LEX LATA, LEX FERENDA
The law as it is, the law as it should be
Elections of Judges at the 13th Annual ICC ASP
By: Madaline George, January 21, 2015 The 13th Meeting of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Assembly of States Parties (ASP) was held at the United Nations in New York City from December 8-17. Among the various items on the agenda was the election of six new...
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Individual criminal responsibility and the ‘control theory’: A comment on the Lubanga Appeal Judgment (Part 1 of 2)
By: Jarrod Jolly, January 2015 On 1 December 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed the verdict and sentence against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga), who was convicted in March 2012 of committing war crimes as a ‘co-perpetrator’....
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Observations on Criminal Sentencing in Ghana
By: Jim Ransdell Jim Ransdell, 3L, interned at Legal Resources Centre in Accra, Ghana during the Summer of 2014 as part of Washington University School of Law’s Global Public Interest Law Internships. This is the third in a series of posts by Jim where he shares his...
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Summer in Somalia is Personal for Law Student Abadir Barre
For rising second-year law student Abadir Barre, spending the summer working for the Puntland Legal Aid Center (PLAC) in northern Somalia is more than a calling—it’s a homecoming. Barre is from Somalia. In fact, his father was the minister of foreign affairs there,...
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Greetings from the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute!
Dear colleague, Greetings from the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute! Allow me to wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year, and welcome you to Lex lata, lex ferenda, the Harris Institute’s blog. It features commentary on issues of foreign affairs and...
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Words of Tribute from Friends and Colleagues of Whitney Harris
In my capacity as founding director of what is now the Whitney Harris World Law Institute, I had the privilege of working with Whitney during those early years of the Institute and getting to know him and his loving wife, Anna. By now it has become trite to observe...
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Memorial Service Held for Whitney R. Harris, Nazi War Prosecutor, Institute Namesake
A memorial service for Whitney R. Harris was held on Sunday, May 23, 2010 in Washington University's Graham Chapel. Whitney R. Harris, the namesake of the law school’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, passed away on April 22, 2010. He was...
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