Five American football rules and the laws of war
I like to watch American Football. The New York Jets in particular, which is a painful experience every time. And throughout my viewing career I have had to explain myself to my friends. And [...]
Book Review: ‘John Adams’ by David McCullough
When asked, I Iist JFK and Barack Obama as my favorite US presidents if only for personal style. But in terms of personality, I am now wholeheartedly adding John Adams, first Vice-President [...]
Classic Cases: Barcelona Traction-Case (1970)
When teaching international law there are always cases that are mentioned, but never truly discussed. We either just quote a few sentences, or only refer to them as a source for a point to be [...]
Favorite Law Quote: An argumentative practice
As you may have noticed, lawyers tend to be sensitive to whatever non-lawyers say about law. In general. People say the darnedest things, often inaccurate and sometimes inadvertently wise. When I [...]
Here we go again New York City
So this has been a funny week. Like many, I did not see the election of Donald Trump coming. And like many, it was probably because I just did not want to see, or because I couldn’t see it from [...]
Trump v. globalization & democracy
Like many, I watched in shock when Donald Trump got elected President on November 8. But soon as the numbers came in and I read the different analyses on how his election come to pass I was not [...]
Biography: Max Huber (1874-1960)
Swiss jurist Max Huber (1874-1960) only really came into focus when writing on this blog about the Lotus– and Island of Palmas cases. Looking further into him (shout out to issue 1 of the [...]
Election exhaustion
This is going to be short one. I usually have one or two posts already prepared before either Monday or Thursday, but unfortunately not for today. Plus, I had a sleep-in today, because I am a [...]