Effect of Legal Issues, Actual or Implicit, upon the Work of the CLCS: Suspensive or without Prejudice?

The mandate and working procedure of the Commission on the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) are defined primarily by Article 76(8) and Annex II of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The nature of the work of [...]

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Has the WTO Appellate Body Pushed the Limits of Global Governance in the China-Publications Case? A Reply to Julia Ya Qin

In a previous issue of this Journal, Julia Ya Qin published a critical analysis of the World Trade Organization Appellate Body (AB) Report on the China-Publications case. This comment questions her conclusion that the AB has “pushed the limits of [...]

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The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: The Third Wang Tieya Lecture

International criminal justice is a relatively new field of international law. For this reason alone, it excites curiosity. Minute traces of the new development are to be found in the years preceding the Treaty of Versailles. The provisions of that [...]



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The European Union and the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes

Under its quasi-constitutional mandate to strive for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, the European Union (EU) acts as litigator and political mediator in diplomatic practice. Accordingly, this article presents the legal foundations [...]

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Judicial Review of Trade Remedy Determinations in China: An Untested Theoretical Possibility?

Upon its accession, China established a judicial review mechanism for trade remedy determinations pursuant to WTO rules. However, the operational details of the mechanism remain unclear. This paper fills the research gap by discussing the main issues [...]

Targeted Killings and the International Legal Framework: With Particular Reference to the US Operation against Osama Bin Laden

On 2 May 2011, a team of US Special Forces executed an operation against Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. The extraterritorial use of force against a non-State actor in the territory of another State with the aim of using lethal force against an [...]