Public and private international law
On 30 September 1938, after returning from the Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain addressed the British public first at Heston Aerodrome and later outside 10 Downing Street, where he declared that he believed it was ‘peace for our time. “This morning…
Among the texts I return to when international law seems most under attack, Philip C. Jessup’s article “The Reality of International Law” was published in Foreign Affairs, Volume 18, Number 2, in January 1940. Jessup’s central argument is that international law is real, even though it…
Robert H. Jackson, “The Challenge of International Lawlessness,” American Bar Association Journal, Vol. 27, 1941, pp. 690-693. Writing in 1941 as World War II shattered European order, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson confronts American disillusionment with international law…
From commercial satellites to antisatellite weapons: competition in space and the questions it raises for international law. We have grown accustomed to relying on satellite services without giving them much thought. Navigation, weather forecasts, communications and the invisible infrastructure that…
