International Law

2007

Western Promises

Marc Perelman : Balkans

From the archive: A book by a former ICTY official offers a vivid insider's account of realpolitik at the Milosevic trial.
The Great Debate of 2008

Jerry W. Sanders : Presidential Election 2000

The time is right for a Great Debate on America's purpose and place in the world. But neither Republicans nor Democrats seem up to the task.
Why We Need International Law

Oona A. Hathaway : US Foreign Policy

It's time to undo the damage and reaffirm America's historical commitment to international law.
We Need a Nobel Prize in Law

Garrett Epps

Those who serve the law in dangerous and original ways are deserving of the recognition--and the protection--that a Nobel Prize would bring them.

Questionable Verdict

Richard Falk : Iraq

Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Administration's illegal war in Iraq. As the milestones pile up, so do the bodies.
The Impeachment of George W. Bush

Elizabeth Holtzman : Executive

The time has come to call for the impeachment of President Bush. Any President who maintains he is above the law--and acts repeatedly on that belief--seriously endangers our consitutional system of government.

Human Rights, Rendered Meaningless

Robert Scheer : Geneva Convention

The outsourcing of torture to other countries is a devilishly clever legalistic fiction that allows the Bush Administration to systematically violate basic human rights of terror suspects while claiming it does not condone or practice torture.
Bringing Human Rights Home

Alan Jenkins & Larry Cox : Supreme Court

The United States should respect international human rights standards within its own borders.