Behavior Of The Chinese Communists, Daniel J. Hoffheimer Nov 2016

Law And Modernization In China: The Juridical Behavior Of The Chinese Communists, Daniel J. Hoffheimer

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Device Of Fiction In Public International Law, Jean J. A. Salmon Jun 2016

The Device Of Fiction In Public International Law, Jean J. A. Salmon

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Place Of Policy In International Law, Oscar Schachter Apr 2016

The Place Of Policy In International Law, Oscar Schachter

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Iraq, Afghanistan, And The War On Terrorism: Winning The Battles And Losing The War, Mona Ali Khalil Oct 2014

Iraq, Afghanistan, And The War On Terrorism: Winning The Battles And Losing The War, Mona Ali Khalil

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Legal Status Of Foreign Military And Civilian Personnel Following The Transfer Of Power To The Iraqi Interim Government, J. Stephen Shi Oct 2014

The Legal Status Of Foreign Military And Civilian Personnel Following The Transfer Of Power To The Iraqi Interim Government, J. Stephen Shi

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Establishing Rule Of Law In Post-War Iraq: Rebuilding The Justice System, John C. Williamson Oct 2014

Establishing Rule Of Law In Post-War Iraq: Rebuilding The Justice System, John C. Williamson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Commercial Law Reform Issues In The Reconstruction Of Iraq, Theodore W. Kassinger, Dylan J. Williams Oct 2014

Commercial Law Reform Issues In The Reconstruction Of Iraq, Theodore W. Kassinger, Dylan J. Williams

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Panel 3: The Development Of A Market Democracy, Timothy B. Mills, Keith W. Crane, O. Lee Reed, Robert D. Gatewood Oct 2014

Panel 3: The Development Of A Market Democracy, Timothy B. Mills, Keith W. Crane, O. Lee Reed, Robert D. Gatewood

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Panel 2: Building The Institutions Of The Nation, Louis M. Aucoin, Karl F. Inderfurth, Howard J. Wiarda, Thomas P. Lauth Oct 2014

Panel 2: Building The Institutions Of The Nation, Louis M. Aucoin, Karl F. Inderfurth, Howard J. Wiarda, Thomas P. Lauth

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Address: Post-War Criminal Justice In Iraq, Travis W. Hall Oct 2014

Address: Post-War Criminal Justice In Iraq, Travis W. Hall

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Keynote Address: Security Challenges Facing Post-Conflict Democracies, Eric K. Shinseki Oct 2014

Keynote Address: Security Challenges Facing Post-Conflict Democracies, Eric K. Shinseki

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Panel 1: Establishing The Rule Of Law, Scott N. Carlson, Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks, Mariam A. Nawabi, Daniel M. Bodansky Oct 2014

Panel 1: Establishing The Rule Of Law, Scott N. Carlson, Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks, Mariam A. Nawabi, Daniel M. Bodansky

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Democracy, Judicial Review And The Rule Of Law In The Age Of Terrorism: The Experience Of Israel - A Comparative Perspective, Ralph Ruebner Sep 2014

Democracy, Judicial Review And The Rule Of Law In The Age Of Terrorism: The Experience Of Israel - A Comparative Perspective, Ralph Ruebner

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Democracy And The Commitment To International Law, Allen Buchanan Sep 2014

Democracy And The Commitment To International Law, Allen Buchanan

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Vladimir Putin And The Rule Of Law In Russia, Jeffrey Kahn Sep 2014

Vladimir Putin And The Rule Of Law In Russia, Jeffrey Kahn

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Honduran Constitution Is Not A Suicide Pact: The Legality Of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's Removal, Frank M. Walsh Sep 2014

The Honduran Constitution Is Not A Suicide Pact: The Legality Of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's Removal, Frank M. Walsh

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Law's Authorizations And Rule Of Law Ideals: Lessons From Russia, David M. Woodruff May 2014

Law's Authorizations And Rule Of Law Ideals: Lessons From Russia, David M. Woodruff

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.