Friday, June 8, 2012

New Volume: Irish Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Irish Yearbook of International Law (Volumes 4-5, 2009-2010) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Ray Murphy, Post-UN Withdrawal: An Assessment of Peacekeeping in Chad
    • John Snape, Tulips and Jute: Grotius, Smith and an Enlightenment Ethos in International Taxation Law
    • Suzanne Doyle, The New Paradigm for Involuntary Detention: Article 14 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    • Dug Cubie, An Enchanted Tool?: Humanitarian Assistance and the ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
  • Shorter Articles and Notes
    • Michelle Farrell, Ireland and the United Nations Declaration against Torture: Principles and Politics in Action
    • Patricia O’Brien, Legal Challenges Facing the United Nations: An Appraisal from the Legal Counsel’s Perspective, Sean Lester Lecture of the Irish Society of International Law, 11 March 2010