J. -R Trahan

Publications

• Furthering the Legacy of Benjamin B. Ferencz: Amending the Rome Statute’s Jurisdiction Over the Crime of Aggression
  8 CARDOZO INT'L & COMP. L. REV. 593 (2025) · Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review · 2025
• Cyber Operations and the Crime of Aggression
  57 CASE W. RES. J. INT'L L. 77 (2025) · Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law · 2025
• Professor Megan A. Fairlie's Scholarship on the Relationship between the United States and the International Criminal Court
  19 FIU L. REV. 573 (2025) · FIU Law Review · 2025
• Legal Issues Surrounding Veto Use and Aggression
  55 CASE W. RES. J. INT'L L. 93 (2023) · Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law · 2023
• The Need for an International Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression Regarding the Situation in Ukraine
  46 FORDHAM INT'L L.J. 671 (2023) · Fordham International Law Journal · 2023
• Why the Veto Power Is Not Unlimited: A Response to Critiques of, and Questions About, Existing Legal Limits to the Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes
  54 CASE W. RES. J. INT'L L. 109 (2022) · Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law · 2022
• Questioning Unlimited Veto Use in Face of Atrocity Crimes
  52 CASE W. RES. J. INT'L L. 73 (2020) · Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law · 2020

• Views of the Future of the Field of International Justice: A Scenarios Project Based on Expert Consultations
  33 AM. U. INT'L L. REV. (2018) · American University International Law Review · 2018
• An Overview of the Newly Adopted International Criminal Court Definition of the Crime of Aggression
  2 J. INT'L & COMP. L. (2016) · Journal of International and Comparative Law · 2016
• The ICTY Appellate Chamber's Acquittal of Momcilo Perisic: The Specific Direction Element of Aiding and Abetting Should Be Rejected or Modified to Explicitly Include a "Reasonable Person" Due Diligence Standard
  40 BROOK. J. INT'L L. (2014) · Brooklyn Journal of International Law · 2014
• A Brief Exploration of the Need for a Special International Criminal Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression
  38 MD. J. INT'L L. (2014) · Maryland Journal of International Law · 2014
• Is Complementarity the Right Approach for the International Criminal Court’s Crime of Aggression - Considering the Problem of Overzealous National Court Prosecutions
  45 CORNELL INT'L L.J. 569 (2012) · Cornell International Law Journal · 2012

• Remarks Regarding The Iraqi High Tribunal's "Anfal" Trial: Speech Delivered At International Law Weekend
  15 ILSA J. INT'L & COMP. L. 587 (2009) · ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law · 2009
• A Critical Guide to the Iraqi High Tribunal's Anfal Judgement: Genocide Against the Kurds
  30 MICH. J. INT'L L. 305 (2009) · Michigan Journal of International Law · 2009
• The Distinction Between Persons & Things: An Historical Perspective
  1 J. CIV. L. STUD. (2008) · Journal of Civil Law Studies · 2008
• Why the Killing in Darfur is Genocide
  31 FORDHAM INT'L L.J. 990 (2007) · Fordham International Law Journal · 2007
• Glossae on the New Law of Filiation
  67 LA. L. REV. (2007) · Louisiana Law Review · 2007
• Military Commission Trials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Do They Satisfy International and Constitutional Law?
  30 FORDHAM INT'L L.J. 780 (2006) · Fordham International Law Journal · 2006
• Glossae on the New Law of Marital Donations
  65 LA. L. REV. (2005) · Louisiana Law Review · 2005
• Successions & Donations
  64 LA. L. REV. (2004) · Louisiana Law Review · 2004
• The Continuing Influence of le Droit Civil and el Derecho Civil in the Private Law of Louisiana
  63 LA. L. REV. (2003) · Louisiana Law Review · 2003
• Defining Aggression: Why the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court Has Faced Such a Conundrum
  24 LOY. L. A. INT'L & COMP. L. REV. 439 (2002) · Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review · 2002

• Time for a Change: A Call to Reform Louisiana's Intertemporal Conflicts Law (Law of Retroactivity of Laws)
  59 LA. L. REV. (1999) · Louisiana Law Review · 1999