Privatization: Is International Law Relevant?

Ethics Governing International Investment Contracts unless the Applicable Law is Established

Background: Settlement of disputes arising from foreign investment may be possible if the governing law is clear. Irrespective of international treaties, since the legal relationship between the investor and the investee is often included in investment contracts, the law governing such contracts is determined. But there are cases where the ruling law has not been determined. In this case, three...

Is Psychological Research on Self-Control Relevant to Criminal Law?

During recent years, scholars have asked whether scientific discoveries should have implications for criminal law. Specifically, some argue that findings in genetics and neuroscience will or should alter our assumption that most adults are responsible for their conduct. Criminal law should rest on a proper understanding of human behavior, and, therefore, scholars should mine scientific explanat...

Is International Law Ready for the Information Age?

This Essay discusses the challenges to protect the public from a myriad of harms related to new, and poorly understood, vulnerabilities arising from the frontier of cyberspace and how international law can offer protection against the global potential for harm. IS INTERNATIONAL LAW READY FOR THE INFORMATION AGE?

On Teaching International Law

InternatIonal Soft law

Although the concept of soft law has existed for years, scholars have not reached consensus on why states use soft law or even whether “soft law” is a coherent analytic category. In part, this confusion reflects a deep diversity in both the types of international agreements and the strategic situations that produce them. In this paper, we advance four complementary explanations for why states u...