New Volume: British Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the British Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 87, 2016) is out. Contents include:

• In Memoriam
• • Iain Scobbie, Out of the Shadows: An Appreciation of Sir Elihu Lauterpacht’s Contribution to the Doctrine of International Law
• Article
• • Martin Clark, A Conceptual History of Recognition in British International Legal Thought
• Symposium on the Iraq Inquiry
• • Rosalyn Higgins, Introduction to the Symposium
  • Christian Henderson, Reading Between the Lines: The Iraq Inquiry, Doctrinal Debates, and the Legality of Military Action Against Iraq in 2003
  • Nico J. Schrijver, The Dutch Committee of Inquiry on the War in Iraq and the Basis in International Law for the Military Intervention
  • Michael Wood, The Iraq Inquiry: Some Personal Reflections
  • Matthew Windsor, The Special Responsibility of Government Lawyers and the Iraq Inquiry
  • Tanja Aalberts & Lianne J. M. Boer, Entering the Invisible College: Defeating Lawyers on Their Own Turf
  • Mark Phythian, Intelligence Failure as a Mutually Reinforcing Politico-Intelligence Dynamic: The Chilcot Report and the Nature of the Iraq WMD Intelligence Failure
  • Yolanda Gamarra, Parliamentary Control of the Deployment of Spanish Armed Forces Abroad in the Post-Iraq Era
  • Charlotte Peevers, Media Spectacles of Legal Accountability in the Reporting of an Official History