Drumbl on Justice Pal's Legacy: Keynote Lecture

Mark Drumbl, Washington and Lee University School of Law, has published Justice Pal's Legacy: Keynote Lecture. Here is the abstract.

This chapter examines the legacy of Justice Pal's dissent at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. It does so by peering into two sites. One site is postwar Japanese politics and memory. Another site is contemporary international law in the areas of criminality, the environment, and international organization. This chapter examines Justice Pal's footprintsin law and politicsand also counter-intuitively wonders what the world would be like had he not authored his lengthy dissent. Justice Pal was also about much more than his dissent at Tokyo. Hence, this project includes in Justice Pal's legacy footprint his subsequent work with the International Law Commission, along with his scholarly writings on political philosophy and international relations.

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