The Fall 2010 issue of the Journal of International Law and Politics is available at our official NYU website. The contents are as follows: Georges Abi-Saab, The Normalization of International Adjudication: Convergence and Divergencies, 43 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. &…
NYU Law Professors Jose Alvarez, Kevin Davis, Benedict Kingsbury, and Richard Stewart will speak at the World Bank's Law, Justice, and Development Week on Nov. 8 and 9 in Washington, D.C. The full agenda is here. Professor Stewart will speak…
In this edition of our ongoing series of book reviews, Paul Mignano presents a critical but ultimately favorable take on Re-Envisioning Sovereignty: The End of Westphalia?, a collection of interdisciplinary essays discussing the concept of sovereignty.
By Paul Mignano
For a concept that is so central to international relations and public international law, the meaning of “sovereignty” is surprisingly difficult to articulate. At its essence, Westphalian sovereignty is about the ability of a state to engage in political self-determination, to be considered a legal equal of other states, and to ensure non-interference of outside states in its own internal affairs.
We are pleased to announce that the Summer 2010 issue of the Journal of International Politics is now available online. The issue contains the contents of our 2009 symposium on the Privatization of Development Assistance, which included the following papers:…
NYU Law Professor Jose Enrique Alvarez will be guest blogging this week over at Opinio Juris. He uses his first post to outline the broad challenges facing the international investment regime. From the post: When two of the leading capital…
On Oct. 22, Peter Taksoe-Jensen, Danish Ambassador to the United States (right), will deliver a keynote address at a JILP symposium on the promises and challenges of a melting arctic. Until recently, Mr. Taksoe-Jensen was the UN assistant secretary-general for…
By Matthew Turk
The G20 Summit
At the recent G20 Summit, European leaders butted heads with the Obama administration by opposing further stimulus spending and calling for greater fiscal “austerity.” The move to fiscal tightening, even during unsteady economic times, reveals the profound affect that the Greek debt crisis has had on policymakers in other European countries. In particular, it indicates a common concern that growing public debt poses near-term challenges to the continued viability of an economically integrated European Union. The potential unraveling of the legal-institutional structures of European integration uproots assumptions about international law held by commentators across the ideological spectrum.