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Author Archives: Ryan Scoville
Further U.S. Assurances on the Senkaku Islands
Prime Minister Abe’s official visit to the United States seems to have been successful in at least one respect: he obtained additional assurances that the U.S.-Japan security treaty covers the Senkaku Islands. On April 28th, President Obama stated that “our treaty … Continue reading
Posted in Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, 尖閣諸島
Tagged Diaoyu Islands, Senkaku Islands, U.S-Japan Security Treaty
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The Study of International Law in Foreign Law Schools: A Brief History
In my last post I provided a short history on international legal education in the United States. This time I offer the global equivalent: a (very) rough sense for the evolution of law school study requirements in a number of … Continue reading
The Study of International Law in American Law Schools: A Brief History
As I’ve discussed in other posts, international law has a fairly peripheral role in American legal education. Only eight schools require their students to complete a course on the subject, and the range of international electives tends to be quite limited. … Continue reading
On the Senate Letter to Iran
A few quick points on yesterday’s open letter from 47 Republican Senators to the government of Iran: (1) I don’t see legislative communications with foreign governments as categorically or even mostly unconstitutional, especially when Congress doesn’t purport to speak on behalf … Continue reading
The Senkaku Islands and the Problem of Intertemporality
An underappreciated complexity in the dispute over the Senkaku Islands is that the merits of the competing claims don’t hinge exclusively on contemporary international law. One of the most central issues is whether the Senkakus were terra nullius when Japan … Continue reading
Posted in International Law, Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, Uncategorized, 尖閣諸島
Tagged Diaoyu Islands, Intertemporality, Senkaku Islands, 尖閣諸島
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Residency Venue in Cases with Foreign Corporate Defendants
A few years ago, Congress passed the Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011, in part to resolve, as the title suggests, uncertainties concerning the old venue statute. The effort succeeded in various regards, but Congress seems to have … Continue reading
Posted in U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Tagged 1391, federal venue, foreign corporations
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More Responses to the Dudden Op-ed
The New York Times just published a collection of thoughtful (and warranted) responses to Alexis Dudden’s recent op-ed on Japan’s territorial claims. I wrote earlier that Dudden’s piece disregards international law, and I stand by that. The responses contend that it also misinterprets the … Continue reading
Posted in International Law, Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, 尖閣諸島
Tagged Diaoyu Islands, Senkaku Islands, 尖閣諸島
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Some Historical Perspective on Netanyahu’s Address to Congress
Today there’s some interesting news from the realm of foreign relations law: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will give an address to Congress next month on the topic of Iran’s nuclear program, presumably to encourage legislators to support a hardline … Continue reading
A Short Response to the Dudden Op-Ed
The New York Times published an op-ed today by University of Connecticut history professor Alexis Dudden, who criticizes the Japanese government for starting or at least intensifying territorial disputes with China, Korea, and Russia. Dudden contends that Japan’s territorial claims … Continue reading
Posted in International Law, Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, Uncategorized, 尖閣諸島
Tagged Diaoyu Islands, Senkaku Islands, Territorial Disputes
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The Senkakus in the ICJ
The Japan Times published an article today reporting that, in Jerome Cohen’s view, Japan should take the dispute over the Senkaku Islands to the International Court of Justice. From Tokyo’s perspective, this could be a win-win: either China consents to jurisdiction, in … Continue reading
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