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14 Jun 2012, 6:07 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku From the first class I ever took on international law, I’ve heard (mostly negative) references to the U.S. refusal to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 4:37 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Public Citizen, an anti-free trade group based here in the U.S., sent around an email detailing its objections to a leaked draft text of the ongoing TransPacific Partnership negotiations, which would create a massive Pacific free-trade zone. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 11:26 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku I haven’t been following this issue at all, but I found this discussion on the possible ramifications of a UK gay marriage law fascinating.The Church of England has put out a paper suggesting (among other things) that any UK law that does not guarantee the right to religious solemnization of gay marriage would violate the ECHR’s equality guarantee. [read post]
9 Jun 2012, 6:00 am by An Hertogen
 Julian Ku’s book with John Yoo was discussed in a podcast with Martin Flaherty and at an American Enterprise Institute conference on the impact of globalization on US sovereignty of which Julian posted a video that also featured Opinio Juris’  Peter Spiro. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 11:47 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Maybe the EU will stick to its guns on its controversial airline emissions tax, but I somehow doubt they will not eventually be forced to cave. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 9:30 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Rather than deride opponents as the “black helicopter” crowd, the proponents of US ratification of UNCLOS should take seriously the upcoming hearings as a chance to weigh the complex policy choices presented by UNCLOS. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 6:00 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku The NYT has another big expose today on one of the Obama Administration’s secret war, this time detailing the President’s authorization of cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. [read post]
31 May 2012, 12:32 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Will there be a serious legal blowback to the NYT’s article on US Drone Strike war, detailing President Obama’s personal involvement in the “kill list”? [read post]
26 May 2012, 5:00 am by An Hertogen
Julian Ku posted a video link to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s hearings on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea that took place on Wednesday, but reportedly ended in a decision to postpone the vote until after the November elections. [read post]
24 May 2012, 5:00 am by Jessica Dorsey
However, as our own Julian Ku highlighted today, the Senate has reportedly decided to wait until after November elections to vote on ratification. [read post]
23 May 2012, 6:33 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku So says the WSJ’s account of today’s hearing on US ratification of UNCLOS. [read post]
19 May 2012, 6:00 am by An Hertogen
by An Hertogen This week on Opinio Juris, Chris Borgen posted about Peter Watts’ short story on the legal and ethical questions relating to the use of autonomous aerial combat drones; Julian Ku shared Cato Institute’s Walter Olson’s observations on the revolving door between the UN and the US legal academy; Kevin Heller gave an account of his PhD viva at Leiden; and Roger Alford made us guess which six countries were the focus of the AP Comparative Government… [read post]
13 May 2012, 8:55 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku Walter Olson at Cato has a sharp observation here at the Daily Caller, on the revolving door between U.S. international law professoriate and various UN bodies. [read post]
12 May 2012, 8:33 am by Walter Olson
” (& Julian Ku, Opinio Juris) Tweet Tags: Arizona, Indian tribes, international human rights, law schools, Schools for Misrule, United Nations U.N. enlists U.S. lawprof to scold U.S. on Indian land rights is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
12 May 2012, 6:00 am by An Hertogen
 Julian Ku analysed what the US’ reaffirmation of its 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines entails. [read post]
11 May 2012, 9:27 am by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku My friend at the American Enterprise Institute, Michael Rubin, offers a fairly convincing critique of the effectiveness and efficiency of the U.S. [read post]
11 May 2012, 5:00 am by Jessica Dorsey
We’ve been following the escalating tensions between China and the Philippines recently, and our own Julian Ku blogged recently about it here. [read post]
10 May 2012, 8:53 pm by Julian Ku
by Julian Ku The standoff between China and the Philippines over the Huangyan Island/ Scarborough Shoal (see the island marked ?? [read post]