The possibilities of international law received a severe blow by the terrorist attacks in 2001 and the ensuing conflicts over the decision to intervene in Iraq. The immediate effect is reflected by institutional and policy changes. The long-term effect consists in changing sets of norms and institutions that have been regulating the interplay between politics and law on the global scale, so far...

Abstract: The object of this research in the queueing theory is the FunctionalStrong-Law-ofLarge-Numbers (FSLLN) under the conditions of heavy traffic in Multiphase Queueing Systems (MQS). A FSLLN is known as fluid limit or fluid approximation. In this paper, the FSLLN is proved for values of important probabilistic characteristics of the MQS investigated as well as the summary queue length of ...

I provide a brief review of the origins of the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling and the failure to successfully regulate whaling that led to the commercial moratorium in 1986. I then describe the Japanese Whale Research Programs Under Special Permit in the Antarctica (JARPA I, JARPA II) and the origins of the case Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand In...

This paper reviews international law and policy regarding the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities that are defining the role of traditional and indigenous knowledge in the management and conservation of biodiversity. The most influential forums occur within the United Nations system, particularly the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the Convention on Biological Diversi...

The European Court of Human Rights’ margin of appreciation doctrine is of growing importance in general international law. Existing scholarship, however, fails to consider the political stakes involved in its use. The aim of this paper is to offer a reconceptualisation of the margin as a tool of global governance in the context of the increasing judicialisation of human rights protection in Eur...