International Law Weekend - West
 International Law Weekend-West was held on March 6-7,
2009, at Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon. The two-day program, chaired by
Willamette Professor James A.R. Nafziger, brought together legal practitioners, scholars, and students.
Panels discussed cutting-edge issues in public and private international law and international
transactions. Co-sponsors of the conference included the American Society of International Law,
the International Section of the Oregon State Bar, and the
Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution.
Professor Theodor Meron of New York University and International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia was the featured dinner speaker on March 6. He spoke on the theme “International Criminal
Justice: Does It Work?” Professor George Bermann of Columbia Law School and President of the
International Academy of Comparative Law spoke on “The American Law Institute Goes Global” at the
ILW West 2009 luncheon on March 7.
ILW West 2009 panels addressed the following topics:
- Prosecuting International Core Crimes in the United States: Problems, Prospects, and Solutions
- Bringing International Law to Bear on the Detention and Treatment of Refugees in the United States
- Empirical Approaches to the International Law of War
- Recent Developments in NAFTA
- The Role of International Law in Immigration Practice
- Discretion to Decline Jurisdiction in International Cases
- Shared Fresh Water and Sustainable Development in an Era of Water Scarcity
- International Technology Transfers—Challenges and Outcomes
- World Peace Through Human Rights, Law of the Sea, and the United Nations: A Tribute to Louis B. Sohn
- Taming the International Capital Markets: The Emerging Regime
- The Alien Tort Statute in the Post-Sosa World
- Transnational Intellectual Property Law and Enforcement Within a TRIPS Framework
Speakers’ papers will be published in upcoming issues of the
Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution.
The next International Law Weekend - West will be held early in 2011 at
Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Watch this website for details.
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