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Opening Remarks by Lucinda Low
No full textWe are going to get started. Good morning, and on behalf of the American Society of International Law, I'd like to welcome all of you. This is a very special event for us. It's the second annual Detlev F. Vagts Roundtable on Transnational Law. Detlev, of course, was a seminal figure in this field, thinking about transnational law before it really entered into the lexicon in the way we think of it today. Not only did he make remarkable contributions to the field and define the field, but he also was dedicated to our Society.</jats:p
Douglas C. Morris, Justice Imperiled: The Anti-Nazi Lawyer Max Hirschberg in Weimar Germany, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. Pp. xiv + 443. $35 (ISBN 0-472-1146-X).
No full textDas Amt und die Vergangenheit: Deutsche Diplomaten im Dritten Reich und in der Bundesrepublik. By Eckart Conze, Norbert Frei, Peter Hayes, and Moshe Zimmermann. Munich; Karl Blessing Verlag, 2010. Pp. 879. €34.95.
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International Relations Looks at Customary International Law: A Traditionalist's Defence
No full textAbstract A recent influential article by two American law professors, one of whom has held high positions in the US Government, asserts that customary international law plays little or no role in decisions by states. It rests this conclusion on the basis of an analysis that relies on game theory or public choice analysis. It attempts to confirm this result by surveying the history of customary international law controversies. It is the purpose of this essay to demonstrate that the article omits many other important controversies in which arguments about custom have exerted considerable influence
Railroads, Private Enterprise and Public Policy - Germany and the United States 1870–1920
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