Comparative and International Law POS

The New Zealand Yearbook of International Law seeks submissions on current topics in international law. The Editorial Board is particularly interested in receiving submissions that are relevant to New Zealand, the Pacific, the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. The Editorial Board calls for both short notes and commentaries, and longer in-depth articles, for publication in Volume 8 (2010) of the Yearbook. Details here. The submission deadline is May 1, 2011.

Few updates from the Legal Theory Blog:

• Prakash Shah (Queen Mary University of London, School of Law) has posted A Reflection on the Shari’a Debate in Britain on SSRN.

• Margit Cohn (Hebrew University, Faculty of Law and Federmann School of Public Policy and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Public Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences) has posted Form, Formula and Constitutional Ethos: The Political Question/Justiciability Doctrine in Three Common Law Systems (American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 59, 2011) on SSRN.

• Donald K. Anton and Gregor Urbas (Australian National University (ANU) – College of Law and Australian National University (ANU) – College of Law) have posted Why Julian Assange May Have a Case to Answer in Australia, Despite What the AFP Says (or, Why Julia Gillard Might Be Right) on SSRN.

• Daphne Barak-Erez and David Scharia (Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law and Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate UN Security Council) have posted Freedom of Speech, Support for Terrorism, and the Challenge of Global Constitutional Law (Harvard National Security Journal, Vol. 2, 2011) on SSRN.

• Markus D. Dubber (University of Toronto – Faculty of Law) has posted The Legality Principle in American and German Criminal Law: An Essay in Comparative Legal History on SSRN.

• Curtis A. Bradley and G. Mitu Gulati (Duke University – School of Law and Duke University – School of Law) have posted Customary International Law and Withdrawal Rights in an Age of Treaties (Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2010) on SSRN.

• Kate Kovarovic (American University – Washington College of Law) has posted One Spark Can Set a Fire: The Role of Intent in Incitement to Genocide on SSRN.

• Kate Kovarovic (American University – Washington College of Law) has posted Our ‘Jack Bauer’ Culture: Eliminating the Ticking Time Bomb Exception to Torture (Florida Journal of International Law, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2010) on SSRN.

• David J. Luban (Georgetown University Law Center) has posted Opting Out of the Law of War: Comments on ‘Withdrawing from International Custom’ (Yale Law Journal, Vol. 120, p. 151, 2010) on SSRN.

• Craig Martin (University of Baltimore School of Law) has posted Taking War Seriously: A Model for Constitutional Constraints on the Use of Force, in Compliance with International Law (Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2011) on SSRN.

• Cormac S. Mac Amhlaigh (University of Edinburgh – School of Law) has posted Concepts of Law in Integration Through Law (and the Price of Constitutional Pluralism) (INTEGRATION THROUGH LAW REVISITED: THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN POLITY, D. Augenstein, ed., Ashgate, 2011) on SSRN.

• Margit Cohn (Hebrew University, Faculty of Law and Federmann School of Public Policy and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Public Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences) has posted Form, Formula and Constitutional Ethos: The Political Question/Justiciability Doctrine in Three Common Law Systems (American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 59, 2011) on SSRN.

• Donald K. Anton and Gregor Urbas (Australian National University (ANU) – College of Law and Australian National University (ANU) – College of Law) have posted Why Julian Assange May Have a Case to Answer in Australia, Despite What the AFP Says (or, Why Julia Gillard Might Be Right) on SSRN.

• Daphne Barak-Erez and David Scharia (Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law and Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate UN Security Council) have posted Freedom of Speech, Support for Terrorism, and the Challenge of Global Constitutional Law (Harvard National Security Journal, Vol. 2, 2011) on SSRN.

• Markus D. Dubber (University of Toronto – Faculty of Law) has posted The Legality Principle in American and German Criminal Law: An Essay in Comparative Legal History on SSRN.

• Curtis A. Bradley and G. Mitu Gulati (Duke University – School of Law and Duke University – School of Law) have posted Customary International Law and Withdrawal Rights in an Age of Treaties (Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2010) on SSRN.

• Kate Kovarovic (American University – Washington College of Law) has posted One Spark Can Set a Fire: The Role of Intent in Incitement to Genocide on SSRN.

• Kate Kovarovic (American University – Washington College of Law) has posted Our ‘Jack Bauer’ Culture: Eliminating the Ticking Time Bomb Exception to Torture (Florida Journal of International Law, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2010) on SSRN.

• David J. Luban (Georgetown University Law Center) has posted Opting Out of the Law of War: Comments on ‘Withdrawing from International Custom’ (Yale Law Journal, Vol. 120, p. 151, 2010) on SSRN.

• Craig Martin (University of Baltimore School of Law) has posted Taking War Seriously: A Model for Constitutional Constraints on the Use of Force, in Compliance with International Law (Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2011) on SSRN.

• Cormac S. Mac Amhlaigh (University of Edinburgh – School of Law) has posted Concepts of Law in Integration Through Law (and the Price of Constitutional Pluralism) (INTEGRATION THROUGH LAW REVISITED: THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN POLITY, D. Augenstein, ed., Ashgate, 2011) on SSRN.

WLA 2011 Conference Registration: Friday. 2/11, 9:30-5:00 Ropes Gray

Registration is officially open for the WLA’s 5th Annual Conference – This is What Equality Looks Like: The World We Want for Women and Girls!

The panel topics are: Health & Equality, Equality & Economics, Equality on Both Sides of the Bench, and Equality for Girls. Cocktails and Dinner at the Faculty Club to follow.

Conference details are available here.