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Award date: 1990 ; Supervisor: A. Cassese ; First made available online 3 September 2015

A trope of international law scholarship is that the United States is an "exceptionalist" nation, one that takes a distinctive (frequently hostile, unilateralist, or hypocritical) stance toward international law. However, all major powers are similarly "exceptionalist," in the sense that they take distinctive approaches to international law that reflect their values and interests. We illustrate these arguments with discussions of China, the European Union, and the United States. Charges of international-law exceptionalism betray an undefended assumption that one particular view of international law (for scholars, usually the European view) is universally valid.

The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations attended a panel discussion at the International Law Weekend held at Fordham University on October 24, 2009. We were introduced to experts on the topic of law in outer space and attended a panel discussion highlighting the growing importance of outer space, and how it is becoming the "new frontier" for international law and state interaction. We decided that this would be the most exciting and relevant way to open our very special issue on science and diplomacy because the cooperation and interaction of states over matters not even of this world illustrates the direct effect of science and technology on diplomacy. By holding our own panel discussion here at the Whitehead Journal, we are pleased to present the discussion of international law in outer space! Adapted from the source document.

While some have argued that neutrality has become irrelevant, this volume asserts that neutrality continues to be a key concept of the law of armed conflict. Neutrality in Contemporary International Law details the rights and duties of neutral states and demonstrates how the rules of neutrality continue to apply in modern day conflicts