Classic Cases

I am going to sneek this case into the series while I still legitmately can. The Nottebohm Case was a staple of international law teaching for a long time, but is now on the wane. And the reason [...]

In contrast to my previous article on the South China Sea arbitral award and the Chinese arguments in that case, this article is decidedly about territorial sovereignty. Or, to be precise, the [...]

For international lawyers, it is the collision that was heard around the world. In 1926, two vessels collided in the Mediterranean and the international legal community was never the same. It is [...]

In a forthcoming series called ‘International Law Classics’, I will be discussing some of the rich stories behind seminal law cases, and the intriguing characters involved in them. [...]