June 29: Methodologies of Customary International Law on Use of Force

In this seminar, we will cover:

• Controversies about customary rules on self-defense and humanitarian intervention, viewed as debate about the proper methodology for defining the content of the customary rule.
• Restrictive approach to customary prohibition on use of force, based on: equality of treaty and custom; formal sources; voluntarist or formalist tendencies; opinio juris as dominant element; role of legal discourse; gradual evolution of custom; and equality between states.
• Extensive approach to customary prohibition on use of force, based on: custom as privileged source; formal and material sources; policy-oriented or objectivist tendencies; state practice as the dominant element; role of political organs; rapidly evolving custom; and dominant role of major states.

Title:

Methodologies of Customary International Law on Use of Force
Webinar Date+Time:
June 29

10:00-11:00 am Pacific Time
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Speaker:
Olivier Corten is Senior Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and director of the Centre de droit international et de sociologie appliquée au droit international (Center for International Law and Sociology Applied to International Law) at the ULB Faculty of Law. Among his many publications, Professor Corten authored The Law Against War: The Prohibition on the Use of Force in Contemporary International Law, and co-edited Use of Force in International Law: A Case-Based Approach.

 
Here is information on Professor Corten's books:

• The 2021 edition of Law Against War is reviewed here: https://academic.oup.com/bybil/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/bybil/brac002/6513637
• The 2010 edition of Law Against War, available for download, is reviewed here: https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/22/4/1193/478252
• The Use of Force in International Law, A Case-Based Approach is described here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-use-of-force-in-international-law-9780198784364
• Professor Corten has written a paper on the Methodologies of Customary International Law on Use of Force, available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2247986

By:
Washington State Bar Association
Credits:

• Washington State 1.00 Law & Legal Procedure
• Other Jurisdictions: Certificate of Attendance will be emailed upon request.  

Cost:
Free.

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