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The United States Dropped The Atomic Bomb Of Article 16 Of The Icc Statute, Mohamed E. Zeidy Jan 2002

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. Jan 1980

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 Jan 1974

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 …