Syria and the Customary Int'l Law Prohibition on Chemical Weapons

Hopefully you are all following developments relating to Syria, and some of the international law arguments surrounding the issues. But here is a blog post that raises interesting questions about the U.S. government's view of customary international law. Recall that we talked in class about whether the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons was custom, and if so why - and next class we will look at the North Sea Continental Shelf case, which discusses the relationship between treaty and custom. Here Kevin Heller discusses the implications of President Obama's discussion of the customary int'l law prohibition.