Frederic Lee E. Kirgis

Publications

W&L Scholarly Commons (Available PDFs)

Books, including monographs and treatises

The American Society of International Law's First Century, 1906-2006 (Martinus Nijhoff 2006).

International Organizations in Their Legal Setting (West 2d ed. 1993).

Prior Consultation in International Law: A Study of State Practice (University Press of Virginia 1983).

Law Review Articles and other scholarly publications

International Law in American Courts - The United States Supreme Court Declines to Enforce the I.C.J.'s Avena Judgement Relating to a U.S. Obligation under the Convention on Consular Relations, 9 German L.J. 619 (2008). (Available at: Westlaw)

International Law and the Report of  the High-Level U.N. Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change in 10 International Peacekeeping: The Yearbook of International Peace Operations 163 (Langholtz, Kondoch, & Wells, eds., Koninklijke Pub. 2006).

The Avena Case in the International Court of Justice and the U.S. Response, 17 Fd. Sent. R. 223 (2005).  (Available at: Lexis)

Fuzzy Logic and the Sliding Scale Theorem, 53 Ala. L. Rev. 421 (2002). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

United Nations Governance of Post-Conflict Societies: A Plea for Good Faith and Informed Decision-Making, 95 Am. J. Int'l L. 579 (2001).

Restitution as a Remedy in U.S. Courts for Violations of International Law, 95 Am. J. Int'l L. 341 (2001). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Zschernig v. Miller and the Breard Matter, 92 Am. J. Int'l L. 704 (1998). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

A Mythical State's Attitude Toward the Role of the United Nations in Maintaining and Restoring Peace, 26 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 43 (1996) (Colloquium: The Role of the United Nations in the Maintenance of Peace Before and After the Year Two Thousand). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

The Formative Years of the American Society of International Law, 90 Am. J. Int'l L. 559 (1996). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Comparative Advantage and the United Nations in Situations of Conflict, 26 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 73 (1996) (Colloquium: The Role of the United Nations in the Maintenance of Peace Before and After the Year Two Thousand). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Specialized Law-Making Processes, in 1 United Nations Legal Order 109 (Oscar Schachter & Christopher C. Joyner eds., Cambridge University Press, 1995).

Shipping, in 2 United Nations Legal Order 715 (Oscar Schachter & Christopher C. Joyner eds., Cambridge University Press, 1995).

The Security Council's First Fifty Years, 89 Am. J. Int'l L. 506 (1995). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Claims Settlement and the United Nations Legal Structure, in United Nations Compensation Commission: Thirteenth Sokol Colloquium 103 (Richard B. Lillich ed., Transnational Publishers, 1995).

Aviation, in 2 United Nations Legal Order 825 (Oscar Schachter & Christopher C. Joyner eds., Cambridge University Press 1995).

The Degrees of Self-Determination in the United Nations Era, 88 Am. J. Int'l L. 304 (1994). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

The United States Commitment to the Norms of the United Nations and Its Related Agencies, 1 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 125 (1991) (Symposium: The United States Commitment to International Law). (Available at: Hein-Online)

Some Lingering Questions About Article 60 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 22 Cornell Int'l L.J. 549 (1989). (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Federal Statutes, Executive Orders and "Self-Executing Custom," 81 Am. J. Int'l L. 371 (1987) (Agora: May the President Violate Customary International Law?). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Custom on a Sliding Scale, 81 Am. J. Int'l L. 146 (1987) (Appraisals of the ICJ's Decision: Nicaragua v. United States (merits)). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)