Editor’s Note: Americans are weary of the war in Afghanistan, and peace talks between the United States and the Taliban are raising hopes that this forever war might finally
end. Jessie Durrett, a graduate student at Princeton University, argues that the current structure of negotiations is a mistake. [...]
This is hardly the most important thing about the Mueller Report, but I thought it might be worthy of a short note, if only to fill out the historical record. Back on May 9,
2017, when President Trump removed FBI Director James Comey, the White House’s initial roll-out was that Trump acted upon DOJ recommendations, particularly that [...]
New York Times op-ed: What It Means to Worship a Man Crucified as a Criminal, by Peter Wehner (Ethics & Public Policy Center): A God who allows suffering is a mystery, but
so is a God who suffered. ... The Episcopal priest Fleming Rutledge has written that until the accounts... [...]
Parution le 16 septembre 2016 – Louise est parisienne. Son père s’est donné la mort il y a près de 20 ans au pied du phare de la Roque en Normandie. Qui était cet homme
inconnu qui la hante tel un fantôme ? Pourquoi veut-on à tout prix empêcher la jeune femme de découvrir qui il était. [...]
The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added a lecture to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. It was given by Victor Saco on “Derecho
Internacional del Comercio y Derecho Internacional de las Inversiones.” [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that the goods and services deficit was $49.4 billion in February, down $1.8 billion from $51.1 billion
in January, revised. U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Deficit... [...]
Introduction Today's Legal theory Lexicon is about the "reasonable person." The notion of a "reasonable person" usually makes its first appearance in the Torts course. The
context, of course, is the tort of negligence, where the "reasonable person" is used to define the standard of care that triggers liability for unintentional harms. [...]
This is a guest post from Christian Häberli of the World Trade Institute This is a guest post from Christian Häberli of the World Trade Institute The Great Taboo – Or will
somebody please tell me where I am wrong? [...]
U.S. trade policy is grabbing most of the headlines these days, but EU trade policy has seen some big changes as well. Rafael Leal-Arcas sends the following summary of his
new book on EU Trade Law: [...]
1. Sanremo New Voices in International Humanitarian Law Essay Competition. The ICRC and the Sanremo International Institute for Humanitarian Law have just launched the second ‘Sanremo
New Voices in International Humanitarian Law’ essay competition. Young scholars are invited to submit short essays on one of the following topics: ‘IHL and the [...]
