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The United States Dropped The Atomic Bomb Of Article 16 Of The Icc Statute, Mohamed E. Zeidy
The United States Dropped The Atomic Bomb Of Article 16 Of The Icc Statute, Mohamed E. Zeidy
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article discusses the recent adoption of the Security Council Resolution 1422 and its impact on international law. The Author asserts that the United States--a major proponent of Resolution 1422--desires to immunize its leaders and soldiers from the International Criminal Court's jurisdictional powers. The Author begins by describing the drafting history of Article 16 and its legal consequences. Upon highlighting the most significant reasons for opposing Resolution 1422, the Author delineates how the Resolution mirrors the inconsistency with the United Nations Charter and the Law of Treaties. Finally, the Author concludes that Resolution 1422 should be rejected because it violates …
Books Received, C. C. S., C. A. P.
Books Received, C. C. S., C. A. P.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
A Chronology and Fact Book of the United Nations 1941-1979
By Thomas Hovet, Jr. and Erica Hovet
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Ocean Publications, sixth edition, 1980. Pp. 304. $17.50.
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Copyright in International Relations: International Protection of Literary and Scientific Works
By Mark Moiseevich Boguslavsky
Sydney, Australia: Australian Copyright Council,1979. Pp. 224.
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Deep Sea Mining Edited
by Judith Koldow
Cambridge, Mass.:The MIT Press, 1980. $17.50.
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The Enclosure of Ocean Resources: Economics and the Law of the Sea
By R. D. Eckert
Stanford, California: The Hoover Institution, 1979. Pp. 408. $16.95.
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Federal Jurisdiction in Australia
By Zelman Cowen …
The Development Of A United States Approach Toward The International Court Of Justice, Philip C. Jessup
The Development Of A United States Approach Toward The International Court Of Justice, Philip C. Jessup
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This article is not designed as a history of the International Court of Justice, nor as a legal analysis of the way in which the Court functions. Rather, the purpose is to describe the attitude of the United States, i.e., the Department of State, toward the actual use of the Court in a variety of situations, some of which involved important interests of the United States and others of which did not. The concentration in this article is on the jurisdiction of the Court to give advisory opinions, since it is in connection with proposals to request such opinions that …