How Does International Law Condition Responses to Conflict and Negotiation?

“The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World” UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW NEGOTIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION COLLOQUIUM

For UCLA workshop. Please do not cite or quote without permission.

WTO’s Identity Crisis (reviewing Joost Pauwelyn, Conflict of Norms in Public International Law: How WTO Law Relates to Other Rules of International Law (2003))

Regional and International Cooperation to Reduce Nagorno – Karabakh Conflict

Almost two decades since conflict broke out between Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, two northern neighbors of Iran, in Nagorno – Karabakh region. Although military conflict in this region has minimized with the existing ceasefire, and reaching a sustainable agreement is likely to be happened by the two parties. Close regional and international cooperation seems necessary more than ever in o...

Beyond International Law: Unilateral Resort to Force in Syria

On April 14, 2018, the United States, Britain and France launched missile attacks on specific targets in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the provinces of Damascus and Homs. According to coalition of three states, these attacks were followed by the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons and targeted solely against its chemical weapons facilities. What have in the days after the act been...

How does a bill become a law?

Step 4: If any amendments were made on the bill by the Senate, it is referred back to the House of Representatives for their approval. If the House rejects the amendments, a conference committee comprised of members of both the House and the Senate come together to reconcile their difference. If the conference committee finds compromise, the final version of the bill is taken through the House ...