Tomorrow, September 23, at 10am EST, please join us for a webinar on “The ICJ Between Tradition and Transition: Accommodating Interdisciplinarity and Grey International Law Zones in the Advisory Opinion on Israel and the West Bank.” Register here: bruneluniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The ICJ between transition and tradition: Discussing the Israel West Bank Advisory Opinion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about j...

On July 19th 2024, the ICJ rendered its Advisory Opinion on the consequences of the prolonged Israeli West Bank occupation. The Opinion raises two big issues which are interconnected in the Opinion an...

A new ODNI directive does too little to fix longstanding problems with the largest system of prior restraint on speech in U.S. history. From Jack Goldsmith and me at Just Security, cross-posted at @lawfare.bsky.socialwww.justsecurity.org/99777/the-od...

The ODNI’s New and Disappointing Prepublication Review Process

Intelligence Community Directive 711 contains modest improvements, but is a missed opportunity provide uniform standards across agencies.

"Major Questions About International Agreements" with Kristen Eichensehr in Penn Law Review. In this article, we consider the implications of recent developments in the major questions doctrine and nondelegation doctrine for international agreements. scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Now out from Emory International Law Review: "International Law Goes to War in Ukraine" Based on remarks I made at Emory Law School last October. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Excited to announce a new paper with Mara Revkin and Azmat Khan: "The Dangerous Rise of 'Dual-Use' Objects in War." Now forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal. Preprint available at SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

This was a fun conversation with Mitu Gulati and Mark Weidemaier for Clauses & Controversies on "A Better Way to Freeze (and Seize?) Russian Assets?" Take a listen: capture.dropbox.com/8DsZzFUBiGDh...

Fun conversation with @SSRN: blog.ssrn.com/2024/07/29/m...

Meet the Author: Oona A. Hathaway

Oona A. Hathaway is a Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and the Yale University MacMillan Center, as well as Professor of the Yale University Department of Political Science and Dir…

It's officially out! If you want to understand why South Africa has standing to sue Israel in the International Court of Justice, this article is for you! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Outside the US, presidents have long been able to violate the law with impunity. What is so frightening about the Court's decision is that it has the potential to make the president’s actions within the US just as unchecked as they are outside it. My latest: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

For the Rest of the World, the U.S. President Has Always Been Above the Law

Americans will now know what a lack of accountability means.

The failure of the UN to take meaningful action in response to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine has reignited concerns about the ability of the UN to help resolve international crises. Formal Charter amendments are nearly impossible, but there's another way. carnegieendowment.org/posts/2024/0...

How to Reform the UN Without Amending Its Charter

Nonamendment reform can enable the body to meet the challenges of the moment when the Security Council is paralyzed by the veto.