Julian Arato
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Julian Arato is Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He is Co-Editor of EJIL:Talk!
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Lack of Consistency and Coherence in the Interpretation of Legal Issues
Editors' Note: This is the last post in our ongoing series of posts (see introduction here, first post on costs here, second post on duration of proceedings here, third post on the diversity deficit in investment arbitration here, fourth post on the impartiality and independence of arbitrators here,…
Equivalence and Translation: Further thoughts on IO Immunities in Jam v. IFC
March 11, 2019
Julian Arato
At the end of February, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark judgment on the immunity of international organizations in Jam v. International Finance Corporation, 58 U.S. (2019). The case concerned the meaning of the 1945 International Organizations Immunities Act (IOIA), which affords international organizations “the same immunity from suit … as is enjoyed…
Subsequent Practice in the Whaling Case, and What the ICJ Implies about Treaty Interpretation in International Organizations
March 31, 2014
Julian Arato
Today the ICJ delivered its long-anticipated judgment in the Whaling Case (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand Intervening), finding Japan’s whaling program in breach of the Whaling Convention on several counts. It is a rich judgment, which will be more fully digested over the next few days. In this post I want to draw attention to…
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Lack of Consistency and Coherence in the Interpretation of Legal Issues
Editors' Note: This is the last post in our ongoing series of posts (see introduction here, first post on costs here, second post on duration of proceedings here, third post on the diversity deficit in investment arbitration here, fourth post on the impartiality and independence of arbitrators here,…
Subsequent Practice in the Whaling Case, and What the ICJ Implies about Treaty Interpretation in International Organizations
March 31, 2014
Julian Arato
Today the ICJ delivered its long-anticipated judgment in the Whaling Case (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand Intervening), finding Japan’s whaling program in breach of the Whaling Convention on several counts. It is a rich judgment, which will be more fully digested over the next few days. In this post I want to draw attention to…
A Preemptive Strike against European Federalism: The Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht Concerning the Treaty of Lisbon.
October 9, 2010
Julian Arato
Julian Arato is a J.D. candidate and Institute of International Law and Justice Scholar at the New York University School of Law . His article on Subsequent Practice and Evolutive Interpretation: Techniques of Treaty Interpretation over Time and Their Diverse Consequences, 9 Law & Prac. Int’l Cts. & Tribs. (forthcoming 2010) is available here. Editor's Note: Readers…