In Memoriam Burns H. Weston (1933-2015)
In this respect, his interests, expertise, and scholarship in international claims law, 1 human rights law,2 environmental law,3 nuclear disarmament,4 and global governance6 in particular were surpassing in their consistent excellence. Upon his return to Iowa in 1978, through his urging and promotio...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Transnational law & contemporary problems 2017-07, Vol.26 (2) |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this respect, his interests, expertise, and scholarship in international claims law, 1 human rights law,2 environmental law,3 nuclear disarmament,4 and global governance6 in particular were surpassing in their consistent excellence. Upon his return to Iowa in 1978, through his urging and promotion of international law and human rights law, Iowa students organized a new International Law Society within the law school, which grew to over 100 students. PROBS. 113 (1998); Burns H. Weston, The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: The Substantive Rights and United States Law, in U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS on Human Rights 168 (Hurst Hannum & Dana D. Fischer eds., 1993). L. 375 (2007-2008); BURNS H. Weston & Tracy Bach, Recalibrating the Law of Humans with the Laws of Nature: Climate Change, Human Rights, and Intergenerational Justice (a policy paper of the Climate Legacy Initiative, a joint project of the Environmental Law Center of Vermont Law School and The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, April 2009), http://www.vermontlaw.edu/Academics/Environmental_Law_Center/Institutes_and_Initiatives/C limate_Legacy_Initiative/Publications.htm. 4 See, e.g., Burns H. Weston, The Role of Lawyers in Preventing Nuclear War: Remarks, 76 AM SOC'Y IN'LL L. PROC. 332 (1982); Burns H. Weston, Peace & World Order Education: An Optimal Design, in Peace and World Order Studies: A Curriculum Guide 55 (3d ed. 1981); Burns H. Weston, Peace and World Order Studies: A Curriculum Guide (2d ed. 1978); Burns H. Weston, Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Prolegomenon to General Illegality, 4 N.Y. L. Sch. |
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ISSN: | 1058-1006 |