Author Archive | Kenneth Anderson

Amidst the discussion of the ACLU Aulaqi lawsuit – both the procedural moves made in court and the underlying debates over the lawfulness of targeting – as well as new revelations from the Woodward book about the size of the CIA’s proxy ground forces in Afghanistan, cross-border “overt” raids made by US military forces into […]

Congratulations to David Bosco and the rest of the folks at American University’s School of International Service on the conference over the last couple of days on the future of global governance.  I took part on a panel on how to globally govern for which my advice, readers will not be surprised to learn, was […]

A friend and colleague on my faculty is doing some initial forays into judicial opinions that offer an aside, or a footnote, or some bit of seemingly innocuous language in an opinion that, innocuous in the context of that decision, seems innocuous.  But it sets up a later question, as a sort of ticking time […]

This is a question, not an editorial.  I read the Pledge document pretty fast, and did not think I saw anything referring to earmarks one way or the other.  Is there something in there about that I did not see, or is it referred to under other terms?  Here it is in pdf at RealClearPolitics. […]

I was intrigued to read the Chief Conspirator’s post on grains, and functional grains, including the comments on quinoa, the Andean grain – I believe technically a flower, but treated in cooking like a grain – that has very high protein content and low sugars.  As it happens, I cook with quinoa a lot, and […]

UCLA Law School’s Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Project has launched a new partnership with the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor, to create an online forum for discussing legal issues that might or have arisen for the prosecutor.  The forum is at UCLALawForum.com.  One of the difficulties for the prosecutor offices at the ICC […]

As President Obama prepares to head up to New York for the UN General Assembly meetings, which this year are focused around the 10 year anniversary of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), some stories are starting to appear in the papers about the UN and US relations.  Colum Lynch, for example, the Washington Post’s UN […]

Query.  If Greece were to default on its sovereign euro-denominated debt, I understand the massive disruptions and disasters that could cause in so many ways, ranging from hits to the banks holding the debt, to so many other things.  What I am not sure I understand is how a sovereign default of euro-denominated Greek government […]

I’ve now had a chance to read a little more closely the decision, majority and concurrence, in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (issued today by a 2nd Circuit panel of Judge Cabranes writing for himself and Judge Wood, and a concurrence in the judgment by Judge Leval). On second reading, it still looks to me […]

I have just now been forwarded a copy of the 2nd Circuit opinion released today in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. (I should say “apparently the court rules” that there is no corporate liability, because I have hastily read it in the last couple of minutes. More from Julian Ku at OJ.) Unless I am […]

“While this court is unfamiliar with the practices of the Ecuadorian judicial system, the court must believe that the concept of fraud is universal, and that what has blatantly occurred in this matter would in fact be considered fraud by any court. If such conduct does not amount to fraud in a particular country, then […]

… pending Randy having a chance to put something up on it first.  I’ll re-post it later, but I think it’s makes more sense than having me jump in with a side question on treaties.