This is topic I'm submitting my thesis to the American Journal of International Law.... in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
Fingers crossed it has a chance of being published!
Before it goes off though, I have a *heap* of formatting to do. Stupid country specific citation styles.
*grumble*
I'm submitting it to AMJIL first on the offchance it will be accepted - it's a pretty good dissertation, and did very well marks wise.
If not I'll try the university specific journals -
Edit: Of course, I won't know if it's been accepted for 8 weeks...
[ February 09, 2005, 09:21 PM: Message edited by: imogen ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Neat, imogen! Good luck!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Woohoo! Good luck!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Good luck! And let us know what happens.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Awesome! Good luck!
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Thesis ... that's what gets you a PHD, right?
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Can be - but mine is just for law honours.
I'm hoping however if it gets published in a reputable American journal that some nice university might give me a scholarship to do my PhD...
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
imogen, I'm so happy for you. That is really awesome.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Awesome imogen! What's the topic?
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
The subject is "A Jurisprudential Model for Article 38(1)(c): A Way Forward for General Principles in the International Court of Justice"
Basically, the dissertation is about Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the ICJ ("General Principles of Law as recognised by Civilised Nations"), which is one of the sources of international law which the Court may consider.
My thesis is that this source has been ill defined, both in doctrine (the theory of the source) and in its practical application. The lack of definition has lead to a heap of confusion about Article 38(1)(c) as well as chronic under-utilisation of the Article.
I suggest a new(ish - some me, some collating what other people have said separately) way of defining and applying it, and hence enhancing its application.
At least, that's the idea.
[ February 10, 2005, 09:50 AM: Message edited by: imogen ]
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Sounds awesome. Good luck!! Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Do you touch at all on how a similar clause in the TEU (Treaties of the European Union) has led to the significant exercise of power by the ECJ (European Court of Justice)?
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Sounds interesting imogen. I hope it gets published soon so we can read it. Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Wow! Congratulations and good luck! I actually understood some of your explanation - I'm better at grasping issues of law than physics. (that doesn't mean I'm competent at either, however.)
(and thanks for the clipping and note that arrived in the mail yesterday.)
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
No problems sndrake.
Fugu - no, I made a conscious decision to limit the scope to the ICJ. I had a 10 000 word limit!
However I am hoping to expand on the same topic when I do my PhD - include other courts (the PCIJ as well as the ECJ) and also look more at American jurisprudence in the early 20th century (at the moment my thesis is fairly euro-centric).
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Neat, imogen! Good luck!