Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: America's Conscience on International Law
- Introduction
- SHAPING FOREIGN POLICY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
- 1 The Compliance Debate
- 2 A Brief History of L
- 3 The Path to L
- 4 The Carter Administration – Herbert J. Hansell (1977–1979)
- 5 The Carter Administration – Roberts B. Owen (1979–1981)
- 6 The Reagan Administration – Davis R. Robinson (1981–1985)
- 7 The Reagan and Bush Administrations – Abraham D. Sofaer (1985–1990)
- 8 The Bush (41st) Administration – Edwin D. Williamson (1990–1993)
- 9 The Bush (41st) Administration – Michael J. Matheson
- 10 The Clinton Administration – Conrad K. Harper (1993–1996)
- 11 The Clinton Administration – David R. Andrews (1997–2000)
- 12 The Bush (43rd) Administration – William H. Taft IV (2001–2005)
- 13 The Bush (43rd) Administration – John B. Bellinger III (2005–2009)
- 14 Department of State Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 15 Foreign Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 16 Lawyering the Treatment of Detainees in the War on Terrorism
- 17 Conclusion
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Annex: Legal Advisers of the U.S. Department of State
- Select Bibliography of Legal Scholarship by Department of State Legal Advisers
- About the Authors
- Other Books by the Authors
- Index
15 - Foreign Legal Advisers' Roundtable
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: America's Conscience on International Law
- Introduction
- SHAPING FOREIGN POLICY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
- 1 The Compliance Debate
- 2 A Brief History of L
- 3 The Path to L
- 4 The Carter Administration – Herbert J. Hansell (1977–1979)
- 5 The Carter Administration – Roberts B. Owen (1979–1981)
- 6 The Reagan Administration – Davis R. Robinson (1981–1985)
- 7 The Reagan and Bush Administrations – Abraham D. Sofaer (1985–1990)
- 8 The Bush (41st) Administration – Edwin D. Williamson (1990–1993)
- 9 The Bush (41st) Administration – Michael J. Matheson
- 10 The Clinton Administration – Conrad K. Harper (1993–1996)
- 11 The Clinton Administration – David R. Andrews (1997–2000)
- 12 The Bush (43rd) Administration – William H. Taft IV (2001–2005)
- 13 The Bush (43rd) Administration – John B. Bellinger III (2005–2009)
- 14 Department of State Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 15 Foreign Legal Advisers' Roundtable
- 16 Lawyering the Treatment of Detainees in the War on Terrorism
- 17 Conclusion
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Annex: Legal Advisers of the U.S. Department of State
- Select Bibliography of Legal Scholarship by Department of State Legal Advisers
- About the Authors
- Other Books by the Authors
- Index
Summary
A YEAR AFTER THE FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT LEGAL Advisers gathered for the historic discussions that are captured in previous chapters, the authors assembled a panel of former Legal Advisers from several different countries to revisit some of the issues that were discussed among the U.S. Legal Advisers from a comparative perspective. The panel was held at the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law, and was chaired by one of the authors (Michael Scharf).
The panel consisted of Conrad Harper, former Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State; Sir Frank Berman, former Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the United Kingdom; Ambassador Leonid Skotnikov, former Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; Madame Xue Hanqin, former Director-General of the Law and Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and currently Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of the Netherlands; P. S. Rao, former Legal Adviser of the Government of India and currently a member of the International Law Commission; and Ambassador Seifeselassie Lemma, former Legal Adviser of the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry and currently the Ethiopian Representative to the United Nations.
The Role of International Law
Professor Scharf: From the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, international law–related issues have dominated the news in recent years.
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- Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of CrisisThe Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser, pp. 169 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010