Very grateful to @Emilie M. Hafner-Burton for her thoughtful and generous review of “International Legal Theory and the Cognitive Turn” (edited by @Anne van Aaken and me), published in the latest issue of @AJIL.
The book is available open access: academic.oup.com/book/59804
International Law & the Mind: We look forward to welcoming colleagues next week to the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg for the workshop "International Law and the Mind" (June 25–26).
The full schedule can be found here:
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Thrilled and honoured to talk about ‘cognitive sociology and IL’ at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. The following discussion addressed some significant dilemmas & the conversations during the dinner were so pleasant. Thanks to Freya Baetens & Malcolm Evans who organized the event.
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The Sixth Workshop on Sociological Inquiries into IL, which took place at the Utrecht University Law School, has just come to an end. It was really an outstanding workshop. Thanks to Birte Böök, Luca Pasquet, Alexandra Hofer, Sungjoon Cho, and others who prepared the workshop.
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Delighted to participate in the @SIEL 2025 panel on digital trade - excellent presentations by Shivani Rajesh, Maria Vasquez Callo-Muller, and Innes Willemyns. And many thanks to Amrita Bahri who skilfully chaired our panel
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Thrilled to present our new edited book Int Legal Theory & the Cognitive Turn (@OUPLaw) at the Harvard Law & International Development Society. @AakenAnne’s presentation was brilliant, and Katniss Li skillfully guided the engaging discussion. Thanks so much to all contributors
The Workshop on Sociological Inquiries into International Law will be held at the Utrecht University on 13-14 November 2025. Anyone interested in this (fascinating) field, please consider submitting an abstract (deadline 31 March 2025). uu.nl/sites/default/files/re…
What are the implications of cognitive and behavioural studies for diverse international law theories? The intro chapter is available in
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The chapter will be included in the book International Legal Theory & the Cognitive Turn (ed by @AakenAnne & me, OUP)
Interested in the implications of cognitive studies for the sociological analysis of international law? see my chapter - to be included in the book International Legal Theory & the Cognitive Turn (edited by @AakenAnne & me, OUP, forthcoming). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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1/3 For trade geeks- Foreign Affairs published yesterday an interesting piece by Froman (USTR 2013-17)- re the effects of the recent US trade policy on the rule-based approach economic system, he says: ‘The shift in Washington risks generating three categories of costs:
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Chapeau to the organizers of ESIL Vilnius meeting- many thought provoking panels. And thanks to excellent speakers in our @ESIL_SocSci pre-conference workshop on compliance with IL, @ezgi_ozluu, @izvorova, @ulaalekos, @wimzimm, Manu Mishra, Katharina Luckner & Katherine Fortin
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2/2 From - Goldenziel, Jill I. and Blochberger, Sean Michael and Granholm, Tyler, Weapon of the Weak: International Law and State Power in the International Court of Justice (March 2, 2024). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=4745738
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1/2 interesting- Int politics & ICJ: new article “showing .. the ICJ is not a pawn of Western states. … weaker states have been slightly more likely to receive relief than stronger applicants. .. weaker applicants have ..increasingly likely to be granted relief by the Court.”
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For anyone interested in the broader context of ‘security exceptions’ in Int trade law, see the new article in Foreign Affairs ‘How Everything Became National Security’, foreignaffairs.com/united-st…
A very interesting discussion by Drezner’s blog on the recent Washington Post’ piece on US economic sanctions - a significant element of the current IEL landscape. open.substack.com/pub/daniel…
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So glad to participate in the @kfg_intlaw workshop on Double Standards in International Law. Many excellent presentations & lot of food for thought. I talked in the panel on trade & investment - with brilliant presentations by @bisi_akins, Catherine Weaver.
The HU International Law Forum’s meeting on mutual interactions between IL & IR was just excellent. My fellow panelists @TamarMegiddo and @h_lovat were brilliant, and the following discussion well illustrated the complex interrelationships between the adjacent fields.
CfPs- ESIL Interest Group on Social Sciences and International Law:
Interested in factors motivating compliance / non-compliance with international law? you’re most welcome to submit abstract to the Pre-workshop to 2024 ESIL Annual Conference in Vilnius
esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/uplo…
Thrilled & honoured to join the editorial board of the @JWITBrill. Looking forward to cooperate with an outstanding team of scholars led by the Editors in Chief @JChaisse and @Joanna__Lam