Volume 14, Issue 2

by harvardnsj | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Volume 14, Issue 2 is out!

How the Erosion of U.S. War Powers Constraints Has Undermined International Law Constraints on the Use of Force

by Oona A. Hathaway | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Oona A. Hathaway[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The last several decades have witnessed a dramatic decline in the capacity of the U.S. Congress to constrain the president’s unilateral decisions to send the United States to war. That erosion of...

Strict Subordination: The Origins of Civil Control of Private Military Power in State Constitutions

by Alden A. Fletcher | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Alden A. Fletcher[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The resurgence of private militias claiming the protection of the Second Amendment raises a startling question: is the United States a country without a legal monopoly on the use of force? Perhaps not....

Back to Basics: The Benefits of Paradigmatic International Organizations

by Kristina Daugirdas and Katerina Linos | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

by Kristina Daugirdas & Katerina Linos[*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] In the early 2000s, small “coalitions of the willing,” flexible networks, and nimble private-public partnerships were promoted as alternatives to bureaucratic,...

Volume 14, Issue 1

by harvardnsj | Dec 28, 2022 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Volume 14, Issue 1 is out!

The Orkney Slew and Central Bank Digital Currencies

by Gary B. Gorton and Jeffery Y. Zhang | Dec 28, 2022 | Main Articles, Volume 14

by Gary B. Gorton and Jeffery Y. Zhang[*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] Introduction The advent of cryptocurrencies—particularly stablecoins, which are digital tokens that can circulate as private money—has ignited a debate on the...