ASIL Insights - 1997 Archive

International law behind the headlines, informing the press, policy makers, and the public.

Insights By Year:   

The Legal Background on the Use of Force to Induce Iraq to Comply with Security Council Resolutions
By Frederic L. Kirgis
November 1997
Comment By Edwin D. Williamson, March 1998

Extradition from Israel of Maryland Youth
By Frederic L. Kirgis
October 1997

International Agreements and U.S. Law

By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 1997

Treaties as Binding International Obligation

By Frederic L. Kirgis
May 1997

International Commercial Arbitration
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By Clifford Larsen
April 1997

Comment: Letter from U.S. State Department former Legal Advisers
By Abram Chayes, Leonard Meeker, Monroe Leigh, Herbert Hansell, Roberts Owen, Davis Robinson, Abraham Sofaer, Conrad Harper, December 15, 1997

The OSCE: An Essential Component of European Security

By Miriam Sapiro
March 1997

Helms-Burton, the U.S., and the WTO

By John H. Jackson & Andreas F. Lowenfeld
March 1997