U.S. Supreme Court
Could a U.S. State Sue Russia for Election-Related Hacking Under the Supreme Court’s Original Jurisdiction?
Ingrid Wuerth Fri, May 11, 2018, 7:00 AM
The argument is stronger than you think.
Ingrid Wuerth is the Helen Strong Curry Professor of International Law at Vanderbilt Law School, where she also directs the international legal studies program. She is a leading scholar of foreign affairs, public international law and international litigation. She serves on the State Department’s Advisory Committee on Public International Law, she is a Reporter on the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Fourth) on U.S. Foreign Relations Law, and she is on the editorial board of the American Journal of International Law. She has won Fulbright and Alexander von Humboldt awards permitting her to spend substantial time in Germany and she is an elected member of the German Society of International Law.
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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
The DNC v. Russia: The Question of Foreign Sovereign Immunity
Ingrid Wuerth Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 9:00 AM
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has filed suit against Russia, among other actors, for hacking and leaking DNC communications in an effort to influence the 2016 election. Are Russia and its officials entitled to foreign sovereign immunity?
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Sovereign Immunity of Foreign Central Bank Assets
Ingrid Wuerth Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 8:00 AM
A look at developments in domestic and international law regarding foreign sovereign immunity governing central bank assets.
Travel Ban
National Security Exceptionalism and the Travel Ban Litigation
Ganesh Sitaraman, Ingrid Wuerth Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 3:00 PM
As the lower courts take up the new challenges to President Trump’s September 24 proclamation, there is one argument that they should not accept: national security exceptionalism.
International Governance
Human Rights and the UN Security Council
Ingrid Wuerth Wed, May 31, 2017, 8:30 AM
Human rights issues are vitally important, but that does not mean that the United Nations Security Council should address them.
Syria
Using International Law to Prevent Interstate War: How Syrian Airstrikes Make the World Less Safe
Ingrid Wuerth Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 4:37 PM
Those proposing an erosion of the U.N. Charter system in response to the Syrian airstrikes need to consider carefully whether the international legal system is strong enough to make nuanced use-of-force distinctions.
International Law
Does International Law Have a “Broken Windows” Problem?
Ingrid Wuerth Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 8:26 AM
Many norms of international law, especially international human rights law, are widely violated. The international legal system as a whole may suffer as result.