News and Events
Financing Development Course page (New)
Hauser Globalization Colloquium Fall 2008: Global Governance and Legal Theory (New)
Global Administrative Law: Cases, Materials, Issues (2nd edition) (New)
Emerging Scholars Papers
New IILJ Scholarship on the DRC v. Uganda case, Public and Private Partnerships, International Legal Theory... (New)
Private and Transactional International Law at NYU
(24-page guide)
BLOGS
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 9, 2008: IILJ-UCL Seminar on the nomination and election of international judges.
October 29, 2008: IILJ-JILP Symposium: International Courts and Tribunals in a Fragmented Legal System.
All event items on our Events Page
Simon Chesterman, Thomas M. Franck and David M. Malone, Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt, From Mercenaries to Markets: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies, Oxford University Press, 2007
Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman and Henry J. Steiner, International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2007.
New Volume edited by IILJ Staff
Euan MacDonald, et al, International Migration Law: Developing Paradigms and Key Challenges, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Welcome to the IILJ website
This site brings together the research, scholarship, teaching, and outreach activities of New York University School of Law's acclaimed international law program.
IILJ Academic and Policy Work
Global Administrative Law
Global Administrative Law is an emerging field that is based upon a dual insight: that much of what is usually termed “global governance” can be accurately characterized as administrative action; and that increasingly such action is itself being regulated by administrative law-type principles, rules and mechanisms – in particular those relating to participation, transparency, accountability and review. The Project homepage provides, amongst other things, details on all forthcoming GAL events, links to numerous full-text articles and working papers, and an extensive bibliography of works in the field.
Private Military and Security Companies
Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) play an increasingly significant role in military affairs. Their emergence as important actors in armed conflicts and as security providers in unstable states raises questions about the role of the nation state as the primary military actor. The aim of the IILJ project on PMSCs is to help develop a normative framework for their operations that will form the context for private engagements in states at risk.
Recent Events:
April 3-4, 2008 Private Security, Public Order: Governance & Limits
International Law and the UN
Program in the History and Theory of International Law
This Program encourages scholarship and teaching on topics in the history and theory of international law that are vital to deepening an understanding of the field. The premise of the Program is that the future development of international law depends on sustained theoretical work, including careful historical study, and that collective efforts are needed to enhance worldwide research and teaching in these areas. The Program holds periodic conferences and workshops, sponsors a refereed working paper series, hosts visiting fellows (including faculty from other disciplines, and post-docs), supports research and publications, provides a center bringing together people interested in these fields, and each year offers a set of courses in these areas at the Law School.
Recent Events: March 13-15, 2008: "A Just Empire? The Roman Origins of Modern International Law" More information available here.
Private and Transactional International Law
NYU School of Law provides a rich academic environment for the study of private and transactional international law. The Law School offers a diverse array of courses, special internship opportunities, and extra-curricular activities designed to provide students with a solid foundation upon which to develop careers in the fields of private and transactional international law – in an academic, governmental, inter-governmental, or professional setting.
Private and Transactional International Law at NYU
(24-page guide)
Publications
International Law and Justice Working Papers
Working Paper 2008/2: Simon Chesterman, The Turn to Ethics: Disinvestment from Multinational Corporations for Human Rights Violations — The Case of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
Working Paper 2008/1: Euan MacDonald, The Rhetoric of Eunomia
Working Paper 2007/12: Julia Black, Constructing and Contesting Legitimacy and Accountability in Polycentric Regulatory Regimes
Working Paper 2007/11: August Reinisch, The Immunity of International Organizations and the Jurisdiction of Their Administrative Tribunals.
