Anthony D'Amato

 

 

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Ma'at, Goddess of Justice
Ma'at was the ancient Egyptian goddess justice. Her name implies law and order. She is depicted here as a tall woman wearing a feather upon her head. At the Judgment the dead person's heart was weighed against her feather. (Drawings by Brian D'Amato)

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Why is International Law Binding? 2008

International Soft Law, Hard Law, and Coherence, 2008

International Law as a Unitary System, 2008

Independence for Kosovo? Jurist 6/16/07 Bepress link

International Law from a Machiavellian Perspective, in Clinton, Realist Tradition (2007)

Kosovo: The UN Plans a Human Rights Disaster, Jurist 3/27/07; also in 17 no. 2, Survey of East European Law, 1-3 (2007)

True Confessions? The Amazing Tale of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Jurist 3/16/07

Defenses to War Crimes : A Conceptual Overview, 2/07 (SSRN)

International Humanitarian Law: Prospects, Preface (2006)

On the Legitimacy of International Institutions, 12/06, SSRN

Israel's Borders under International Law, 12/06, SSRN

Bolton in Sheep's Clothing, Jurist 11/20/06

Pyongyang and Proliferation: The UN North Korea Resolution, Jurist 10/17/06

The UN Mideast Ceasefire Resolution Paragraph-by-Paragraph , Jurist 8/13/06

Israel's new ground offensive and the UN peacekeeping plan, Jurist 8/9/06

A proposed UN resolution on the Middle East, Jurist 8/7/06 Bepress link

The Draft UN Middle East Ceasefire Resolution , Jurist 8/6/06

War Crimes and the Mideast Conflict, Jurist, 7/24/06

International Law Aspects of the Mideast 'War', Jurist, 7/18/06

The Need for a Theory of International Law, SSRN, 4/5/06

Using Nuclear Weapons against Iran? Jurist Hotline, 2/4/06 Bepress link

Why It's Not Wise to Assassinate bin Laden, Chicago Tribune, Oct. 28 (2001)

Observations on the Forthcoming Milosevic Trial (2001)

International Law and Regulation of the Internet, 89 Ky LJl 575-579 (2001) Word

International Law, Cybernetics, and Cyberspace, chapter in volume on computer network attack and international law (NWC International Law Studies Blue Book, vol. 76)

On Genocide, In  International Law across the Spectrum of Conflict: Essays in honor of L.C. Green (NWC International Law Studies, v.75)

Defending a Person Charged with Genocide, 1 Chicago Jl of International Law 459-469 (2000) Word

A Brief Review of the Indictment against Milosevic and Others of 27 May 1999 33 (10) United Nations Law Reports 133-136 (June 1999)

International Law and Kosovo, 33 United Nations Law Reports 112-114 (1999).

Globalizing Adoption: Linking Children and Adoptive Parents, 116 Christian Century 668-669 (1999)

Megatrends in the Use of Force, in The Law of Armed Conflict: Into the Next Millenium (Naval War College International Law Studies, Volume 71) 1-16 (1998)

Customary International Law: A Reformulation, 4 International Legal Theory 1-6 (1998)

Law and War: A Doctrine of Deterrence, 35 UN Chronicle 52-53 (1998)

Cross-Country Adoption: A Call to Action, 73 Notre Dame LRev 1239 (1998) Word

"Genocide": Contribution to a panel discussion, with Richard Goldstone, Michael Scharf, and Ed Vulliamy (Accounting for Atrocities Conference, Oct. 1998)/Adobefiles/A90n.pdf

Strong Opinions on Human Rights, Chapter 10 in International Law Studies (1997)

Purposeful Ambiguity as International Legal Strategy: The Two China Problem, in  Jerzy Makarczyk (ed.) Theory of International Law at the Threshold of the 21st Century 109-121 (1996).

The Injustice of Dynamic Statutory Interpretation, 64 University of Cincinnati LRev 911-935 (1996) Word

Human Rights as Part of Customary International Law: A Plea for Change of Paradigms, 25 Georgia Jl of International and Comparative Law 47-98 (1995/96) Word

Israel's Air Strike against the Osiraq Reactor: A Retrospective, 10 Temple International and Comparative LJl 259-264 (1996) Word

World Conferences and the Cheapening of International Norms, St. Louis-Warsaw Transatlantic LJl 9 (1995) Word

The Path of International Law, 1 Jl of International Legal Studies 1 (1995) Word

Old Approaches to International Law, 65 Harvard International LJl 509 (1995) Word

Peace vs. Accountability in Bosnia, 88 AJIL 500 (1994) Word doc Bepress link

Whales: Their Emerging Right to Life (with Sudhir K. Chopra), 85 AJIL 21 (1991)

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Jus Cogens! 6 Connecticut Jl of International Law 1 (1991)

Torture as Raison D'État, 10 Criminal Justice Ethics 40 (1991)

Do We Owe a Duty to Future Generations to Preserve the Global Environment? 84 AJIL 190 (1990) Word

The Invasion of Panama was a Lawful Response to Tyranny, 84 AJIL 516 (1990) Word

The Imposition of Attorney Sanctions for Claims Arising from the U.S. Air Raid on Libya, 84 AJIL 705 (1990) Word

International Law in the Public Forum: The New York Times and the Libyan Chemical Weapons Plant, 83 AJIL 527 (1989) Word

The Relation of the Individual to the State in the Era of Human Rights, 24 Texas Jl of International Law 1 (1989)

The Theory of Customary International Law, 82 ASIL Proc. 242 (1988) Word

The Alien Tort Statute and the Founding of the Constitution, 82 AJIL 62 (1988) Word

State Responsibility for the Exportation of Nuclear Power Technology (with Kirsten Engel), 74 Virginia LRev 1011 (1988)

Trashing Customary International Law, 81 AJIL 101 (1987) Word

The President and International Law: A Missing Dimension, 81 AJIL 375 (1987) Word

Superior Orders vs. Command Responsibility, 80 AJIL 604 (1986)

The World Court, 80 ASIL Proc. 214 (1986) Word

The Authority of the United States Executive to Interpret, Articulate or Violate the Norms of International Law, 80 ASIL Proceedings 297 (1986) Word

Address on Terrorism and International Law, 8 Whittier LRev 789 (1986)

The United States Should Accept, by a New Declaration, the General Compulsory Jurisdiction of the World Court, 80 AJIL 331 (1986) Word

Modifying U.S. Acceptance of the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the World Court, 79 AJIL 385 (1985) Word

Should the United States Reconsider Its Acceptance of World Court Jurisdiction? 79 ASIL Proceedings 95 (1985) Word

Judge Bork's Concept of the Law of Nations is Seriously Mistaken, 79 AJIL 92 (1985) together with Professor Rubin's Reply Does Not Live Up to Its Title, 79 AJIL 112 (1985) Word

Is International Law Really "Law"? 79 Northwestern LRev 1293 (1985)

Nicaragua  and International Law: The "Academic" and the "Real", 79 AJIL 657 (1985) Word

The Purposive Dimension of International Law, 9 Brooklyn Jl of International Law 311 (1983)

An Alternative to the Law of the Sea Convention, 77 AJIL 281 (1983) Word

Israel's Air Strike upon the Iraqi Nuclear Reactor, 77 AJIL 584 (1983)

Israel and Palestine: Assault on the Law of Nations, 91 Yale LJ 1726 (1982) Word

The Concept of Human Rights in International Law, 82 Columbia LRev 1110 (1982) Word

Professor Nagel's Reflections on Cardozo, 2 Cardozo LRev 589 (1981)

Are Human Rights Good for International Business? 1 NW Jl of International Law and Business 22 (1979) Word

International Law and Rawls' Theory of Justice, 5 Denver Jl of International Law 525 (1975)

The Relevance of Machiavelli to Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 9 in Parel, ed., The Political Calculus (1972)

Written Statement of the International League for the Rights of Man Filed with the International Court of Justice in the Namibia Question (with Arthur Rovine), 4 NYU Jl of International Law & Politics 335 (1971)

The Authoritativeness of Custom in International Law, 53 Rivista di Diritto Internazionale 491 (1970)

Manifest Intent and the Generation by Treaty of Customary Rules of International Law, 64 AJIL 892 (1970)

On Consensus, 8 Canadian Yearbook of International Law 104 (1970)

Against the Crime of Silence; On Genocide, 57 California LRev 1033 (1969)

War Crimes and Vietnam: The "Nuremberg Defense" and the Military Service Resister, 57 California LRev 1055 (1969)

Consent, Estoppel, and Reasonableness: Three Challenges to Universal International Law, 10 Va. Jl of International Law 1 (1969) Word

The Concept of Special Custom in International Law, 63 AJIL 211 (1969)

Psychological Constructs in Foreign Policy Prediction, 11 Jl of Conflict Resolution 294 (1967) Word

Legal and Political Strategies of the South West Africa Litigation, 4 Law in Transition 8 (1967)

Legal Aspects of the French Nuclear Tests, 61 AJIL 66 (1967)

The Inductive Approach Revisited, 6 The Indian Jl of International Law 509 (1966)

The Bantustan Proposals for South-West Africa, 4 The Jl of Modern African Studies 177 (1966)

Apartheid in South West Africa: Five Claims of Equality, 1 Portia LJl 59 (1966)

The Neo-Positivist Concept of International Law, 59 AJIL 321(1965)

Treaties as a Source of General Rules of International Law, 3 (no.2) Harvard International LJl 1 (1962)

JURISPRUDENCE

Natural Law - A Libertarian View, 2008

Waterboarding: The Key Question for Mukasey, Jurist 10/19/07

A Quick Primer on Logic and Rationality, SSRN, 6/2/06

Porn Up, Rape Down, SSRN, 6/23/06

The Effect of Legal Theories on Judicial Decisions, 74 Chicago-Kent LRev 517-527 (1999) Word

Indeterminacy, in  The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, C. B. Gray, ed. pp. 398-400

Justice, in  The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, C. B. Gray, ed. pp. 465-467

Legal and Moral Dimensions of Churchill's Failure to Warn, 20 Cardozo LRev 561-567 (1998) Word

Post-Revolutionary Law and Economics, 20 Hofstra LRev 757 (1992) Word

On the Connection between Law and Justice, 26 U.C. Davis LRev 527 (1993)

Disobbedienza civile, Enciclopedia della Scienze Sociali, vol. 3, p.169 (1993)

Counterintuitive Consequences of "Plain Meaning", 33 Arizona LRev 529 (1991)

Harmful Speech and the Culture of Indeterminacy, 32 Wm and Mary LRev 329 (1991)

Aspects of Deconstruction: The Failure of the Word "Bird", 84 Northwestern LRev 536 (1990)

Aspects of Deconstruction: Refuting Indeterminacy with One Bold Thought, 85 Northwestern LRev 113 (1990)

Aspects of Deconstruction: The "Easy Case" of the Under-aged President, 84 Northwestern LRev 250 (1990)

Aspects of Deconstruction: Thought Control in Xanadu, 84 Northwestern LRev 1086 (1990)

The Ultimate Injustice: When A Court Misstates the Facts, 11 Cardozo LRev 1313 (1990)

A New Political Truth: Exposure to Sexually Violent Materials Causes Sexual Violence, 31 William and Mary LRev 575 (1990)

Pragmatic Indeterminacy, 85 Northwestern LRev 148 (1990)

As Gregor Samsa Awoke One Morning from Uneasy Dreams He Found Himself Transformed into an Economic Analyst of Law, 83 Northwestern LRev 1012 (1989) together with Gregor Samsa Replies by undisclosed author Richard A. Posner Word

Self-Regulation of Judicial Misconduct Could be Mis-Regulation, 89 Michigan LRev 609 (1990)

Can Legislatures Constrain Judicial Interpretation of Statutes? 75 Virginia LRev 561 (1989)

Can Any Legal Theory Constrain Any Judicial Decision? 43 University of Miami LRev 513 (1989).

The Moral Dilemma of Positivism, 20 Valparaiso University LRev 43 (1985)

Whither Jurisprudence? 6 Cardozo LRev 971 (1985)

Is Equality A Totally Empty Idea? 81 Michigan L Rev 600 (1983) Word

Legal Uncertainty, 71 California LRev 1 (1983) Word

Lon Fuller and Substantive Natural Law, 26 American Jl of Jurisprudence 202 (1981)

Ethics at the Edge of Life, 2 Cardozo LRev 655 (1981)

The Speluncean Explorers-Further Proceedings, 32 Stanford LRev 467 (1980)

Judicial Legislation, 1 Cardozo LRev 63 (1979) Word

Comment: Professor Posner's Lecture on Privacy, 12 Georgia LRev 497 (1978)

The Limits of Legal Realism, 87 Yale LJl 468 (1978) Word

Can/Should Computers Replace Judges? 11 Georgia LRev 1277 (1977) Word

Obligation to Obey the Law: A Study of the Death of Socrates, 49 Southern California LRev 1079 (1976) Word

The "Bad Samaritan" Paradigm, 70 NU LRev 798 (1976 )Word

Elmer's Rule: A Jurisprudential Dialogue, 60 Iowa LRev 1129 (1975) Word

The Relation of Theories of Jurisprudence to International Politics and Law, 27 Washington and Lee LRev 257 (1970)

Towards a Reconciliation of Positivism and Naturalism: A Cybernetic Approach to a Problem of Jurisprudence 14 Western Ontario LRev 171 (1975)

LEGAL EDUCATION

The Interdisciplinary Turn in Legal Education, 12/06, SSRN

Rethinking Legal Education, 74 Marquette LRev 1 (1990)

International Law in the Curriculum, 2 Pace Yearbook of International Law 83 (1990)

The Decline and Fall of Law Teaching in the Age of Student Consumerism, 37 Jl of Legal Education 461 (1987)

Public International Law as a Career, 1 American University Jl of International Law and Policy 5 (1986)


CASES

Complaint in Rosen v. Japan, Sept. 4, 2001

Lead Counsel for Plaintiff, Serbian Orthodox Church v. William Jefferson Clinton, US Dist. Ct., N.D. Illinois, Eastern Div., 1999. (U.S. military operations in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Brief in Extradition Case, US v. Lindstrom

[ICTY v. Dr. Milan Kovacevic] Defending the Indefensible, by Tina Rosenberg, NYT Magazine, April 19, 1998

The Frolova Case, in Contemporary Issues in International Law: Essays in Honor of Louis B. Sohn, p.89 (1984)

The Frolova Case: A Practitioner's View, 1 New York Law School Human Rights Annual 33 (1983)

Brief for Constitutional Lawyers' Committee on Undeclared War as Amicus Curiae, Massachusetts v. Laird, 17 Wayne LRev 67 (1971)

Massachusetts in the Federal Courts: The Constitutionality of the Vietnam War, 4 Jl of Law Reform 11 (1970)


BOOK REVIEWS and CORRESPONDENCE

Review of Human Rights of Women, ed. by Rebecca J. Cook, 89 AJIL 840 (1995) Word

Right v. Might: International Law and the Use of Force, 85 AJIL 201 (1991) Word

Correspondence and Reply: Michael Akehurst and Anthony D'Amato, 80 AJIL 147 (1986)

Response to W. Michael Reisman' Editorial "Has the International Court Exceeded its Jurisdiction", 80 AJIL 942 (1986)

Human Rights, European Politics, and the Helsinki Accord, 78 AJIL 960 (1984) Word

Rethinking the Sources of International Law, 78 AJIL 937 (1984) Word

The Practice of Japan in International Law, 1961-1970, 78 AJIL 733 (1984) Word

Essays on the Development of the International Legal Order, 76 AJIL 188 (1982) Word

International Law: Content and Function: A Review, 11 Jl of Conflict Resolution 504 (1967)

Shapiro: Law and Politics in the Supreme Court, 53 California LRev 713 (1965)

Review of Myres S. McDougal and Associates, Studies in World Public Order, 75 Harvard LRev 458 (1961) Word


MISCELLANEOUS

The Contribution of the Infield Fly Rule to Western Civilization, 100 NWULR (2006) Bepress link

Words and Music, paper presented at Kaplan Center, March 6, 2000

Brave New Scholarship, 49 Jl of Legal Education 143-149 (1999)

Minutes of the Faculty Meeting, 359 BYU L Rev (1992) Word


OCCASIONAL ESSAYS

Review of the ICJ Order of June 2, 1999 in the Illegality of Use of Force Case


ARTICLES ABOUT ANTHONY D'AMATO

Jacobson, Arthur J., Taking Responsibility: Law's Relation to Justice and D'Amato's Deconstructive Practice, 90 Northwestern University LRev 1755 (1996)

Onuf, Nicholas, Book Review: International Law and Political Reality: Collected Papers, Volume One. Jl International Legal Studies (Summer 1995)

Pannier, Russell, D'Amato, Kripke, And Legal Indeterminacy, 27 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 881 (2000)

Rosen, Andrew A., D'Amato's Equilibrium: Game Theory and a Re-Evaluation of the Duty to Prosecute under International Law, 37 NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 79 (2004)

Sacco, Joe, The War Crimes Trials, Details, Sept. 1998, p.260