Symposium: Puerto Rico and the Right of Accession

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...

Symposium: Constitutional Amendment and Dismemberment

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...

Grey Zones in the International Law of Cyberspace

Written by Michael N. Schmitt In 2015 and 2016, hackers affiliated with the Russian government broke into servers of the U.S. Democratic National Committee (DNC). The subsequent release of documents hurt Democrats in Congressional races, led...

A General Look at Specific Jurisdiction

By Lea Brilmayer “Success, in domestic and international litigation alike, depends on finding a court with jurisdiction over the defendant. American constitutional law, which governs assertion of jurisdiction even over international defendants in American courts, has developed...

Symposium: Brexit and the Law

Introduction by Professor Harold Hongju Koh “Breaking up is Hard to Do,” the song goes, and for graphic proof, we need look no further than the United Kingdom’s June 23, 2016 referendum to leave...