# Domestic Application of International Law

63 Va. J. Int’l L. 535 (2023) ♦ Book Review

Marry the Domestic and the International: Review of Yuji Iwasawa, Domestic Application Of International Law Focusing On Direct Applicability

Under The roots of this book run through an article in this Journal almost forty years ago. Professor Iwasawa, as he was then, came to the University of Virginia School of Law as a Fulbright Scholar in pursuit of an S.J.D. One of the fruits of his stay was an article…

PAUL B. STEPHAN

60 Va. J. Int’l L. 101 (2019) ♦ Article

Even Some International Law is Local: Implementation of Treaties through Subnational Mechanisms

Multilateral treaties today increasingly touch on subjects where there is existing domestic law in the United States. In the U.S. federal system, this domestic law may not be national law, but law of the constituent U.S. States. However, in light of Article VI of the U.S. …

CHARLOTTE KU, WILLIAM H. HENNING, DAVIS P. STEWART, & PAUL F. DIEHL

58 Va. J. Int’l L. 227 (2018) ♦ Note

Enforcement of International Treaties by Domestic Courts of Iran: New Developments

Recently, some judicial decisions made Iranian headlines. In a recent speech, President Hassan Ruhani praised a judge for the sources of law he used in rendering judgments. Ruhani was praising Justice Heshmet Rostemi, who, by invoking international human…

FARSHAD RAHIMI DIZGOVIN

60 Va. J. Int’l L. 531 (2020) ♦ Article

Never Waste A Crisis: Anticorruption Reforms in South America

In the midst of dramatic corruption scandals, South American countries have passed some of the most noteworthy anticorruption legislation in the region’s history. This Article examines the wave of anticorruption reforms and how international law, and…

RACHEL BREWSTER & ANDRES ORTIZ

60 Va. J. Int’l L. Online 1 (2019) ♦ Online

Monasky v. Taglieri: The (International) Case for a “True” Hybrid Approach

From the inception of powered flight to the establishment of an international aviation legal regime, the United States has served as the long-time leader of the global aviation system. The international response to the recent crashes of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft suggests…

JOE DIGIROLAMO & MANAL CHEEMA

57 Va. J. Int’l L. 263 (2018) ♦ Article

Statutory International Law

International law pervades the U.S. Code. This will come as a surprise to many Members of Congress, as well as to those who accept the common trope that Congress is ignorant about or hostile to international law. It also may be news to foreign affairs scholars who study…

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