Fraudulent Evidence Before Public International Tribunals - The Dirty Stories of International Law

This book considers egregious cases of ethically dubious behaviour before public international tribunals.

List of contents

1. The problem of fraudulent evidence before public international tribunals; 2. The sabotage cases: suborned witnesses; 3. Corfu channel: suppressed v. forged documents; 4. Tunisia/Libya: strategic omissions; 5. Nicaragua v. United States: false witnesses; 6. The Iran-United States claims tribunal: burdens of proof; 7. The Taba arbitration: duties of disclosure in the pre-arbitral phase; 8. Qatar v. Bahrain: massive forgeries; 9. Some concluding thoughts.

About the author

W. Michael Reisman is Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law at the Yale Law School, Connecticut.Christina Parajon Skinner is an attorney with Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York.

Summary

Public international lawyers are often torn between loyalties to the state and to international law. This detailed and contextually sensitive presentation of eight important cases before a variety of international tribunals dissects some of the reasons for the resort to fraudulent evidence in international litigation and the profession's baffling reaction.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Reisman, W. Michael Reisman, W. Michael (Yale University Reisman, W. Michael Skinner Reisman, Reisman W. Michael, Christina Skinner, Skinner Christina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107636521
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63652-1
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures; Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Le; Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, International Criminal Law, Public International Law, Criminal law: procedure and offences