Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio published a blog post on Intlawgrrls entitled “Commentary on John Bolton’s Speech Regarding New American Policy on the International Criminal Court.” In this post, Professor Sterio argues that the new American policy vis-a-vis the ICC, as announced by John Bolton, would be detrimental to United States’ global interests. In addition, Professor Sterio highlights several factually inaccurate claims about the ICC, which were part of Bolton’s speech.
Professor Sterio Publishes Book, “Secession in International Law”
Professor Milena Sterio’s book, “Secession in International Law: A New Framework,” was published by Edward Elgar. In this book, Professor Sterio proposes a new legal framework for secession. She addresses the inadequacy of existing legal norms, case studies, such as Bangladesh, Eritrea, East Timor, Kosovo, Scotland, and Catalonia, and she then proposes a normative framework on secession, which would attempt to reconcile competing claims of territorial integrity (of the mother state) and secession (of the separatist entity).
Professor Sterio Presents at American Society of International Law-Midwest Workshop
Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio presented at the American Society of International Law (ASIL)- Midwest Interest Group Annual Workshop, which was held at Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, Illinois, on September 7-8. Professor Sterio presented a paper entitled “Self-Determination and Secession in Kurdistan and Catalonia.” Professor Sterio served as Co-Chair of the ASIL-Midwest Interest Group last year; in her capacity as outgoing Co-Chair, she helped to organize this year’s Workshop.
Sagers Appears in Slate and Times of London; Other News
Chris Sagers, the James A. Thomas Professor of Law, wrote in Slate Magazine with Robert Lande of the University of Baltimore about the censorship of conservative views on social media platforms. They observe that if that censorship happens, it does seem objectionable, but that it might have been avoided if the same conservatives now complaining had given more support to our antitrust laws when they might have helped control the growing power of those platforms.
Sagers was also quoted in The Times of London about the likelihood of American antitrust action against the online retail firm Amazon.
Sagers also took part in a blog symposium on the one-year anniversary of Amazon’s acquisition of the grocery chain Whole Foods.
Professor Sterio Participates in International Humanitarian Law Dialogs
Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio moderated a session entitled “Victims and International Criminal Tribunals” at International Humanitarian Law Dialogs, a conference which takes place annually at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, and which bring together academics and practitioners in the field of international criminal law. Professor Sterio had organized this session in her capacity as editor of the Intlawgrrls blog, which had sponsored this session. Intlawgrrls is an academic blog dedicated to discussions of international law and policy and open to female contributors only. Professor Sterio is a member of the Advisory Board of International Law Dialogs, and has also helped to organize this year’s conference in general.
Professor Sterio published a blog post on this year’s female voices at International Humanitarian Law Dialogs on Intlawgrrls; the post is available here.
In addition, Professor Sterio’s remarks from last year’s International Humanitarian Law Dialogs were published in the “Proceedings of the Eleventh International Humanitarian Law Dialogs,” a conference volume published by the American Society of International Law. Professor Sterio had delivered the “Year in Review” lecture at last year’s Dialogs.
Professor Forte Interviewed on WHK Radio Program
On August 14, Professor David Forte was interviewed by Molly Smith on the program, “From the Median,” on WHK radio discussing what has been called the modern day genocide of Down syndrome children. The interview can be accessed here:
http://fromthemedian.org/2018/08/13/down-syndrome-from-termination-to-extermination/
Professor Forte’s Article Published by Case Western Reserve Law Review
Case Western Reserve Law Review has just published Professor David Forte’s article, “Righting a Wrong: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and the Espionage Act Prosecutions.”
Professor Sterio Presents at SEALS Conference
Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on August 11th. Professor Sterio spoke on a panel entitled “Faculty Development Deans: Meeting Challenges and Supporting Faculty Members.”
Professor Witmer-Rich Participates in The Sound of Idea Show on 90.3/WCPN
Professor Jonathan Witmer-Rich was a guest on WCPN’s the Sound of Ideas, discussing legal issues surrounding 3D printable firearms. He explained the current legal posture of the federal case against Defense Distributed, which focused on potential violations of US export laws. He also discussed the potential First Amendment and Second Amendment issues that might arise out of government attempts to regulate 3D printed firearms.
A link to the program is available here.
Professor Robertson Participates in Natural Resources Law Teachers’ Workshop at Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute in Victoria, BC
Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Environmental Studies, attended the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute in Victoria, British Columbia, July 18-21, 2018. At the Annual Institute, Professor Robertson participated in the Natural Resources Law Teachers’ Workshop. She commented on the papers of her colleagues, and presented her own work-in-progress, Cities Seethe: A Case Study in Local Efforts to Influence Pipeline Routing Decisions.
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