Energy and Natural Resources

The Supreme Court of Canada Rules for Ecuadorian Villagers in Suit against Chevron (September 4, 2015)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On September 4, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada (the Court) decided that villagers from Ecuador can e

Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia Sign Nile Dam Agreement (March 23, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On March 23, 2015, the presidents of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia signed the

India's Nuclear Tests

India's five underground nuclear explosions detonated on May 11-13, 1998, raise such international law questions as these: Is India prohibited by any applicable treaty or customary rule of international law from testing or possessing nuclear weapons? Is there any other source of international law that might prohibit India's testing or possessing nuclear weapons? If India may test and possess them, under what circumstances would it be lawful to use them? Do India's tests provide any other states, such as Pakistan, with legal justification to conduct their own nuclear tests? 
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Volume: 
3
Issue: 
5
Author: 
Frederic L. Kirgis
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