Job Opening: American Society of International Law Executive Director
ASIL Executive Director Job Opening The American Society of International Law is looking for a new Executive Director. The dealine for applicaitons is June 15, 2014. See
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Conflict of Laws Bibliography 2013
/in /by Trey ChildressI am pleased to pass on that Professor Symeon Symeonides has once again compiled a bibliography that covers private international law, or conflict of laws, in a broad sense. In particular, it covers judicial or adjudicatory jurisdiction, prescriptive jurisdiction, choice of forum, choice of law, federal-state conflicts, recognition and enforcement of sister-state and foreign-country judgments, […]
Back to the Federal District Court for One Alien Tort Statute Case
/in /by Trey ChildressOn December 19, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an
A Comparative and Legislative Approach to Human Rights Litigation After Kiobel
/in /by Trey ChildressAs the impact of the Supreme Court’s Kiobel decision continues to take shape before U.S. federal courts, one recent essay, entitled “Reviving Human Rights Litigation After Kiobel” (appearing in the near future in the October 2013 American Journal of International Law), encourages a comparative and legislative approach to the Alien Tort Statute. As Professors Vivian Grosswald Curran (Pitt […]
What Are the Most Influential English Language Journal Articles or Papers in Private International Law?
/5 Comments/in /by Trey ChildressAs part of an ongoing research project, I am in the midst of compiling the most influential Engligh language papers in the field of private international law. Given the expertise of our readership, I wanted to solicit your thoughts on this question. Please feel free to post responses in the comments or via email to […]
Conference Announcement: What Law Governs International Commercial Contracts?
/in /by Trey ChildressOn October 18, 2013, Brooklyn Law School is hosting an important symposium on the question of what law governs international commercial contracts. A link to the event is
Fellowship Announcements
/in /by Trey ChildressWith thanks to Professor S.I. Strong for bringing these openings to our attention, there are serveral fellowships currently accepting applications that might be of interest to our readers. The first position is the Brandon Research Fellowship at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The Brandon Fellowship supports research on various […]
Another Alien Tort Statute Case Dismissed and a Preliminary Scorecard
/in /by Trey ChildressAs readers of this blog are aware, the United States Supreme Court in the recent case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum applied the presumption against extraterritoriality to limit the reach of the Alien Tort Statute. In short, the Court held that the ATS did not apply to violations of the law of nations occurring within […]
Call for Papers: ASIL-ESIL-Rechtskulturen Workshop on International Legal Theory
/in /by Trey ChildressPolitics and Principle in International Legal Theory Call for Papers On November 14–15, 2013, the University of Michigan Law School will host the Second Annual ASIL–ESIL–Rechtskulturen Workshop on International Legal Theory. It is a collaboration between Michigan Law School, the Interest Groups on International Legal Theory of the American and European Societies of International Law, […]
ASIL International Legal Theory Interest Group Symposium on the Rise of Non-State Law
/in /by Trey ChildressSee below for an announcement regarding an extremely interesting conference on Non-State Law next week in Washington, DC Symposium of the International Legal Theory Interest Group, titled “The Rise of Non-State Law” May 2, 2013, 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. ASIL Headquarters, Tillar House – 2223 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 Trends in legal […]