Friday, November 2, 2012

New Volume: Hague Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Hague Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 24, 2011) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Focus: Private International Law
    • Hans van Loon, The Hague Conference on Private International Law: Asser’s Vision and an Evolving Mission
    • Alex Mills, Rediscovering the Public Dimension of Private International Law
    • Aukje A.H. van Hoek, Managing Legal Diversity – New Challenges for Private International Law
    • Hans Corell, Looking Forward in the Spirit of Asser: Identifying Developments in the Global Society that Need to Be Addressed in International Law
    • Micah R. Thorner & Abigail Ludwig, Hague Conference on Private International Law – Work in 2011
    • Nino Sievi, Enforceability of International Choice of Court Agreements: Impact of the Hague Convention on the US and EU Legal System
  • Public International Law
    • Dovile Morkyte, International Law as a Legal Basis for Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention
    • Charles Riziki Majinge, The Use of Force in International Law and the UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 & 1973 on Libya
    • Elizabeth Campbell, Self-defence and the International Court of Justice: A Review of Recent ICJ Case Law and Opinions Concerning Article 51 of the UN Charter
    • Noemi Gal-Or, Terrorism and the Non-State Actor in the 2011 Interlocutory Decision of the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
    • Kushtrim Istrefi & Zane Ratniec, Think Globally, Act Locally: Al-Jedda’s Oscillation between the Coherence of International Law and Autonomy of the European Legal Order e
    • Mamoud Zani, L’Organisation internationale du Travail et le travail des enfants: a propos de la Convention n°182 sur les pires formes de travail des enfants
  • International Investment Law and Arbitration
    • Nikos Lavranos, Member States’ Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs): Lost in Transition?
    • Taida Begić Šarkinović, Umbrella Clauses and Their Policy Implications
    • Yael Ribco Borman, Treaty Shopping Through Corporate Restructuring of Investments: Legitimate Corporate Planning or Abuse of Rights?
    • Ihab Amro, Review of a Foreign Arbitral Award by National Courts: A Comparative Study in Common Law and Civil Law Countries
    • Yannick Radi, The Coherence of International Law: An Illustration by International Investment Law