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The ICC and the Crime of Aggression: The Consent Problem and the Security Council Issue The first conference to the review…
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Why the Falklands Dispute Will (Probably) Never Go to Court Our readers are surely aware of the reemergence of the…
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UK Metropolitan Police Investigate MI5 Complicity in Torture In a story in The Guardian today, it was reported that the…
International Court of Justice to Appoint 6 New Clerks The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that it is…
The Relationship between National Law and International Law in the Report of the Georgia Fact-Finding Mission: A Rejoinder Editor’s Note:…
A Human Right to Water? The South African Constitutional Court’s Decision in the Mazibuko Case Peter Danchin is Associate Professor…
The Relationship between National Law and International Law in the Report of the Georgia Fact-Finding Mission: Editor’s Note: This post…