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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 8d

Don't forget to register for Friday's free webinar! Register here: cambridge-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 29d

Democratic backsliding is now a global phenomenon, with Donald Trump's America only the most visible and dramatic example. But @drodrik.bsky.social still sees some bright spots elsewhere. bit.ly/4m0PTI9

Who Will Model Democracy Now?

Dani Rodrik looks for bright spots in a world where authoritarianism is on the rise, even in the United States.

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Completing @ajil.bsky.social's Reparations study, Part II in Unbound probes 6 cases of reparation demands met or unmet: Haiti's cholera epidemic, African resource exploitation, atrocities against Mau Mau veterans, Native American cultural objects, Canada's Indian Residential Schools, & slavery.1/

AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · Sep 8

The final part of our AJIL Unbound series on reparations is now available online. Read "What Can International Law Repair?" now! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks to the three of them and to all of the participating authors for their contributions!

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

We hope others continue the conversation by building on the collective thinking in this issue—and in the double symposia that we have published alongside it in Unbound, with @harlangcohen.bsky.social, Chantal Thomas, and Veronika Fikfak as special editors. 5/

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

We think such goals require a more openly and deliberately redistributive frame—which, as we explain, operates in a different register. 4/

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

As we explain in our opening essay, we came away from the discussion less convinced that a reparatory frame is the best way to think about or to try to accomplish the redistributive goals that tend to be embedded in demands for transformative reparations. 3/

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Transforming the World with Reparations? | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

Transforming the World with Reparations? - Volume 119 Issue 3

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ingrid and I launched this special issue both to capture and to push the thinking in the field on reparations—more specifically, on what we call “transformative reparations,” focused on redressing large-scale historic harms, such as those arising from colonialism, slavery, and climate change. 2/

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am excited that this special issue of the @ajil.bsky.social —on reparations in international law—is now out! 1/

AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · Sep 5

AJIL's Special Issue on Reparations in International Law is now available online featuring a stunning line up of authors and topics related to reparations. These articles will be freely available for all to read for a limited time. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ingrid and I issued the following statement in the just-released issue of @ajil.bsky.social. A travesty that it has to be said.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 2

This paper is a product of years of frustration with—and yet, an unrelenting commitment to—the field of international law. I hope it helps to launch a (more) productive conversation about what intl law has historically done and where the field might go from here.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Jul 10

I finally managed to escape the news feed, and it was glorious.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Jun 5

My review of Daryl Levinson’s provocative book; “Law for Leviathan” is now out in the Michigan Law Review.

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"Exorcising Hobbes’s Ghost: A Future for Constitutional and Internation" by Monica Hakimi

A review of Law for Leviathan: Constitutional Law, International Law, and the State. By Daryl Levinson.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 29

This was a great event, largely because Kinstler, Hassan, and Roth are all so inspiring. Thanks to @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social for hosting.

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Mert Kartal @mertkartal.bsky.social · May 27

This ⬇️ is becoming more and more relevant, and not just for a few of us. I mean everyone.

Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Feb 20

As Ingrid and I explain, the prohibition of annexations—the intl legal norm that prohibits states from forcibly acquiring territory—lies at the very foundation of modern intl law.

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The Prohibition of Annexations and the Foundations of Modern International Law | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

The Prohibition of Annexations and the Foundations of Modern International Law - Volume 118 Issue 3

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · May 27

I put much work into this.

DOJ is trying to block courts' access to info in #AbregoGarcia and Alien Enemies Act cases by asserting it is a "state secret."

I walk through the clear case law on this topic.

I provide a Table of senior officials' statements that preclude the state secret privilege.

No "State Secrets” in Removals of Non-US Citizens to El Salvador

A series of statements by senior officials preclude the Trump administration's state secrets privilege in the the El Salvador removal cases.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · May 21

Meeting friends and heroes at the EUI workshop “Shifting Powers, Shifting Roles:
The Present and Future of International Institutions”.

Brilliant keynote discussions by @monicahakimi.bsky.social, Tony Anghie, @sarahnou.bsky.social.

Also a great setting to discuss de-dollarisation and int’l law!

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks! Western Sahara will have its own section—in the part on occupation (and annexation). The TOC for the new edition should be available soon.

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katharinapistor.bsky.social @katharinapistor.bsky.social · May 13

When a constitutional and a corporate lawyer put their heads together to suggest how NOT to do governance reforms @columbiauniversity.bsky.socia

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Balkinization: Review It All

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks to our loyal users for constantly sending us helpful suggestions for improvement and to my co-authors, Jeff and Steve, for the amazing working relationship.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 13

If you are teaching international law in the fall, the sixth edition just went to the printers—with extensive updates throughout and entirely new problems on the South China Sea, the Chagos Archipelago, Indigenous persons, Western Sahara, and the IMF.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 9

I first read this to mean LLM _students_ and was all “?!?” But I guess it makes sense for the other kind of LLM.

Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · May 9

In this article I argue treating LLMs like experts or authors or friends instead of as a conduit to access the insights of nameable others is a mistake, both in terms of dangers and lost opportunities www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

AI Is Not Your Friend

How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 6

We think the research agenda must now focus on identifying the parts of the old legal system that are still valuable and salvageable—and the compromises that must be made to sustain in a world with very different constellations of power. 6/6

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 6

Still, it played an outsized role. For good or for ill, the tide has shifted. The US is no longer doing what it historically has done to support int’l law. It is now actively undermining int’l law. The repercussions for the future world order will, in our view, be dramatic. 5/

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · May 6

It did an enormous amount to support the legalization and institutionalization of int’l affairs, and the maintenance and regulation of states.

It did so imperfectly, hypocritically, and often unfairly. So the int’l legal system that it played an outsized role in constituting was badly flawed. 4/

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