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Recent Publications:
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- Features Essays
A Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine: Origins, Debates, and Implications
Wenaweser and Alavi: Inside the legal and political battle to create a tribunal for Ukraine’s aggression—and what it means for global justice.
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- Symposia
International Law Unmasked
Farshad Ghodoosi: International law doesn’t fail in crises—it legitimizes force, turning norms into tools of coercion.
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The Counterhegemonic Power of the Sources of International Law: A Case Study of the Durability of the Prohibition on the Use of Force
Matei Alexianu: The dynamic of gradual change built into the sources of international law can serve as a powerful tool for marginalized states.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Law of Armed Conflict: A Case for Gradualism
Joshua A. Geltzer: AI is reshaping the law of armed conflict, forcing urgent reassessment of autonomy, accountability, and ad bellum in warfare.
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- Features Essays
Who cares about care? The potential of an emerging human right and possible objections
While the need to give and receive care represents a foundational aspect of human existence, its recognition in legal frameworks remains insufficient.
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Unimagined Communities and Social Murder: Reimagining International Law through an Afrofuturist, Feminist, and Property Lens
Renée Ramona Robinson: Public/private legal divides enable global exploitation. Feminist, property, and Afrofuturist approaches envision a new future.
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- Features Essays
AI, Job Displacement, and the WTO: Identifying Legal Gaps and Charting a Worker-Centered Path
AI will disrupt jobs worldwide, exposing the WTO’s limits. A labor-focused framework is urged to protect workers and sustain resilient global trade.
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- YJIL Forum
The Production of "Made in Italy" in Areas Affected by Natural Disasters: Some Critical Remarks
Exploring how Italy’s fashion sector, rooted in micro enterprises, struggles and adapts to natural disasters and COVID-19 in the Marche region.
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- YJIL Forum
The Treatment of Mixed Purposes in International Agreements
Treaty interpretations often struggle with mixed-purpose state actions. Clearer treaty standards can improve adjudication consistency.
Recent Publications:
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- Features Essays
A Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine: Origins, Debates, and Implications
Wenaweser and Alavi: Inside the legal and political battle to create a tribunal for Ukraine’s aggression—and what it means for global justice.
-
- Symposia
International Law Unmasked
Farshad Ghodoosi: International law doesn’t fail in crises—it legitimizes force, turning norms into tools of coercion.
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- Symposia
Artificial Intelligence and the Law of Armed Conflict: A Case for Gradualism
Joshua A. Geltzer: AI is reshaping the law of armed conflict, forcing urgent reassessment of autonomy, accountability, and ad bellum in warfare.
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- Symposia
The Counterhegemonic Power of the Sources of International Law: A Case Study of the Durability of the Prohibition on the Use of Force
Matei Alexianu: The dynamic of gradual change built into the sources of international law can serve as a powerful tool for marginalized states.
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- Features Essays
Who cares about care? The potential of an emerging human right and possible objections
While the need to give and receive care represents a foundational aspect of human existence, its recognition in legal frameworks remains insufficient.
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- Symposia
Unimagined Communities and Social Murder: Reimagining International Law through an Afrofuturist, Feminist, and Property Lens
Renée Ramona Robinson: Public/private legal divides enable global exploitation. Feminist, property, and Afrofuturist approaches envision a new future.
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- Features Essays
AI, Job Displacement, and the WTO: Identifying Legal Gaps and Charting a Worker-Centered Path
AI will disrupt jobs worldwide, exposing the WTO’s limits. A labor-focused framework is urged to protect workers and sustain resilient global trade.
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- YJIL Forum
The Treatment of Mixed Purposes in International Agreements
Treaty interpretations often struggle with mixed-purpose state actions. Clearer treaty standards can improve adjudication consistency.
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- YJIL Forum
The Production of "Made in Italy" in Areas Affected by Natural Disasters: Some Critical Remarks
Exploring how Italy’s fashion sector, rooted in micro enterprises, struggles and adapts to natural disasters and COVID-19 in the Marche region.
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- Features Essays
The Colonial Order Prevails in Palestine: The Right to Self-Determination from a Third World Approach to International Law
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- YJIL Forum
Losing Sight of Judicial Independence: The Case of Mexico’s Judicial Reform
Gustavo López Nachón: Mexico’s latest judicial reform cloaks authoritarian intent in democratic garb, threatening the rule of law.
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- YJIL Forum
From the Hague to National Courts: Can Domestic Universal Jurisdiction Deliver Where the ICC Cannot?
Can domestic “universal jurisdiction” (UJ) cases represent a viable alternative to ICC prosecution when the ICC cannot deliver justice?
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- Book Review
Book Review - The New Haven School: American International Law
Samira Mathias: A legal school aimed at dignity, used to justify power—this review unpacks the paradox of American international law.
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- Symposia
The Yale Journal of International Law Fall 2024 Symposium: International Law and Women’s Rights
The Fall 2024 Symposium took place on October 24, 2024.
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Feminist Treaty Interpretation in International Law
Sissy Katsoni: Customary rules on treaty interpretation afford interpreters enough discretion to engage in feminism-informed interpretative outcomes.
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Addressing Femicide Through International Criminal Law: The Need for a Binding Legal Framework
Alessia Nicastro: Considering the devastating impact of femicide on women’s rights, it is imperative for international law to explicitly recognize it.
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Mothers of the Disappeared in Latin America and the Impact of Maternal Activism in the Development of International Law
Xilene Díaz Palacio, Carolina Lozano Martínez and Manuel Góngora-Mera: We highlight the mobilization of mothers of the disappeared in Latin America.
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International Legal Mechanisms to Safeguard Women’s Rights: An Analysis of Afghan Women’s Rights Under Taliban Rule
Roqia Samim: The ongoing gender apartheid under the Taliban regime undermines the effectiveness of international law in safeguarding women’s rights.
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The Yale School of International Law
In this Essay, Harold Hongju Koh discusses the Yale School of International Law and its focus in the next phase of the twenty-first century.
