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MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Secessionist Conflict: A Happy Marriage between Norms and Interests?

In secessionist conflicts, actors tend to choose norms that align with their interests. But there are important outlier cases that complicate this picture, writes Rafael ...

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Unresolved and Unresolvable? Tensions in the Refugee Regime

Advancing durable solutions does not necessarily mean overcoming the inherent tensions in the refugee regime between law, morality, and national interests.

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Conflicting Norms, Values, and Interests: A Perspective from Legal Academia

This essay argues that norms, values, and interests do not inhabit different universes, but are interrelated concepts.

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Humanitarian Diplomacy: The ICRC’s Neutral and Impartial Advocacy in Armed Conflicts

This essay argues that there is an important place for the ICRC’s style of “quiet” diplomacy alongside other “loud” forms of advocacy.

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Could a United Nations Code of Conduct Help Curb Atrocities? A Response to Bolarinwa Adediran

Although a UN code of conduct may have little effect on Security Council decision-making, the proposals have already proven their worth in political and normative ...

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

The Many Evils of Inequality: An Examination of T. M. Scanlon’s Pluralist Account

This review essay presents an in-depth theoretical look at—and critique of—Scanlon’s pluralist approach to objectionable inequality.

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of International Punishment, by Daniele Archibugi and Alice Pease

In this book, Archibugi and Pease survey familiar territory, but they distinguish their contribution by using case studies to tell their story, focusing on the ...

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Should We Control World Population? by Diana Coole

This book provides an antidote to the commonly held assumption that procreation is beyond the legitimate scope of governmental influence.

MAR 8, 2019 Journal

Wars of Law: Unintended Consequences in the Regulation of Armed Conflict

This book convincingly shows that efforts to regulate and govern the conduct of war have bred counteracting reactions by warring parties.

MAR 8, 2019 Journal Online Exclusive

Briefly Noted: Burying Jihadis: Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity

A short book review of "Burying Jihadis: Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity"