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Feb. 8, 2013: The Role of Non-State Actors in International Law Symposium

The Role of Non-State Actors in International Law: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Symposium

The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is sponsoring a one-day symposium on February 8, 2013.  The Journal will publish scholarly articles related to the symposium in October 2013.

2013 Lucius Burch Memorial Lecturer and Keynote Address:

The symposium includes three panel discussions moderated by faculty from Vanderbilt Law School.

Panel One: The Rights and Responsibilities of Non-State Actors, moderated by Ingrid Brunk Wuerth, Vanderbilt Law School

Panelists:

Panel Two: The Role of Non-State Actors in International Financial Regulation, moderated by Yesha Yadav, Vanderbilt Law School

Panelists:

  • Peter Kerstens, Counselor, E.U. Delegation to U.S.
  • Robert Peterson, Assistant Director, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Manmohan Singh, International Monetary Fund

Panel Three: The International Legal Obligations of Non-State Actors, moderated by Vijay Padmanabhan, Vanderbilt Law School

Panelists:

  • Colonel Jeff Bovarnick, The Staff Judge Advocate, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
  • Geoffrey S. Corn, Professor of Law, South Texas School of Law
  • Peter Margulies, Professor of Law, Roger Williams Law School

 

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Announcements

The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law hosted a symposium called “The Role of Non-State Actors in International Law” at Vanderbilt University Law School in February 2013.  The October issue of the Journal will showcase articles by distinguished symposium guests including:

Mr. Ian Smillie, “Blood Diamonds and Non-State Actors”

Professor Jean d’Aspremont, “Cognitive Conflicts and the Making of International Law from Empirical Concord to Conceptual Discord in Legal Scholarship”

Professor Peter J. Spiro, “Constraining Global Corporate Power: A Very Short Introduction”

Professor Suzanne Katzenstein

Professor Peter Margulies

Professor Harlan G. Cohen

We are pleased to announce our annual award recipients for 2012-2013.

Masamichi Yamamoto Second-Year Editor Award: Kennedy Meier
Outstanding Third Year Editor Award: Alex Rinn

Grace Wilson Sims Medal in Transnational Law: Molly Chen

Grace Wilson Sims Prize for Student Writing in Transnational Law: Margaret Artz

Note Selections for 2013-14

The Publication Committee is pleased to announce the 2L student Notes selected for publication in the 2013-14 issues.   Please follow this link:  Note Selections for 2013

A special congratulations to Stella Forcehimes, who successfully “Noted-on” to the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Please congratulate her if you see her around school.

The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is now ranked the 9th best international law journal according to the Washington & Lee School of Law Library Law Journal Rankings.  For more information, please visit:  Washington & Lee Journal Rankings

The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is excited to announce the 2013-2014 Board of Editors. We had an exceptional pool of candidates to choose from and were very impressed by the enthusiasm and thoughtfulness this class displayed throughout the selection process. Please join us in congratulating them!

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals cites Head of State Immunity As Sole Executive Lawmaking by Lewis Yelin, written for the 2011 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Symposium: Foreign State Immunity at Home and Abroad.  Yousuf v Samantar Opinion (4th Circuit)

Vanderbilt University law professor Ingrid Wuerth has been selected as a reporter for the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, published by the American Law Institute. She will work on the immunities chapters, along with David Stewart, a visiting professor of law at Georgetown Law and former State Department official.

View the most recent Jonathan I. Charney Distinguished Lecture in Public International Law, presented by Fatou B. Bensouda.

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