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Georgetown Journal of International Law back issues
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Stopping genocide through international agreement when the Security Council fails to act.
January 1, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION
Despite the development of positive, explicit and clearly applicable international law, including the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), (1) the United Nations (UN) has been unable or unwilling to prevent or...
Can tax policy stop human trafficking?
January 1, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION
The total number of victims who are held in captivity to perform forced labor at any one time is estimated to be as high as twenty-seven million. (1) That would be equivalent to every man, woman, and child in the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New...
The ambiguous protection of schools under the law of war - time for parity with hospitals and religious buildings.
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION
A disturbing trend during recent armed conflicts is that states tend to treat school buildings less respectfully than they treat hospitals and religious buildings. One important cause of this trend is the different privileged status afforded to each building type under the...
"A fair game"? Of law and politics in China, and the "sensitive" case of democracy activist Yang Jianli.
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION
In April 2002, democracy activist Yang Jianli, a Chinese citizen and U.S. permanent resident, returned to China using a friend's passport. (1) The Chinese government had "blacklisted" Yang after his involvement in the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests so when Yang's...
A question of determinacy: the legal status of anticipatory self-defense.
January 1, 2009...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND
A. The Concept and Principles of Self-Defense
B. Classifying and Clarifying Self-Defense Terms
C. Customary International Law and Its Emergent Capacity
II. PRE-CHARTER CUSTOMARY. LAW, ARTICLE 51 OF THE...