On February 22, 2019, YJIL successfully hosted a one-day conference at Yale Law School entitled “International Trade in the Trump Era.” The conference corresponds to the series of Features Essays published as a part of our...
The international trade order is in crisis. Since the election of President Donald J. Trump, the United States has initiated—and escalated—a trade war with China, forced the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade...
Written by Mehdi J. Hakimi* Following the Taliban’s announcement of their annual spring offensive, violence has ratcheted up across Afghanistan. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the Afghan conflict resulted in...
Written by Jonathan Worboys* and Laura Edwards** Introduction The first half of 2018 saw a welcome de-escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. In particular, two unprecedented events heightened the anticipation for an official...
International Law in a Transcivilizational World by ONUMA Yasuaki, Cambridge University Press, 2017. Reviewed by Richard A. Falk On Civilizational Perspective Professor ONUMA Yasuaki, long considered among the most eminent of international law scholars...
YJIL Forum is delighted to present this Symposium featuring four responses to Joseph Blocher and Mitu Gulati’s Puerto Rico and the Right of Accession, recently published in Volume 43.2 of the Yale Journal of International...
Written by Gustavo A. Gelpí* Is the U.S. Congress under a constitutional obligation to admit Puerto Rico as the fifty-first state of the Union if this is the ample preference of U.S. citizen voters therein?...
Written by Erin F. Delaney & Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus When it comes to the status of Puerto Rico, sides have been staked out, factions formed, lines drawn. For many decades, Puerto Ricans have been...
YJIL Forum is delighted to present this Symposium featuring three responses to Richard Albert’s Constitutional Amendment and Dismemberment, recently published in Volume 43.1 of the Yale Journal of International Law. YJIL Forum is sincerely grateful to...
Written by David Landau Florida State University College of Law It is an honor to respond to Richard Albert’s provocative Article on Constitutional Amendment and Dismemberment. Albert’s Article brings together a range of recent...