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Comment RSSMy dear friend and Georgetown MSFS colleague, Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, has recently proposed the creation of a new global fund– a Global Trust for the Rule of Law. As a guest blogger at The Water’s Edge, Lagon explains:
Countless treaties and numerous laws that guarantee rights have been signed and passed. However, many countries—primarily the developing countries—need help …
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October 3, 2012 # 4:23 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe Kiobel Transcript
October 1, 2012 # 9:21 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentThe transcript from today’s oral argument in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum can be found here. I have not yet had the chance to read the transcript, but Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog provides the following analysis:
Clearly wary of turning U.S. courts into monitors of rogue governments around the world, an apparent majority of the Supreme Court opened the new Term …
