Week 7 Readings

On Monday we will finish off our examination of individuals and corporations as subjects of international law, and in particular we will discuss the Nottenbohm case, the issue of dual nationality raised in Iran-U.S. claims tribunal, denationalization as reflected in the Ethiopia v. Eritrea case, and corporate nationality as determined in the Barcelona Traction case.

We should also get started on State Responsibility, which will be the focus of the class for the next few classes. After examining the general principles, we will focus on the principles of attribution of responsibility to another state, and in particular the Genocide Convention (Serbia v. Bosnia) case; and the then the principles governing breach of an obligation. You should spend some time become familiarizing yourself with the International Law Commission (ILC) Draft Articles on State Responsibility.