{"id":243428,"date":"2010-01-28T07:25:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T12:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opiniojuris.org\/?p=11071"},"modified":"2010-01-28T07:25:39","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T12:25:39","slug":"opting-out-of-customary-international-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/243428","title":{"rendered":"Opting out of Customary International Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Duncan Hollis <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most fascinating topics (for positivists like myself anyway) is how customary international law incorporates a consensual element via the idea of persistent objectors.\u00a0 Questions, of course, abound over why persistent objectors get an exemption from a customary rule, when subsequent objectors do not (unless other states acquiesce in the subsequent objector’s departure from the rule, or take it as the beginning of a movement towards a new customary rule, etc.)\u00a0 In recent years, the implications of state decisions to opt-out of or simply not comply with customary rules have\u00a0garnered increasing scholarly attention<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Most recently, Curt Bradley and Mitu Gulati have joined the conversation with their article, Withdrawing from International Custom<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 That paper\u00a0will be the\u00a0basis of a scholarly roundtable this\u00a0Saturday at Duke Law School, appropriately titled, Opting out of Customary International Law<\/em>.\u00a0 Although the papers\u00a0for the roundtable aren’t publicly available yet, here’s the agenda.<\/p>\n

Scholarship Roundtable: Opting Out of Customary International Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:15 am \u2013 10:30 am Session 1: Justifications for and History of the Mandatory View<\/strong>
\nPapers:
\nAndreas Paulus, In Defense of Customary International Law<\/em>
\nAmanda Perreau-Saussine, Changing the Rules<\/em>
\nAnthea Roberts, Reflections on Bradley & Gulati\u2019s Paper<\/em>
\nEdward Swaine, Comment on Bradley and Gulati<\/em>
\nDiscussant: David Bederman<\/p>\n

10:45 am \u2013 12:00 pm Session 2: How Customary International Law Develops and Evolves<\/strong>
\nPapers:
\nDavid Bederman, Acquiescence, Objection and the Death of Customary International Law<\/em>
\nRachel Brewster, Withdrawing from Custom Through Treaty<\/em>
\nSamuel Estreicher, Preliminary Observations on Bradley & Gulati<\/em>
\nChristiana Ochoa, The Rule of Law, and the CIL Formation, Modification and Disintegration Process<\/em>
\nDiscussant: Anthea Roberts<\/p>\n

1:15 pm \u2013 2:30 pm Session 3: Considerations of Efficiency and Design<\/strong>
\nPapers:
\nEugene Kontorovich, Inefficient Customs in International Law<\/em>
\nVincy Fon & Francesco Parisi, Stability and Change in International Customary Law<\/em>
\nLarry Helfer, Comments on Bradley & Gulati<\/em>
\nJoel Trachtman, Notes on How Persistent Objectors Play Chicken with Public Goods<\/em>
\nDiscussant: Paul Stephan<\/p>\n

2:45 pm \u2013 4:00 pm Session 4: Domestic Application of Customary International Law<\/strong>
\nPapers: Anthony Bellia & Bradford Clark, The Political Branches and the Law of Nations<\/em>
\nJohn McGinnis, Domestic and Asymmetrical Withdrawal Rights from Custom<\/em>
\nPaul Stephan, Disaggregating Customary International Law<\/em>
\nDiscussant: Ed Swaine<\/p>\n

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