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Judging Judicial Appointment Procedures, S. I. Strong
Judging Judicial Appointment Procedures, S. I. Strong
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Over the last several years, judicial appointment procedures in the United States have become increasingly intractable. Members of both parties are seen to engage in political gamesmanship, calling the legitimacy of the appointment process into question and decreasing public confidence in both the legislature and the judiciary. Questions are even beginning to arise about whether and to what extent the United States is complying with the rule of law.
Although numerous solutions have been proposed, one alternative has not yet been considered: international law. As paradoxical as it may seem, the best and perhaps only feasible solution to quintessentially domestic …
Alternate Judges As Sine Qua Nons For International Criminal Trials, Megan A. Fairlie
Alternate Judges As Sine Qua Nons For International Criminal Trials, Megan A. Fairlie
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
When one of the three judges hearing the case against Vojislav Seselj at the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was disqualified during the deliberations phase of the prosecution, many observers assumed that the multi-year trial would have to be re-heard. Instead, the ICTY opted to begin deliberations anew once a judge--who had not spent a single day participating in the proceeding--had familiarized himself with the trial record. This Article demonstrates why the plan to proceed with a new judge in Seselj's case was both procedurally illegitimate and markedly at odds with the ICTY's statutory guarantee of a fair …
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Books Received, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Books Received
CONTRACT LAW IN THE U.S.S.R. AND THE UNITED STATES, VOL. I: HISTORY AND GENERAL CONCEPT
By E. Allan Farnsworth and Viktor P. Mozolin
Washington, D.C.: International Law Institute, 1987. Pp.xiii, 340. $35.00
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FOREIGN RELATIONS AND NATIONAL SECURITY LAW: CASES, MATERIALS AND SIMULATIONS
By Thomas M. Franck and Michael J. Glennon
St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Company, 1987. Pp.lxiv, 941
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THE GRAND STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES IN LATIN AMERICA
By Tom J. Farer
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1988. Pp. xxxii, 294
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JUDGES
By David Pannick
New York: Oxford University Press,1987. Pp. vii, 255. …