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THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS FAILED IN ITS RESPONSIBLITY TO ARREST AND PROSECUTE YASSIR ARAFAT BECAUSE OF HIS PARTICULAR ROLE IN TERRORIST CRIMES AND IN APPLICABLE RULES OF LAW. THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT FOR THE UNITED STATES, THE NUREMBERG OBLIGATIONS TO BRING TERRORIST CRIMINALS TO TRIAL ARE DOUBLY BINDING. EITHER INTERNAL LAW IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR IT IS TO BE DEGRADED FOR IMPLEMENTAION OF OTHER NEEDS. SHOULD IT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, INVALID AGREEMENTS WITH THE PLO SHOULD NOW BE SUPPLANTED BY THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF ARAFAT WITHIN ANY NATIONAL COURT.

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This review analyzes the efficacy of the collection in engaging with international law through the lens of feminist jurisprudence. The editors have compiled a diverse collection that applies feminist thought to varying topics of international law, including economic topics that do not obviously lend themselves to feminist engagement, that demonstrates the benefits of such analysis. The handbook effectively illustrates the potential for feminist thought to apply broadly to international law topics and provides a path forward for continued engagement with feminist theories in international law.

Main Description:Justice among Nations tells the story of the rise of international law and how it has been formulated, debated, contested, and put into practice from ancient times to the present. Stephen Neff avoids technical jargon as he surveys doctrines from natural law to feminism, and practices from the Warring States of China to the international criminal courts of today. Ancient China produced the first rudimentary set of doctrines. But the cornerstone of later international law was laid by the Romans, in the form of natural law-a universal law that was superior to early laws and governments. As medieval European states came into contact with non-Christian peoples, from East Asia to the New World, practical solutions had to be devised to the many legal quandaries that arose. In the wake of these experiences, international legal doctrine began to assume its modern form in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. New challenges in the nineteenth century encompassed the advance of nationalism, the rise of free trade and European imperialism, the formation of international organizations, and the arbitration of disputes. Innovative doctrines included liberalism, the nationality school, and solidarism. The twentieth century witnessed the formation of the League of Nations and a World Court, but also the rise of socialist and fascist states and the advent of the Cold War. Yet the collapse of the Soviet Union brought little respite. As Neff makes clear, further threats to the rule of law today come from environmental pressures, genocide, and terrorism.