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23 Sep 2010, 8:57 am
by Peter Spiro President Obama’s UN General Assembly speech this morning highlighted the place of civil society as an agent of progress: Civil society is the conscience of our communities, and America will always extend our engagement abroad with citizens beyond the halls of government. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 3:43 pm
Sachs, Larry Solum, Dan Tokaji, and Peter Spiro. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 7:10 pm
by Peter Spiro From the Guardian, an account that even an academic would have a hard time making up: Honduras may allow for extraterritorial appeals in some number of jurisdictions, amounting to “semi-independent city-states,” established to improve investment appeal: The complex constitutional agreement under discussion involves Mauritius – an island 10,000 miles away in the Indian Ocean – guaranteeing the legal framework of the courts in the development… [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 1:21 pm
by Peter Spiro In case you missed it, Rick Santorum asserted earlier this month that it’s open season on old people in the Netherlands – that euthanasia accounts for 10% of all deaths and that the elderly walk around with “Do Not Euthanize” bracelets in the way of medical alerts. [read post]
25 May 2012, 11:32 am
by Peter Spiro Supporters of US ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty now have a network home, curiously called “The American Sovereignty Campaign.” It seems to be a serious undertaking, counting the US Chamber of Commerce and the Pew Charitable Trusts among its members, running this polished ad in the print media. [read post]
10 May 2012, 7:13 pm
by Peter Spiro Michele Bachmann couldn’t take a little bit of heat from a few restrictionists on the Right and has renounced her Swiss citizenship, apparently pursuant to article 42 of the Swiss nationality law. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 11:42 am
by Peter Spiro "Is Syria the next domino? [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 5:11 am
by Peter Spiro The International Olympic Committee will allow marathoner Guor Marial to compete as a man without a country. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 1:09 pm
by Peter Spiro Well, not quite that broad, but almost. [read post]
1 Jan 2007, 7:00 am
Peter Spiro in this post at Opinio Juris thoughtfully examines whether "the blogging phenomenon may have peaked" in the legal arena, and a terrific set of commentors have enriched the inquiry. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 1:00 pm
by Peter Spiro This is a great book, and I am almost completely on board with the orientation here. [read post]
4 May 2012, 10:24 am
by Peter Spiro Ian Hurd has a very interesting essay on law and international relations, “Law and the Practice of Diplomacy,” which I’d strongly recommend to anyone with an IR/IL bent. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 12:40 pm
by Peter Spiro As a thought experiment, prompted by this week’s experience with Hurricane Sandy: should management of disaster relief migrate to the supranational level? [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 11:49 am
by Peter Spiro On top of everything else, Congress now threatens to severely restrict official contacts with Iran. [read post]
4 Jan 2007, 9:42 am
Peter Spiro's "Abandoned Blogs" post has garned significant attention over the last week. [read post]
12 Jan 2007, 8:18 am
See Peter Spiro's story on Opinio Juris about the big retailers' (Walmart, Tesco, etc.) [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 7:14 am
Spiro and Prof. [read post]
1 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
U.S. ruling was a letdown, notably absent was a liberal concurrence defending broad treaty power against critique of Thomas, Scalia et al [Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View, Peter Spiro/Opinio Juris, Julian Ku and John Yoo, David Golove And Marty Lederman] Think before you ratify: in controlled experiment, framing proposed change in domestic law as “required by human rights treaty” boosted support especially among Republicans [Spiro/OJ; more on international human… [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 1:57 pm
(Ilya Somin) Temple law professor Peter Spiro has an interesting New York Times column arguing that supporters of immigration should not fear a Supreme Court decision upholding Arizona’s draconian anti-illegal immigrant law, because interjurisdictional competition is likely to take care of the problem. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 2:46 pm
by Julian Ku Our own Peter Spiro talks to the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog on today’s filing of a federal lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law. [read post]