Libros: Asia marca el rumbo Asia marca el rumbo. Las claves estratégicas y económicas del siglo XXI, de Jame Giné Daví. Editorial Dèria. Barcelona, 2012. Asia se convierte progresivamente en protagonista del siglo XXI. El boom económico de China, India, Japón y los tigres asiáticos ha implicado un reequilibrio entre Occidente y Oriente. Mientras Europa –y [...]
La editorial Catalogos y el Instituto del Servicio Exterior de la Nación (Argentina) acaban de publicar el libro “Intervención humanitaria y responsabilidad de proteger. Hacia un nuevo paradigma de protección de los derechos humanos”, de Ricardo Arredondo. El libro está basado en la tesis con la que Ricardo obtuvo su título de Doctor en Derecho [...]
Declive y caída de Europa: La lucha contra la irrelevancia global El Tratado de Lisboa celebra su primer aniversario. Mientras Bruselas ha estado centrada en debates internos de carácter institucional, el equilibrio de poder mundial se ha alejado de Europa. Europe’s Decline and Fall: the struggle against global irrelevance (Profile Books, 2010), de Richard Youngs, [...]
New Issue: International Journal of Refugee Law The latest issue of the International Journal of Refugee Law (Vol. 22, no. 3, October 2010) is out. Contents include: Jane Herlihy, Kate Gleeson, & Stuart Turner, What Assumptions about Human Behaviour Underlie Asylum Judgments? Katia Bianchini, The Mandate Refugee Program: a Critical Discussion Andrea Bradley, Beyond Borders: [...]
Mackenzie et al.: Selecting International Judges: Principle, Process, and Politics Ruth Mackenzie (Univ. of Westminster – Law), Kate Malleson (Queen Mary, Univ. of London – Law), Penny Martin (Univ. College London – Centre for International Courts and Tribunals), & Philippe Sands (Univ. College London – Law) have published Selecting International Judges: Principle, Process, and Politics [...]
Elleman, Forbes, & Rosenberg: Piracy and Maritime Crime: Historical and Modern Case Studies Bruce A. Elleman, Andrew Forbes, & David Rosenberg have published Piracy and Maritime Crime: Historical and Modern Case Studies (Naval War College Newport Papers, No. 35). The table of contents is here. Here’s the abstract: In this thirty-fifth title in the Newport [...]
Fitzmaurice, Elias, & Merkouris: Treaty Interpretation and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: 30 Years on Malgosia Fitzmaurice (Queen Mary, Univ. of London – Law), Olufemi Elias (World Bank Administrative Tribunal), & Panos Merkouris (Queen Mary, Univ. of London – Law) have published Treaty Interpretation and the Vienna Convention on the Law of [...]
New Issue: International Journal of Human Rights The latest issue of the International Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 14, no. 3, 2010) is out. Contents include: Tang Lay Lee & Francis Regan, Legal aid for the disabled in transitional China Ronagh J.A. McQuigg, How could human rights law be used by the courts to assist [...]
New Issue: Revista Española de Derecho Internacional The latest issue of the Revista Española de Derecho Internacional (Vol. 61, no. 1, 2009) is out. Contents include: Estudios Cesáreo Gutiérrez Espada, Radicales y reformistas en el Islam (sobre el uso de la violencia) Sixto Alfonso Sánchez Lorenzo, Derecho aplicable al fondo de la controversia en el [...]
Conference: XXII Congreso Argentino de Derecho Internacional The Asociación Argentina de Derecho Internacional will host the XXII Congreso Argentino de Derecho Internacional, October 21-23, 2010, in Salta. The theme is “Argentina y su proyeccion Latinoamericana en el Bicentenario de la Revolucion de Mayo.” The program is not yet available. [via International Law Reporter]
New Volume: International Law Studies (Blue Book) Series The latest volume in the International Law Studies (Blue Book) Series (Vol. 85, 2009) is out. The theme is “The War in Afghanistan: A Legal Analysis”; the editor is Michael N. Schmitt. Contents include: Adam Roberts, Afghanistan and International Security Yoram Dinstein, Terrorism and Afghanistan W. Michael [...]
New Issue: European Journal of International Relations The latest issue of the European Journal of International Relations (Vol. 16, no. 2, June 2010) is out. Contents include: Andrew Linklater, Global civilizing processes and the ambiguities of human interconnectedness John Williams, Hedley Bull and Just War: Missed opportunities and lessons to be learned Stefan A. Schirm, [...]
This publication contains summaries of judgments, advisory opinions and orders of a substantive nature issued by the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2007. It is the continuation of three earlier volumes on the same subject (ST/LEG/SER.F/1 and Addenda 1 and 2), [...]
New Issue: The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals The latest issue of The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (Vol. 9, no. 1, 2010) is out. Contents include: Michael J. Matheson, The Damage Awards of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission Walid Ben Hamida, Sovereign FDI and International Investment Agreements: Questions Relating [...]
MERCOSUR- UE: SOBRE LAS FUTURAS NEGOCIACIONES ENTRE AMBOS BLOQUES El MERCOSUR reitera su voluntad de avanzar en las negociaciones con la Unión Europea tendientes a alcanzar un acuerdo de libre comercio comprehensivo y equilibrado. Las exportaciones de nuestro bloque a la Unión alcanzaron un promedio de 55.000 millones de u$s para los años 2006 a [...]
Dwertmann: The Reparation System of the International Criminal Court Eva Dwertmann (Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany) has published The Reparation System of the International Criminal Court Its Implementation, Possibilities and Limitations (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2010). Here’s the abstract: When the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court was adopted in 1998, one of its [...]
