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Moderator's Report: Legal Experts' Workshop On The Future Global Legal Order, Craig H. Allen
Moderator's Report: Legal Experts' Workshop On The Future Global Legal Order, Craig H. Allen
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In late 2006, as part of its multifaceted effort to help the Chief of Naval Operations develop a new, contemporary maritime strategy for the nation, the Naval War College convened a “Delphi group” of experts—in this case, in international law—to provide the maritime strategy development team a candid assessment of the probable state of the global legal order in 2020. The workshop, chaired by Craig H. Allen, the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law, was held 31 October–1 November 2006 in the College’s Decision Support Center (equipped with an advanced World Wide Web–based group collaboration and decision-support system), in …
Islamic Law In The Jurisprudence Of The International Court Of Justice: An Analysis, Clark B. Lombardi
Islamic Law In The Jurisprudence Of The International Court Of Justice: An Analysis, Clark B. Lombardi
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This Article asks whether ICJ opinions to date suggest that judicial consideration of Islamic legal norms has played, can play, or should play a role in the ICJ's resolution of international legal disputes or in establishing the legitimacy of the results that it has reached. It is structured as follows. Part II gives an initial overview of the ICJ to help us understand how and why judges on the ICJ have reached the answers they have. Part III describes how the ICJ's enabling statute permits the Court, at least in theory, to look at Islamic legal norms. As I will …