This article develops an analytical framework for applying the <i>Monetary Gold</i> rule in public interest litigation before the ICJ. A new dimension of this l

I am very grateful to Marko, Ashley, Philippa, and Paul for their thoughtful contributions. I greatly appreciate their thorough engagement with my work. To conclude the symposium, I will react to a fe...

The following comments are offered from the perspective of a government lawyer but very much on a personal basis; they do not necessarily represent the views of the UK Government. The relationship bet...

I explore in this post how the use of AI-based Decision Support Systems (AI-DSS) could disrupt the three criteria developed by Alexander Wentker for identifying co-parties to an armed conflict. I firs...

Alex Wentker’s book, which will stand as the definitive work on co-party status for years, offers an extremely careful and comprehensive look at the nature and implications of being a co-party to an a...

I doubt that a doctoral thesis – and then a book – on international law could be more timely than Alexander Wentker’s Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law. The ongoing wars in Ukraine a...