Sessions Information

  • January 5, 2012
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Session Type: Section Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Hotel: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
    Room: Delaware Suite B
    Floor: Lobby Level

    (Papers to be published in Southern Illinois Law Review)

    The Northwest Passage, the Arctic Ocean, and NAFTA are the most obvious concerns for a North American year in review.  The first two topics involve the struggle over whether the U.S. should ratify the Law of the Sea Convention, a matter that bears close watching, As for NAFTA, it is a paradigm for the U.S. for non-global trade pacts, so it is natural to look beyond it to the newer U.S. bilateral treaties for a broader context.  Also, NAFTA was not just about trade  – it raised concerns about labor and environmental issues, and now is a good time to take stock of those matters – in context.  Finally, panels on the foregoing topics invoke pragmatic concerns and provide an occasion to interact with practitioners of international law; for teachers of international law this is a valuable opportunity to hear those practitioners tell us what they wish we were teaching our students.

     

    Business Meeting of Section on North American Cooperation at Program Conclusion.

Session Speakers
Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans
Speaker

Vermont Law and Graduate School
Speaker

Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Speaker

Speaker

Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Moderator

Environmental Law Institute
Speaker

Vermont Law and Graduate School
Moderator

The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Speaker

Georgia State University College of Law
Moderator

University of Minnesota Law School
Speaker

U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Speaker

Covington & Burling, LLP
Speaker

Dalhousie University Faculty of Law
Speaker

Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey
Speaker

Hogan and Lovells LLP
Speaker

Session Fees
  • 4080 International Law and North American Cooperation Joint Program: $0.00