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Justice
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Philippe Sands - United Kingdom, Barrister
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
English barristers have the well-deserved reputation of
being among the best advocates in the world. Many of them attend Oxford or
Cambridge Universities and participate in the debating activities of the Oxford
Union or the Cambridge Union.
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
European Nuclear Energy Tribunal
In the roughly 60 years since nuclear power plants have been
planned and developed world wide, there have been seven accidents at such
plants, beginning in 1957.
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100 Ways
International Law: One Hundred Ways It
Shapes Our Lives
Using the same software on computers worldwide by providing rights of distribution, copyright, and rental to
authors of computer programs via the World Intellectual Property Organization
Copyright Treaty (1996)
By: Jason K. Everett, Staff Writer, International Judicial Monitor
Copyright laws provide authors with the exclusive rights (for
a limited time) to use and distribute their work. (Read
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Editorial |
Bad Judges - Good Judges
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
During my time in law practice covering 25 years, I was
involved in a trial situation that clearly featured a “bad judge.”
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Hague Happenings |
A
New Court in The Hague
By: Iva Vukusic,
International Judicial Monitor
Correspondent in The Hague
The
Hague is home to a new court: The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist
Prosecutor’s Office.
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Leading Figures in International Law |
Tobias Asser, Dutch Jurist
By: Jason K. Everett, Staff Writer, International
Judicial Monitor
Tobias Asser, born in Amsterdam on April 28, 1838, is best
known for his work in the formation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
during the 1899 Hague peace conference which ultimately earned him, alongside
his colleague Albert Fried, a Nobel Prize. (Read More »)
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Historic
Moments in International Law |
“Savage
and Monstrous Excesses” in the Age of Reason
By: Stephen
C. Neff, Reader-in-Law, Public International Law, University of Edinburgh Law
School
The modern law of armed conflict prohibits,
absolutely, the targeting of civilian populations. But it was not always so.
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Global Judicial Perspective |
The
Security Council and the International Criminal Court
By: Richard J. Goldstone, Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, First Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, and Regular Columnist, International Judicial Monitor
The African Union and
some African States have protested the alleged bias of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) toward Africa.
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Commentary |
International Law and Crimes of Terrorism
By: Issam M. Saliba, Legal Specialist, Law
Library of the United States Congress
In 1937 the League of Nations adopted the first
multilateral Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism.
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Judicial Tourism |
Bologna
– A Must-See City in Italy for the Judge/Jurist Traveler
By: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
There
are two reasons why I wanted to visit Bologna. The first was that it contains the
oldest university in the world (founded 1088) and is the birthplace of Western
legal culture.
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In
Review: Books About International Law and About Courts and Judges |
Richard Posner
By: William Domnarski
Oxford University Press. 2016
Reviewed by: James G. Apple, Editor-in-Chief, International
Judicial Monitor
The International Judicial Monitor has reviewed three of the
many books written by Richard Posner, a judge sitting on the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, Illinois.
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