This talk will examine the legal nature of due diligence, namely whether it is a free-standing obligation under customary international law or a standard by which compliance with specific obligations may be assessed. It will be shown that there is a significant number of common elements in the analysis of due diligence as it is performed by international co ... Show More
May 2019
The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration: Rethinking Key Moments
What explains the rise of investor-state arbitration? To the extent that investor-state arbitration had founding fathers, what were their motivations, what constraints did they have, what was their thinking? Using documents from the American, British, German, and Swiss archives, ... Show More
39m 56s
Feb 2021
Dangerous proportions: Means and Ends in Non-Finite War
Professor Nehal Bhuta, University of Edinburgh and Dr Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, University of Amsterdam, give a talk for the Public International Law seminar series. Philip Alston’s deep worries about the institutionalization of the tactic of targeting killing, the ensuing extensio ... Show More
39m 29s
Jul 2024
The limits of international law with Dr. Ardi Imseis
This week Lara and Michael sit down with Associate Professor of Law at Queens University, Dr. Ardi Imseis. We discuss international law, the ICJ's decision on the illegality of Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem as ruled by the Highest Court in the Hag ... Show More
48m 44s
Oct 2024
Conflit au Proche-Orient : que peut le droit international ?
"Quid Juris" Conflit au Proche-Orient : que peut le droit international ?
Cette semaine, Laurent Neumann reçoit Serge Sur, Professeur émérite de l'Université Paris Panthéon-Assas, expert à l’ONU, juge ad hoc à la Cour Internationale de Justice et membre de l’Académie des Sciences ... Show More
33m 53s
Mar 2025
Immunities and the Crime of Aggression - A Search for Normative Coherence
Tom Dannenbaum, Associate Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, examines approaches to addressing the crime of aggression within a normatively coherent framework of immunities and international crimes. He particularly focuses ... Show More
34m 42s
Apr 2021
ABA Law Student Podcast : Critical Issues in National Security Law
In the daily onslaught of news from all corners of the globe, it is sometimes difficult to decipher the implications of current events within our own country. From the pandemic, to cybersecurity, to international relationships, linking current events and national security interes ... Show More
26m 59s
Sep 2024
Speaking Law to War | Kathleen Cavanaugh
What are the key legal principles that govern the conduct of war and protect human rights? In this episode, we speak with Professor Kathleen Cavanaugh, the Executive Director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and Senior Instructional Professor in the College at UChicag ... Show More
54m 3s