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Call for Applications: MILC Emerging Scholars Workshop

The Manchester International Law Centre has issued a call for applications for its first Emerging Scholars Workshop , on June 25, 2019. Here's the call : MILC Emerging Scholars Workshop Call for applications The Manchester International Law Centre (MILC) is holding its first Emerging Scholars Workshop on 25 June 2019 in Manchester. The aim of the Workshop is to bring together a carefully selected group of eight doctoral students. During the workshop, the participants will receive tailored feedback on their research project through closed roundtable discussions with Jean d’Aspremont, Iain Scobbie and John Haskell. In addition to the roundtable discussions, the event will also include sessions on publishing in international law and how to prepare for a job interview and compose postdoc applications. Applicants are expected to be at an advanced stage of their PhD studies and must be focusing their doctoral research on a question related to international law, international legal pra...
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New Issue: Global Society

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The latest issue of Global Society (Vol. 33, no. 1, 2019) is out. Contents include: Critique and Affirmation in International Relations Pol Bargués-Pedreny, From Critique to Affirmation in International Relations Gideon Baker, Critique, Use and World in Giorgio Agamben's Genealogy of Government David Chandler, The Transvaluation of Critique in the Anthropocene Pol Bargués-Pedreny & Jessica Schmidt, Learning to Be Postmodern in an All Too Modern World: “Whatever Action” in International Climate Change Imaginaries Mario Schmidt & Kai Koddenbrock, Against Understanding: The Techniques of Shock and Awe in Jesuit Theology, Neoliberal Thought and Timothy Morton’s Philosophy of Hyperobjects Doerthe Rosenow, Decolonising the Decolonisers? Of Ontological Encounters in the GMO Controversy and Beyond Joe Hoover, Developing a Situationist Global Justice Theory: From an Architectonic to a Consummatory Approach Peter Finkenbusch, On the Road to Affirmation: Facilitating Urban Resili...
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New Issue: Journal of Conflict Resolution

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The latest issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution (Vol. 63, no. 2, February 2019) is out. Contents include: Articles Daniel Druckman & Lynn Wagner, Justice Matters: Peace Negotiations, Stable Agreements, and Durable Peace Nadiya Kostyuk & Yuri M. Zhukov, Invisible Digital Front: Can Cyber Attacks Shape Battlefield Events? Kimi King & James Meernik, The Burden of Bearing Witness: The Impact of Testifying at War Crimes Tribunals Trey Billing & Andrew D. Lugg, Conflicted Capital: The Effect of Civil Conflict on Patterns of BIT Signing Christina L. Davis, Andreas Fuchs, & Kristina Johnson, State Control and the Effects of Foreign Relations on Bilateral Trade Sambuddha Ghatak, Aaron Gold, & Brandon C. Prins, Domestic Terrorism in Democratic States: Understanding and Addressing Minority Grievances Aslihan Saygili, Concessions or Crackdown: How Regime Stability Shapes Democratic Responses to Hostage taking Terrorism Kris De Jaegher & Britta Hoyer, Preemptive ...
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New Issue: Global Trade and Customs Journal

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The latest issue of Global Trade and Customs Journal (Vol. 14, no. 2, 2019) is out. Contents include: Pablo Muñiz, Trader Participation in the EU Customs Decision-Making Process: Is There Room for Improvement? Giani Pandey, Davide Rovetta, & Agnieszka Smiatacz, How Many Barriers Should a Steeple Chase Have? Will the EU’s Proposed Regulation on Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Add yet More Delaying Barriers When Getting a Merger Deal through the Clearance Gate, and Other Considerations Enea Fochesato, Food Origin Marking in the European Union: Not a Piece of Cake Thomas Bieber, Customs Valuation and Import VAT Gustavo Adolfo Guarin Duque, Interpreting WTO Rules in Times of Contestation (Part 3) ‘Could the United States Justify Its Tariffs on Aluminium and Steel Invoking Article XXI(b) of the GATT?’
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Symposium: The Future of Human Rights Scholarship

The current issue of Law and Contemporary Problems (Vol. 81, no. 4, 2018) focuses on the topic "The Future of Human Rights Scholarship." Contents include: James Loeffler & Mila Versteeg, Foreword: The Future of Human Rights Scholarship Adam S. Chilton & Eric A. Posner, Treaties and Human Rights: The Role of Long-Term Trends Cosette D. Creamer & Beth A. Simmons, The Dynamic Impact of Periodic Review on Women’s Rights Geoffrey Dancy & Christopher Fariss, The Heavens are Always Fallen: A Neo-Constitutive Approach to Human Rights in Global Society Hyeran Jo & John Niehaus, Through Rebel Eyes: Rebel Groups, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Law Samuel Moyn, Beyond the Human Rights Measurement Controversy Umut Özsu, Neoliberalism and Human Rights: The Brandt Commission and the Struggle For a New World Paul B. Stephan, The Future of International Human Rights Law—Lessons From Russia Kevin L. Cope, Charles Crabtree, & Yonatan Lupu, Beyond Physical Integrity
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New Blog: AfronomicsLaw

James Thuo Gathii (Loyola Univ. Chicago - Law), Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie Univ.), and Nthope Mapefane (Univ. of Pretoria) have launched the AfronomicsLaw Blog . The blog focuses on the landscape of international economic law as it relates to Africa. Its primary goal is to complement existing forums that analyze, discuss, and debate international economic law issues as they relate to Africa.
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New Issue: American Journal of International Law

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The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 113, no. 1, January 2019) is out. Contents include: Articles Julian Arato, The Private Law Critique of International Investment Law Julian Nyarko, Giving the Treaty a Purpose: Comparing the Durability of Treaties and Executive Agreements Current Developments Sean D. Murphy, Anniversary Commemoration and Work of the International Law Commission's Seventieth Session International Decisions Peter J. Spiro, Trump v. Hawaii Kristen E. Eichensehr, Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Diego Mejía-Lemos, The “Quimbaya Treasure,” Judgment SU-649/17 Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law Jean Galbraith, Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law Recent Books on International Law Karen J. Alter, The Empire of International Law? Vladyslav Lanovoy, reviewing Third-Party Countermeasures in International Law , by Martin ...
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