Spring reading, of sorts

It is Spring, when a law prof's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of...
... you know ...
... which casebook she'll assign next semester.*

That thought in mind, we note 2 promising new intlaw texts:
► The 1st is The International Legal System: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2010) (below, far right).
Initially published in 1973, this Foundation Press standard has a whole new authors' lineup: Naomi Roht-Arriaza (California-Hastings) and Mary Ellen O'Connell (Notre Dame), IntLawGrrl and IntLawGrrl guest/alumna, respectively, along with Richard F. Scott (Thomas Jefferson). The table of contents promises an organized and varied survey of public international law, in general and in specific areas like the environment and the economy, human rights and the use of force. This 'Grrl, who's teaching intlaw in the fall, plans to give it a try.
► The 2d is International and Transnational Criminal Law (2009) (near right).
This 1st edition Aspen publication is the work of 3 of our colleagues, all affiliated with Georgetown Law: Julie R. O'Sullivan, David Luban, and David P. Stewart. It joins others in the ICL field, including the casebook, now in its 2d ed., co-authored by IntLawGrrl Beth Van Schaack.
Check 'em out.

* Apologies to Tennyson. Only Jackson Browne would've said love. (credit for 1922 portrait, La Liseuse, by Félix Valloton)

Welcome to the blogosphere

Check out Security Law Brief, a new blog on matters of -- you guessed it -- national security.
SLB's sponsored by the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law in Washington, D.C. It's updated daily, and has lots of short-and-snappy items to keep you on top of issues in the field. Today it joins IntLawGrrls' other favorite sites in the "connections" list at right.
Contributors, all affiliated with Georgetown, are: Nadia Asancheyev, Tim Bass, David Cole, Justin Florence, Matthew Gerke, Neal Katyal, David Koplow , Marty Lederman (prior IntLawGrrls post), David Luban (prior post), and Annamartine Salick.

Heartfelt welcome!

Law & Padilla v. Yoo

In posting earlier this month on the lawsuit that onetime enemy combatant detainee José Padilla's brought against onetime government attorney John Yoo, I provided just the facts. For topnotch analysis of legal issues in the suit, check out this new post by our colleague David Luban.
Particularly notable: David's recap of U.S. prosecutions against German government lawyers "in the second round of Nuremberg trials."