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Book SynopsisResolving Conflicts in the Law, edited by Chiara Giorgetti and Natalie Klein, honours the work of Professor Lea Brilmayer whose intellectual contribution and influence span scholarly debate and the practice of both public and private international law. The book’s essays are from leading international law scholars and practitioners in the field—including Michael Reisman, Stephen Schwebel, Erin O’Connor O’Hara, John Crook, Philippa Webb, Kermit Roosevelt, Harold Koh—and reflect on contemporary and cutting-edge questions of international law. Each contribution enriches and advances scholarly debate on topics of law for which Lea Brilmayer is well known, including: international dispute settlement; conflicts of law; international relations theory; secession and territorial and maritime sovereignty.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Professor Lea Brilmayer: Biographical Note Professor Lea Brilmayer: Selected Publications Notes on Contributors 1 “This is your wake-up call”: Lea Brilmayer’s Impact as a Scholar and Teacher Chiara Giorgetti and Natalie Klein 2 Lea Brilmayer: How Contacts Count Harold Hongju Koh 3 Professor Brilmayer and the Third Restatement Kermit Roosevelt III 4 Choice-of-Law Rules as Geographic Scope Limitations Carlos M. Vázquez 5 Forum non Conveniens: Recent Developments at the Intersection of Public and Private International Law Philippa Webb 6 Meddling in Internal Affairs: The Boundaries of Non-Intervention in a World without Boundaries W. Michael Reisman 7 Jurisprudential Space Junk: Treaties and New Technologies Rebecca Crootof 8 Recognition, Rewards, and Regime Change William J. Moon 9 Functional State Recognition and International Economic Law Kathleen Claussen 10 Why Sub-State Groups Are Endowed with Rights Laura S. Underkuffler 11 Why International Organizations are Accountable to You Eyal Benvenisti 12 Are International Mass Claims Commissions the Right Mechanism to Provide Redress to Individuals Injured under International Law? Chiara Giorgetti 13 Land and Sea: Resolving Contested Land and Disappearing Land Disputes under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Natalie Klein 14 Professor Lea Brilmayer and the Quest for Evidence from Space John Crook 15 The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission’s Partial Awards on Eritrea’s and Ethiopia’s Diplomatic Claims Robert G. Volterra 16 The Misinterpretation and Misapplication of the Minimum Standard of International Law Stephen M. Schwebel 17 Conflict of Laws: A Recipe for Transformative Contributions Erin O’Hara O’Connor
