The International Law Commission's Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Cecurity of Mankind: An appraisal of the substantive provisions

This article is an expanded and updated version of a paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law in Canberra, Australia, May 28–30, 1993.The authors served as International Legal Consultants to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the International Law Commission's Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and not of the Australian government.     

The Variety of Language Signs in Legal Terminology: Linguistic and Extra-Linguistic Background

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - The article deals with diversity of language signs in legal terminology. The aim of the article...     

Democratic Legitimacy and the International Criminal Court: A Liberal Defence

In response to the criticism that the International CriminalCourt is undemocratic, this article outlines a liberal conceptionof institutional legitimacy and defends its appropriatenessas a moral foundation for the International Criminal Court.In contrast to a communitarian concept of democracy (which seesdemocracy as an expression of the general will), liberals seepolitical legitimacy as stemming from a respect for fundamentalhuman rights. Thus, as long as the International Criminal Courtrespects the right of the accused to a fair trial, then it isa legitimate institution.     

Some Journal Metrics for Forensic Science International: Genetics

Forensic Science International: Genetics, which is the official journal of the International Society for Forensic Genetics, has grown in readership and impact factor since its introduction in 2007. This article reviews some metrics of the 32 issues available as of September 2013.     

Reflecting on twenty years of international agreements concerning water governance: insights and key learning

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics - The purpose of this article is to examine the research advanced in the journal, International Environmental Agreements:...     

The politics of multilateral environmental agreements lessons from 20 years of INEA

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics - This review article addresses the question: What lessons can we learn from work published in International Environmental...     

ILO training for industrial court judges

In this article Jane Hodges, Senior Labour Law Specialist, International Labour Office, examines the role of the International Labour Organization in improving the response of the labour court system to the challenges of HIV/AIDS.     

Can the Human Rights Bodies be Used to Produce Interim Measures to Protect Environment-Related Human Rights?

International environmental law does not protect individuals as such. On the other hand, human rights do not formally encompass the right to a healthy environment. This article argues that human rights bodies are suitable forums to protect environment-related human rights. They can do so by producing interim measures to prevent States' actions or inactions towards the environment from infringing on human rights, even if the harmful character of those actions is uncertain. It is demonstrated that the recourse to the precautionary principle is possible to achieve such anticipatory protection and is supported by recent developments in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the International Court of Justice. In particular, the article shows that human rights bodies can develop interrelationships and interdependency between rights of different normative values in different areas of international law that will lead to equitable interim measures prescribing positive obligations that are reasonable and appropriate.     

《见索即付保函统一规则》和《国际备用信用证惯例》之比较

见索即付保函和国际备用信用证作为国际结算和担保的重要形式,在国际金融、国际租赁和国际贸易及经济合作中应用十分广泛。二者功能接近,有人甚至将其等同。由于二者分别适用不同的国际惯例,所以准确把握国际惯例的相似与区别,不但有助于在实际工作中的正确运用,促进国际经贸的开展,也有利于保护有关当事人的合法权益。故本文试对之作一比较分析。     

The public administration of territorial seas: Ukrainian case

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics - The article evaluates the modern doctrine of territorial sea administration, given the experience of Ukraine. The article...     

Indeterminacy,Ideology and Legitimacy in International Investment Arbitration: Controlling International Private Networks of Legal Governance?

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - This article connects the insights of post-realist scholarship about radical indeterminacy and...     

Legal Translation Versus Legal Interpretation. A Legal-Theoretical Perspective

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - In this article we investigate the relationship between legal translation and legal...     

The Journey to Comprehensibility: Court Forms as the First Barrier to Accessing Justice

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - The article explores the comprehensibility of court forms by providing a quantitative overview...     

Procedural Acts as Double-Conventionalized Acts: Considerations on Conventional Acts Performed in a Courtroom Discourse

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - The subject of interest of this article is procedural acts considered as double-conventionalized...     

The Derivational Theory of Legal Interpretation in Polish Legal Theory

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - The article presents so-called “derivational” theory of legal interpretation and...     

The Pragmatic and Stylistic Aspects of Communication Between State Authorities and the Citizen within e-Administration in Poland

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - This article discusses the specificity of remote communication between state authorities and...     

A Public Law View of the New Generation of FTAs

Netherlands International Law Review - This article intends to consider what the new generation of FITs might signify for our understanding of public law. Rather than modelling international public...     

Commodifying Justice: Discursive Strategies Used in the Legitimation of Infringement Notices for Minor Offences

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - This article examines discursive strategies used by police and politicians to describe and...     

“False Friends” and Some Other Phenomena Reflecting the Historical Determination of the Terminology of Hungarian Private Law

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique - This article deals with some phenomena of the Hungarian legal language from a historical point...     

The Shifting Parameters of Nationality

Netherlands International Law Review - This article has two interrelated aims. First, the article goes beyond law and places the discussions on nationality in the broader literature on citizenship,...