This article argues that criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been unduly abandoned to realists and conservatives. Instead, it proposes the contours of a more radical critique of the ICC that takes aim of some of its unquestioned liberal assumptions, including its claimed...

The text of the Constitution nowhere mentions God; the document is, as some scholars put it, quot;godless.quot; What is the significance of that silence? This brief essay, written for a discussion conference on religion, multiculturalism, and citizenship, considers and criticizes two possible...

The presence of Mexican law - as the applicable foreign law - continues to grow considerably in American courts. This phenomenon is significant in California and the southwestern states, as well as in Illinois, New York and Washington, D.C. It is unquestionable that deciding cases based on...

For purposes of acquisition of real estate by foreigners and foreign legal entities, the Republic of Mexico is divided into two large areas: a) the Restricted Zone; and, b) the Permitted Zone. The Restricted Zone is the real estate located in a strip of 64 miles along Mexico's border with the...

The identification of a separate classification of prophylactic injunctions and the continued judicial use of the remedy in institutional reform cases has developed a line between legitimate and illegitimate relief. The doctrine and theory of prophylaxis provides an alternative narrative by...

This Article is an invited contribution to a symposium held at Duke University Law School under the title quot;The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States?quot; The Article disputes part of this title by contending that, unlike its American counterpart, European...

Professor Dershowitz has melded his Jewish identity with his academic scholarship and public advocacy. First, he has described in great detail the Jewish stereotype and challenged it - not for its content but for its negativity. In Chutzpah, he defines the Jewish stereotype, as boldness,...

During the trial of Saddam Hussein evidence was largely ignored by media coverage. The media's focus on controversial judicial rulings, assassinations of defense counsel, resignation of judges, scathing outbursts, allegations of mistreatment, hunger strikes, and even underwear appearances...