Science Friction: Antarctic Research Whaling and the International Court of Justice

Whales, science, and scientific whaling in the International Court of Justice.

I provide a brief review of the origins of the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling and the failure to successfully regulate whaling that led to the commercial moratorium in 1986. I then describe the Japanese Whale Research Programs Under Special Permit in the Antarctica (JARPA I, JARPA II) and the origins of the case Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand In...

"COVID-19" and International Law: Prosecution of China in International Court of Justice

"COVID-19", which was first seen in China in December 2019, outbreak worldwide in a short time and took the lives of many people around the world. In addition to claims concerning Chinachr('39')s fault in creating the disease and failing to prevent its spread, it is seriously claimed that China has delayed and sometimes incorrectly reported information concerning disease to the World Health Org...

ترجمه و نقد کتاب the justification of science and the rationality of religious belife

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Book Review: Robert Kolb, The International Court of Justice

Territorial Disputes at the International Court of Justice

In international law and relations, ownership of territory is significant because sovereignty over land defines what constitutes a state. Additionally, as Machiavelli suggested, territorial acquisition is one of the goals of most states. The benefits of having territory, though, are only as great as a state’s borders are clear, because a state’s boundaries must be well defined for the modern st...