Mark A. Drumbl

Publications

SSRN Publications

W&L Scholarly Commons (Available PDFs)

Books, including monographs and treatises

 Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy (Oxford University Press, 2012).

Mark A. Drumbl, Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Book Chapters

Child Soldiers, Transitional Justice, and the Architecture of Post Bellum Settlements in Morality, Jus Post Bellum, and International Law (Larry May, ed. Cambridge University Press 2012).

The Crime of Genocide in Research Handbook of International Criminal Law (Bartram S. Brown, ed.E. Elger Publishers 2011).

Policy Through Complementarity: The Atrocity Trial as Justice in The International Criminal Court and Complementarity: From Theory to Practice 197-232 (El Zeidy and Stahm, eds., Cambridge University Press 2011).

Collective Responsibility and Post-Conflict Justice in Accountability for Collective Wrongdoing 23-60 (Isaacs and Vernon, eds., Cambridge University Press 2011).

Child Soldiers: Agency Enlistment, and the Collectivization of Innocence in Collective Violence and International Criminal Justice - An Interdisciplinary Approach 201-231 (Smeulers, ed. 2010).

Actors and Law-making in International Environmental Law in Research Handbook on International Environmental Law (Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Ed.) ( Edward Elgar, 2010).  

Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law, in Philosophy of Law Classic and Contemporary Readings (Mays & Brown Eds.) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)

A Hard Look at the Soft Theory of International Criminal Law in The Theory and Practice of International Criminal Law: Essays in Honor of M. Cherif Bassiouni (eds. Sadat and Scharf, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008). 

Immunities and Exceptions, in International Criminal Law, Vol. II Multilateral and Bilateral Enforcement Mechanisms (3rd Ed.) (Nijhoff, 2008)

Self-Defense and the Use of Force in The Morality of War: A Reader 139-148 (Kinsella and Carr. eds., Lynne Rienner, 2007)

The Trail Smelter Case, International Environmental Harms, and the Draft Articles on State Responsibility in Transboundary Harms in International Law 98-114 (Miller and Bratspies, eds. Cambridge University Press, pending 2006). (Available at: Link to Chapter (PDF format))

Michelle Lyon and Mark Drumbl, The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2 Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity 547 (Dinah L. Shelton ed., Macmillan USA 2004). (with Michelle Lyon and Mark Drumbl)

Law and Justice, in A Global Agenda: Issues Before the 57th General Assembly of the United Nations 215 (Diana Ayton-Shenker ed., Rowman & Littlefield 2002).

The (Al)lure of the Genocide Trial: Justice, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction in Rwanda, in Effective Strategies for Protecting Human Rights 217 (David Barnhizer ed., Ashgate 2001).

Legal Issues, in A Global Agenda: Issues Before the 56th General Assembly of the United Nations 239 (Diana Ayton-Shenker & John Tessitore eds., Rowman & Littlefield 2001).

Legal Issues, in A Global Agenda: Issues Before the 55th General Assembly of the United Nations 225 (John Tessitore and Susan Woolfson eds., Rowman & Littlefield 2000).

Legal Issues, in A Global Agenda: Issues Before the 54th General Assembly of the United Nations 239 (John Tessitore & Susan Woolfson eds., Rowman & Littlefield 1999).

Waging War Against the World: The Need to Move From War Crimes to Environmental Crimes, in Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives 620 (Jay E. Austin & Carl E. Bruch eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2000). (An earlier version of this article appeared in 22 Fordham Int'l L.J. 122 (1998). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Civil, Constitutional and Criminal Justice Responses to Female Partner Abuse: Proposals for Reform, 12 Can. J. Fam. L. 115 (1994). (reprinted in Law in Society: Canadian Readings 115 (Nick Larsen & Brian Burtch eds., Harcourt Brace & Co. 1999).) (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Law Review Articles and other scholarly publications

Child Soldiers and Clicktivism: Justice, Myths, and Prevention, 4 J. Hum. Rts. Prac. 1 (2012). (Available at: http://jhrp.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/09/26/jhuman.hus023.full.pdf+html)

From Oblivion to Memory: A Blueprint for the Amnesty,  Crim. L. & Phil. 2012, DOI 10.1007/s11572-012-9168-7 available at http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s11572-012-9168-7

Accountability for System Criminality, 8 Santa Clara J. Int'l L. 373 (2010). 

Prosecution of Genocide v. the Fair Trade Principle: Comments on Brown and others v. The Government of Rwanda and the U.K. Secretary of State for the Home Department, J. Int'l Crim. Just. (2010); (Available at: Oxford Journals)

Reflections on a Decade of International Law: International Criminal Law: Taking Stock of a Busy Decade, 10 Melb. J. Int'l L. 38 (2009).

International Criminal Law: Taking Stock of a Busy Decade, 10:1 Melbourne Journal of International Law 38 (2009). (invited editorial contribution)

Accountability for Property Crimes and Environmental War Crimes: Prosecution, Litigation, and Development, International Center for Transnational Justice (2009)(available at http://www.ictj.org)

The Push to Criminalize Aggression: Something Lost Amid the Gains?, 41 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 291 (2009).

State Sucession and Commercial Obligations, 6 Chinese J. Int'l L. 254 (2007). (Available at: Chinese Journal of International Law)

The Expressive Value of Prosecuting and Punishing Terrorists: Hamdan, the Geneva Conventions, and International Criminal Law, 75 Geo. Wash. L. Rev.1165 (2007). (Available at: Westlaw)

The Iraqi High Tribunal and Rule of Law: Challenges, 100 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 79 (Available at: Westlaw)

Mark A. Drumbl et al., A Tribute to Frederic L. Kirgis, 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 833 (2005). (with Mark A. Drumbl et al.) (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Law and Atrocity: Settling Accounts in Rwanda, 31 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 41 (2005) (Lecture). (Available at: Lexis;Westlaw)

Guantanamo, Rasul, and the Twilight of Law, 53 Drake L. Rev. 897 (2005) (Constitutional Law Symposium: Constitutionalism and the War on Terror). (Available at: Westlaw)

The ICTR and Justice for Rwandan Women, 12 New Eng. J. Int'l Comp. L. 105 (2005). (Available at: Westlaw)

Ralph Henham and Mark Drumbl, Plea Bargaining at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 16 Crim. L.F. 49 (2005). (with Mark Drumbl and Ralph Henham) (Available at: Lexis)

Collective Violence and Individual Punishment: The Criminality of Mass Atrocity, 99 Nw. U. L. Rev. 539 (2005). (Selected as one of two co-winners of the 2005 Scholarly Papers Competition of the Association of American Law Schools. ) (Available at: Lexis;Westlaw)

Pluralizing International Criminal Justice, 103 Mich. L. Rev. 1295 (2005) (review essay). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Remarks, in International War Crimes Trials: Making a Difference 29 (Steven R. Ratner & James L. Bischoff eds., University of Texas at Austin School of Law 2004) (Proceedings of an International Conference November 6-7, 2003).

The Alien Tort Claims Act Under Attack: Introductory Remarks, 98 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 49 (2004).

'Lesser Evils' in the War on Terrorism, 36 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 335(2004). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Prosecutor v Radislav Krstic: ICTY Autthenicates Genocide at Srebrenica and Convicts for Aiding and Abetting, 5 Melb. J. Int'l L. 434 (2004).

 

Rights, Culture, and Crime: The Role of Rule of Law for the Women of Afghanistan, 42 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 349 (2004). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Toward a Criminology of International Crime, 19 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 263 (2003) (Symposium: The Americanization of International Dispute Resolution). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Self-Defense in an Age of Terrorism: Introductory Remarks, 97 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 141 (2003). (Available at: Hein-Online)

Looking Up, Down and Across: The ICTY's Place in the International Legal Order, 37 New Eng. L. Rev. 1037 (2003) (Symposium: The ICTY at Ten: A Critical Assessment of the Major Rulings of the International Criminal Tribunal Over the Past Decade). (Available at: New Eng.L.Rev.; Lexis; Westlaw)

Self-Defense and the Use of Force: Breaking the Rules, Making the Rules, or Both?, 4 Int'l Stud. Persp. 409 (2003). (Available at: Int'l Stud. Persp.)

Poverty, Wealth, and Obligation in International Environmental Law, 76 Tul. L. Rev. 843 (2002). (This Article received the John Minor Wisdom Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Scholarship, 2002.) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Terrorist Crime, Taliban Guilt, Western Victims, and International Law, 31 Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 69 (2002) (Symposium: The War on Terrorism). (Available at: ExpAcad; Lexis; Westlaw)

Northern Economic Obligation, Southern Moral Entitlement, and International Environmental Governance, 27 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 363 (2002) (Symposium: Trade, Sustainability and Global Governance). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Environmental Supra-Nationalism, 59 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 289 (2002). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; W&L L.Rev.; Westlaw)

The Taliban's 'Other' Crimes, 23 Third World Q. 1121 (2002).

Sentencing Policies and Practices in the International Criminal Tribunals, 15 Fed. Sentencing Rep. 140 (2002). (with Mark A. Drumbl and Kenneth S. Gallant) (Available at: Lexis, ProQuest)

Restorative Justice and Collective Responsibility: Lessons for and From the Rwandan Genocide, 5 Contemp. Just. Rev. 5 (2002).

Judging the 11 September Terrorist Attack, 24 Hum. Rts. Q. 323 (2002). (Available at: Project Muse)

Victimhood in Our Neighborhood: Terrorist Crime, Taliban Guilt, and the Asymmetries of the International Legal Order, 81 N.C. L. Rev. 1 (2002). (This Article received the International Association of Penal Law (U.S. National Section) Best Article Award (2001-2003).) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Juridical and Jurisdictional Disconnects, 12 Finnish Y.B. Int'l L. 119 (2001).

Appeals in the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals: Structure, Procedure and Recent Cases, 3 J. App. Prac. & Process 589 (2001). (with Mark A. Drumbl and Kenneth S. Gallant) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

International Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, and Environmental Security: Can the International Criminal Court Bridge the Gaps?, 6 ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L. 305 (2000). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Sclerosis: Retributive Justice and the Rwandan Genocide, 2 Int'l J. Penology 287 (2000).

Punishment, Postgenocide: From Guilt to Shame to Civis in Rwanda, 75 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1221 (2000). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Sobriety in a Post-Genocidal Society: Good Neighborliness Among Victims and Aggressors in Rwanda?, 1 J. Genocide Res. 25 (1999).

Does Sharing Know Its Limits? Thoughts on Implementing International Environmental Agreements: A Review of National Environmental Policies, a Comparative Study of Capacity-Building, 18 Va. Envtl. L.J. 281 (1999), (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Rule of Law Amid Lawlessness: Counseling the Accused in Rwanda's Domestic Genocide Trials, 29 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 545 (1998). (This Article was awarded Columbia University's Gitelson/Meyerowitz Human Rights Prize, 1998.) (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Amalgam in the Americas: A Law School Curriculum for Free Markets and Open Borders, 35 San Diego L. Rev. 1053 (1998). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Book Reviews

Book Review, 21 L. Pol. Book Rev. 177(2011)(reviewing Judith Armatta, Twilight of Impunity: The War Crimes Trial of Slobodan Milosevic, Duke University Press 2010).

Book Review, 20 Crim. L.F. 495 (2009)(reviewing Victor Peskin, International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation, Cambridge University Press 2008)(available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/w2480484190l6042/fulltext.pdf 

Book Review, 12 New Crim. L. Rev. 314 (2009) (reviewing Supranational Criminology: Towards A Criminology of International Crimes, Alette Smeulers & Roelof Haveman, Eds. Oxford 2008),  (Available at:  Westlaw)

Book Review, 31 Hum. Rts. Q. 801 (2009) (reviewing Kenneth S. Gallant, The Principle of Legality in International and Comparative Criminal Law Cambridge Univ. Press 2009).

Book Review, Beyond the Law (Jordan J. Paust), European Journal of International Law (2008).

Book Review, 'Transitional Justice in the Twenty-first Century: Beyond Truth versus Justice' and 'Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground', 1 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE 311 (2007). Book Review, Chinese Journal of International Law (2007)

Mark A. Drumbl, Book Review, 6 Chinese J. Int'l L. 254 (2007) (reviewing Tai-Heng Cheng, State Succession and Commercial Obligations (Transnational Pub., 2006)). (Available at: Westlaw)

Book Review, 99 Am. J. Int'l L. 287 (2005) (reviewing Cherif M. Bassiouni, Introduction to International Criminal Law (2003)). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Book Review, 8 Hum. Rts. Rev. 419 (2007) (reviewing Robert Cryer, Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime (Cambridge U.Press 2005).

Book Review, 36 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 761 (1998) (reviewing Oran R. Young et al. eds., Global Environmental Change and International Governance (1996)). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Newspapers, Website, Magazines, and other general media

 Prosecuter v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. Decision sur la Confirmation des Charges. Case No. ICC-01/04-01/06. . International Criminal Court, Pre-trial Chamber I, January 29, 2007, 101 Am. J. Int'l L. 841 (2007). (Available at: Westlaw)

Charles Taylor and the Special court for Sierra Leone, ASIL (April 2006). (Available at: http://www.asil.org/insights/2006/04/insights060412.html)

On Prison Abuse: Senate Vote Was A Vote for Decency, Rich. Times-Dispatch, Oct.10, 2005, at A13. (Available at: Times-Dispatch)

ICTY Appeals Chamber Delivers Two Major Judgments: Blaskic and Krstic, ASIL Insights (August 2004). (Available at: http://www.asil.org/insights/insigh143.htm)

Emissions Trading and Global Climate Change, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., July 2004, at 46 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

International Regulation of Hazardous Substances - From Dioxins to Tobacco, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., August 2003, at 35 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

International Legal Regulation of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., January 2003, at 18 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

International Law Regarding the Conduct of War, in The Role of International Law and Institutions (Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Aaron Schwabach & Arthur Cockfield eds., UNESCO 2003). (Available at: www.eolss.net (subscribers only).)

Clear Skies, NSR Issues and Global Climate Change, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., November 2003, at 33 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

Terrorism on Trial - Sept. 11 as a Crime Against Humanity, 2 W&L Law: Wash. & Lee U. Sch. L. Mag., Spring 2002, at 10.

Put the Taliban on Trial - in Afghanistan, The Roanoke Times, December 2, 2002, at A13. (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

The Kyoto Protocol Moves Ahead, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., March 2002, at 21 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

Clear Skies, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., September 2002, at 31 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

Impact of the New Administration, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., November 2001, at 18 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

Domestic Energy Policy and Global Warming, ABA Air Quality Committee Newsl., July 2001 (International Report). (Available at: ABA)

Punishment Goes Global: International Criminal Law, Conflict Zones, and Gender (In)equality, 19 Can. Woman Stud., Winter 2000, at 22.