William S. Dodge | February 7, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
AbstractThis paper compares the treatment of international comity in the Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law (1987) and the Restatement (Fourth) (2018). The Restatement (Third) generally avoided international comity and focused on restating international law....
Chimène Keitner, Thomas H. Lee, Ralf Michaels, Austen L. Parrish and Ann Woolhandler | January 29, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Watch Ralf Michaels of Duke Law, Austen Parrish of Indiana Law, Thomas Lee of Fordham Law, and Chimène Keitner of UC Hastings discuss limits on jurisdiction in international law with moderator and Anne Woolhandler of UVA Law at UVA Law’s 31st Sokol Colloquium. During...
Christopher A. Whytock | December 12, 2018 | Conflict of Laws, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
ABSTRACTPolitical scientists — primarily in the discipline’s international relations subfield — have long studied international law. This article identifies five stages of political science research on international law, including the current interdisciplinary...
Pauline Toboulidis | November 30, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Two courts recently cited the Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, the official text of which is now available. Summaries of those opinions are provided below. In Philipp v. Federal Republic of Germany, 894 F.3d 406 (D.C. Cir....
Pauline Toboulidis | November 7, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In the mid-1950s, lawyers, judges, and legal scholars gathered in New York City to discuss ALI’s possible work on a project in the field of foreign relations law. Future project Reporter Adrian S. Fisher noted that, at the time of its introduction, this Restatement...
Pauline Toboulidis | November 1, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Courts across the country have already begun citing to the Restatement Fourth’s Tentative Drafts on Jurisdiction, Sovereign Immunity, and Treaties. These three portions of Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, were completed...
