Called to the Bar: International Law over Drinks
A podcast of informal conversation about topical issues in international law, life in academia and whatever else is on our mind. Hosted by Douglas Guilfoyle, Juliette McIntyre, Tamsin Paige, Imogen Saunders, and Nitna Tzouvala. Music by Sam Barsh.
Episodes
87. Gender, Perpetrators and the Violence of International Criminal Law
In this episode, Tamsin Philippa Paige is joined by Olivera Simić and Caitlin Biddolph to explore the international criminal courtroom as a site not only of justice, but also of punishment, power and violence.
Drawing on their work on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the conversation asks what international criminal law is actually trying to achieve when it punishes p
86. When mining companies sue for access to the seabed
In this episode, Douglas Guilfoyle speaks with Dr Aline Jaeckel and Dr Daiana Seabra Venancio about recent developments in deep seabed mining before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the International Seabed Authority.
The conversation revisits the origins of the seabed mining regime, the “common heritage of humankind” idea, and the changing politics around exploitation and mo
85. The Removal of the ICC Prosecutor
In this episode, Juliette McIntyre and Douglas Guilfoyle examine the unprecedented removal from office of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan by the Assembly of States Parties.
The discussion explains the legal basis for removal under Article 46 of the Rome Statute, the investigation and disciplinary process that preceded the decision, and the principal procedural objections raised
84. Journal Editors, Gen AI and Legal Scholarship
In this episode of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Philippa Page is joined by Karen Scott (University of Canterbury) and Camille Goodman (ANCORS, University of Wollongong), editors of Ocean Development & International Law, to discuss the challenges that generative AI poses for legal scholarship and academic publishing.
Drawing on their experience managing one of the leading specialist journals in the l
83. The Escalation of Anti-Trans Policies, Human Rights and International Law
Across the UK - and increasingly around the world - governments, courts and public institutions are adopting policies with profound consequences for transgender and non-binary people. In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Associate Professor Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin University) is joined by Dr Sandra Duffy (University of Bristol), Dr Senthorun Raj (Manchester Me
82. Dollar Hegemony and International Law
In this episode, Douglas Guilfoyle speaks with Ntina Tzouvala about her new article "Dollar Hegemony as International Law-making Power".
The conversation explores a provocative claim: that the dominance of the US dollar does more than confer economic and geopolitical influence - it also gives the United States exceptional power to shape the development of some aspects of international law. Ntina
81. Australia and the Security Council: ANU Roadshow
In this roadshow episode, recorded at the workshop Australia’s Relationship with the UN Security Council: Eighty Years and Counting at the Australian National University, Douglas Guilfoyle, Imogen Saunders and Juliette McIntyre are joined by Jeremy Farrall, William Maley, Richard Rowe, Susan Harris Rimmer, Shirley Scott, and Devika Hovell.
The conversation reflects on Australia’s relationship wit
80. The Right to Strike in International Law
Is there a right to strike in international law? And how did a century-old debate within the International Labour Organization (ILO) end up before the International Court of Justice?
In this episode, host Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Professor Tonia Novitz of the University of Bristol, one of the leading scholars of international labour law and a member of the legal team that advised the Internati
79. Abolition in International Criminal Law
In this episode of Call to the Bar, International Law Over Drinks, Tamsin Phillipa Page speaks with Sanam Amin (Doctoral candidate, University of Melbourne) and Dr Sophie Rigney (RMIT School of Law) about criminal law abolitionism in the context of international criminal law. They unpack why abolition is not just about ending prisons and police, but about building better systems of care, accountab
78. Rembering Sir Kenneth Keith
In this special episode, the panel reflects on the life, career, and enduring legacy of Sir Kenneth James Keith ONZ KBE KC PC , one of the most influential international lawyers of his generation.
Dr Juliette McIntyre is joined by Bill Campbell, Dr Penelope Ridings, and Anne Hertogen to share personal memories of Sir Kenneth and to explore the qualities that made him such a respected figure acros
77. International Law in Domestic Courts
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Imogen Saunders is joined by the Honourable Michael Kirby AC and Christopher Ward SC to discuss the role of international law in Australian domestic courts.
Prompted by several recent Australian legal developments involving alleged international crimes and climate litigation, the conversation steps back from the specific cases t
76. Intervention before the International Court of Justice
In this episode Dr Juliette McIntyre is joined by Professor Beatrice Bonafè (Université Paris Panthéon-Assas) and Dr Matina Papadaki (University of Glasgow) for a lively discussion on one of international law’s most suddenly fashionable procedural topics: intervention before the International Court of Justice. From the once-obscure provisions of Articles 62 and 63 of the ICJ Statute to the recent
75. State Immunity: Sovereignty, Accountability, and the Greek Perspective
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin) and Imogen Saunders (ANU) are joined by Dimitrios A. Kourtis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) to discuss his new book, The Development and Application of the International Law of State Immunity: The Greek Perspective.
The conversation begins with a rich reflection on Dimitrios’ intellectual j
74. Isis Brides: Children of Nowhere and the Limits of Citizenship
In this episode Associate Professor Imogen Saunders is joined by Dr Rumyana van Ark and Professor Kim Rubenstein to discuss citizenship, security, and the rights of children in the context of Australians held in camps in North East Syria.
Prompted by recent debate over the so-called “ISIS brides”, the conversation asks what citizenship means when citizens are abroad, what obligations states owe t
73. Blockade and the Strait of Hormuz: Do Two Closeds Make an Open?
In this episode Juliette McIntyre (Adelaide University) is joined by Phillip Drew (Queen’s University Centre for International and Defence Policy) alongside in-house maritime law specialists Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin) and Douglas Guilfoyle (UNSW Canberra) to tackle a suddenly urgent topic: naval blockade.
What exactly is a blockade in international law, and when is it lawful? The panel traces
72. Assassinations: law, targetting and the changing nature of war
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) and Douglas Guilfoyle (UNSW Canberra) are joined by Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg (LSE) and Emma Lush (University of Adelaide) to unpack the legal status of assassination in contemporary warfare and statecraft.
From Cold War plots to modern drone strikes, the panel explores the apparent res
71. Prosecuting Aggression: Building a Special Tribunal for Ukraine
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Dr Juliette McIntyre is joined by Mykola Yurlov (Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Mark Ellis (International Bar Association) to unpack one of the most ambitious current projects in international criminal law: the proposed Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
Blending personal insight with insti
70. Foreign Military Bases: Empire, Sovereignty, and International Law
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Ntina Tzouvala (UNSW) is joined by Zohra Ahmed (Boston University School of Law) and Nasia Hadjigeorgiou (University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus) to examine the law, history, and politics of foreign military bases.
Against the backdrop of escalating conflict in the Middle East, the conversation explores how the US and UK came
69. Evidence Before International Courts: Facts, Proof, and Procedure
In this episode Juliette McIntyre (Adelaide University) is joined by James Devaney (University of Glasgow) and Cecily Rose (Leiden University) to explore the often-overlooked world of evidence and fact-finding in international adjudication.
Why does the International Court of Justice have so few formal rules on evidence? What does it actually do with the mountains of annexes submitted by parties?
68. The Right to Protest: Law, Resistance, and Regulation
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Ntina Tzouvala (UNSW) is joined by Dr Maria O’Sullivan (Deakin Law School) to unpack the legal frameworks governing the right to protest at a time of increasing global restriction.
Drawing on Maria’s research expertise - spanning international human rights law, domestic law, and public policy - the conversation explores how the
67. UN Special Rapporteurs and Procedures: Independent Voices in an Uncertain World
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Professor Ben Saul (Sydney Law School; UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights) and Dr Pichamon Yeophantong (Deakin University; Member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights) to demystify the UN’s Special Procedures system.
What exactly are Special Rapporteurs
66. Submarine cables
In this episode, Douglas Guilfoyle and Tamsin Phillipa Paige are joined by Dr Tara Davenport (NUS Centre for International Law) and Dita Liliansa (UNSW Sydney) for a deep dive into the law, history, and strategic significance of submarine cables, the quietly critical infrastructure underpinning the modern internet (and increasingly, power grids). From the colonial origins of telegraph cables to th
65. Global Governance: Promise, Power, and the Limits of the ‘Global’
In this episode of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Aoife O’Donoghue (Queen’s University Belfast), Ruth Houghton (Newcastle University), and Cher Weixia Chen (George Mason University) to discuss their newly published Research Handbook on Global Governance (2025).
https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781789906332/9781789906332.xml
The conversation explores what we mea
64. Feminist Careers in International Law
In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in practice. Bringing together Professor Dianne Otto (Melbourne Law School), Professor Christine Chinkin (LSE), and Judge Hilary Charlesworth (International Court of Justice; Melbourne Law School / ANU), t
63. Bombing Caracas: The Use of Force, Abducting a Head of State, and the Unravelling of International Law
In this special bonus episode of Called to the Bar, the full podcast crew assembles to confront the legal fallout from the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of its sitting president, Nicolás Maduro. With drinks in hand and very little patience for bad legal arguments, Juliette McIntyre is joined by Imogen Saunders (ANU), Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin), Douglas Guilfoyle (UNSW Canberra), an
62. Feminist Approaches to International Law in a Time of Authoritarian Capitalism - ANZSIL GSIL Roadshow
In this special roadshow episode, Associate Professor Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin University) takes Call to the Bar on the road to Melbourne for the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law’s Gender, Sexuality and International Law (GSIL) Interest Group 2025 Workshop. Across two days of papers, panels, and conversations on feminist approaches to international law under authoritari
61. End of year drinks: gangsterism as international law
In the penultimate episode of Season 2, host Douglas Guilfoyle brings together the full Called to the Bar team — Tamsin Paige, Ntina Tzouvala, Juliette McIntyre, and Imogen Saunders — for their end-of-year drinks and a candid debrief (and group therapy session) on a tumultuous year in international law.
From the explosion of advisory opinions, to debates over whether small states are pioneering n
60. Publishing, Peer Review and What Editors Wish You Knew
In Episode 60 of Called to the Bar, host Imogen Saunders (ANU) sits down with three leading journal editors — Prof Ingrid Brunk of the American Journal of International Law, Prof Liz Fisher of the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, and Prof Jolyon Ford of the Australian Yearbook of International Law — to unpack the world of academic publishing in law. They discuss their paths into academia, what mak
59. Gaza, the Trump Peace Plan and Security Council Resolution 2803
In this episode of Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks, Douglas Guilfoyle, Tamsin Philipa Paige, and Ntina Tzouvala gather (with hot chocolate, peppermint tea, and white wine) to unravel UN Security Council Resolution 2803 and its annexed “President Donald J. Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.”
Douglas reads through the resolution’s greatest hits, prompting the pan
58. The Newcastle and Manchester Roadshow: Methodology, Feminism, and the End of the World
Pack your travel mugs and methodological curiosity - Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is on the road! This roving episode of Called to the Bar comes to you from Newcastle and Manchester, where Tamsin chats with an impressive lineup of international law scholars about everything from space law to feminist lawyering, utopias to witnesses in international criminal law, and maybe even a bit about gardens.
A
57. The UNRWA Opinion: The ICJ, the future of the UN system and ... K-Pop Demon Hunters?
The UNRWA Opinion: The ICJ, the future of the UN system and ... K-Pop Demon Hunters?
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of South Australia) is joined by Dr Tamer Morris (University of Sydney) for a dive into the International Court of Justice’s recent advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence a
56. Does Australia have Credible Climate Targets? (Spoilers: no)
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Ntina Tzouvala (UNSW Sydney) is joined by Dr Julia Dehm (La Trobe Law School) and Dr Cristy Clark (University of Canberra) to unpack Australia’s newly announced 2035 emissions reduction target - a pledge to cut national emissions by 62–70% below 2005 levels - as well as the international legal framework within which it si
55. Defending the Defence: Life on the Other Side of the Courtroom
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of South Australia) is joined by A/Prof Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) and special guest Kate Gibson, an international criminal defence lawyer with nearly two decades of experience before the world’s most prominent tribunals.
From the ICTR to the ICC, Kate has represented accused
54. Recognition, the United Nations and the Question of Palestine
In this episode, host Dr Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Professor Ardi Imseis (Queen’s Law School, Canada) for a timely conversation about international law, the United Nations, and the long struggle for Palestinian statehood.
As Western states — including Australia — formally recognize the State of Palestine at the current UN General Assembly, Professor Imseis brings a unique perspective as both sc
53. What does it mean to expel an ambassador?
Following Australia's expulsion of the ambassador of Iran for Iran's complicity in anti-semitic attacks, Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Univeristy) sits down with former ambassador, and honorary ANU professor of international law, Matthew Neuhaus to talk through the legal implications. As usual, we begin with some background on Matthew's career path through international law (and favoured drink)
52. Recusal, Impartiality, and Judicial Ideology at the ICJ
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Associate Professor Ntina Tzouvala (UNSW Sydney) is joined by Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of South Australia) and guest Dr Victor Kattan (University of Nottingham) to explore the fraught question of judicial impartiality and recusal at the International Court of Justice.
Prompted by Judge Julia Sebutinde’s controversial
51. "Drug boats, cartels, and kinetic strikes, oh my"
In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Professor Rob McLaughlin and Dr Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg to unpack a troubling event: the U.S. military’s kinetic strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean resulting in the deaths of 11 people. The strike, ordered under President Trump for “deterrent” effect, has drawn widespr
50. Your international law questions answered!
Fifty episodes in, and we’re still going strong (and still without footnotes). In this special milestone edition of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Douglas Guilfoyle (Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra) is joined by the full crew: Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of South Australia), A/Prof Imogen Saunders (ANU Law School), A/Prof Tamsin Phillipa Paig
49. The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
What are the consequences of the International Court of Justice's recent Advisory Opinion on climate change, especially for the small island developing States who spearheaded this initiative?
Associate Professor Ntina Tzouvala talks through the opinion and its consequences with two practitioner academics with deep knowledge of the proceedings: Associate Professor Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh of th
48. Life on the deep sea bed? Marine genetic resources and the Agreement on the Conservation of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
David Bowie once asked, is there life on Mars? Today we ask, is there life 3,000 metres or more below sea level – and what should international law do to protect it and regulate its exploitation?
In this episode we are joined by Professor Joanna Mossop of the Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington to discuss the 2023 Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea o
47. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights' Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency
This week Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Juan Auz to discuss the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency. What is it, how did it come about and what's its significance? (Note: this episode was recorded before the ICJ advisory opinion on climate change was handed down.)
Recommendations:
Juan Auz, The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on th
46. Dial M for Methodology - Called to the Bar Live
This week we have a special episode recorded live at the Symposium Bar and Restaurant at the Australian National University as a side-event at the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law annual conference.
Douglas Guilfoyle, Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Imogen Saunders, Juliette McIntyre and Jessie Hohmann discuss methodology in international law scholarship: what is it, is it even poss
45. Paper, Scissors - Rock or Island?
Do you want a rock, DJ - or an island? This week the panel discusses the difference between rocks and islands in international law and why it matters, with special reference to the South China Sea case and subsequent legal arguments about archipelagoes. Tamsin Phillipa Paige chairs a discussion featuring co-hosts Douglas Guilfoyle and Imogen Saunders and special guest Tim Stephens.
Recommendation
44. Can the US take the war on drugs to Mexico?
Is the war on drugs literally a war?
This week Douglas Guilfoyle discusses the supposed "unable and unwilling" doctrine that is said to justify the use of force against non-state actors in other states' territory with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Ntina Tzouvala. In particular, we ask could this doctrine be used to justify a US strikes on drug cartels in Mexico or Nicaragua as a response to the opio
43. Emergency cast: Israel's blockade of Gaza
This week Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Douglas Guilfoyle discuss the IDF's interdiction of the Madleen aid vessel bound for Gaza, the law of blockade in naval warfare, and its contested relationship with the crime of starvation.
Sidebar: we discuss hypotheticals in cases of state responsibility for interdicting vessels at sea and the possibility of ITLOS hearing cases under UNCLOS - we should have n
42. Piracy and Madness
What is it about piracy that causes international lawyers to lose all common sense? This week, in a twist on our “what everyone gets wrong about...” series, Juliette McIntyre talks to Douglas Guilfoyle and Tamsin Phillipa Paige about what drives them mad in piracy scholarship. And what is the crime of piracy, really? How old is it? And where does it come from? Fasten your seatbelts for a bumpy jur
41. The Scottish Ministers Case and Trans Rights as Human Rights
This week Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Matteo Bassetti and Manon Beury to examine the UK Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. In this case the Supreme Court ruled that a gender recognition certificate does not change a person's legal sex for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act. The episode explores both the significant implications this has for the
40. The Vatican and the Knights of Malta: oddities of international law?
Given the recent papal conclave, this week Juliette McIntyre discusses with Ntina Tzouvala and Douglas Guilfoyle two of the textbook 'oddities' of international law, the statehood of Vatican City and the sovereign order of the Knights of Malta. Content warning for darker themes towards the end of the episode.
Recommendations:
Brad Mehldau, Live in Tokyo (album) https://open.spotify.com/album/7sX
39. Space Law
Space law! What is it? This week Tamsin Phillipa Paige speaks to Stacey Henderson and
Cris van Eijk to find out!
Recommendations!
On the 'other' bi- and plurilateral space treaties:
• Jean-Frederic Morin, 'Space Actors and Governance Explorer' (2024) www.institutions.space.
• Pauline Pic, Philippe Evoy and Jean-Frédéric Morin, ‘Outer Space as a Global Commons: An Empirical Study of Space Arran
38. Trump's Tariffs (FAAFO)
In this week's episode, Imogen Saunders talks to trade policy expert and author Dmitry Grozoubinski about President Trump's tariff policy. (If policy is not to strong a word.) K-Pop and Dungeons and Dragons may also rate a mention.
Recommendations:
Dmitry Grozoubinski, ‘Why Politicians Lie About Trade…’: https://www.amazon.com.au/Why-Politicians-Lie-About-Trade/dp/1914487117
If books could kil
37. Queer Encounters and Queer Engagements with International Law
Book event! This week Ntina Tzouvala discusses queer encounters and queer engagements with international law with editors and authors Claerwen O'Hara and regular co-host Tamsin Phillipa Paige.
In this episode, we explore what queer theory can teach us about international law — not just in relation to sexuality and gender, but as a tool for rethinking how law understands power, normativity, and di
36. What everyone gets wrong about the Danube Dam case
This week we have another instalment in our "what everyone gets wrong about ..." classic cases series, focussing on the" Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project" or "Danube Dam" or "the great river heist" case. Tamsin Phillipa Paige explains to Imogen Saunders why this is much more than an environmental law case.
Music: Sam Barsh, Oils of Au Lait
35. Duterte at the International Criminal Court
This week we are discussing the dramatic series of events that resulted in former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, being transferred to the custody of the International Criminal Court. To discuss the case and its implications, we are joined by Ross Tugade and Dr Priya Pillai.
Recommendations:
The Filipino online news outlet Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/thing-to-know
34. Called to the Borderline: International Jurisprudence over Drinks
What do podcasts bring to international law and legal study? This week Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige discusses podcasts and their role in international law discourse with: Dr Kostia Gorobets, Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen, Başak Etkin, a PhD Scholar at the University of Groningen – both of Borderline Jurisprudence podcast fame – and Professor Douglas Guilfoyle, UNSW Canberra.
Rec
33. What everyone gets wrong about the Caroline "Case"
This week we continue our "what does everyone get wrong about classic case X" series. And today we're looking at the overquoted, under-authoritative, and deeply de-historicized "Caroline Case" (or, more accurately, the "Caroline Affair") with regular co-host Imogen Saunders. Digressions include a plea for accuracy, critical thinking skills and ... Elon Musk?
Recommendations:
Craig Forcese, "Des
32 Group Therapy: So Long and Thanks for all the International Law
In this week's episode, in light of 48 hours of the news cycle, Juliette McIntyre convenes the Called to the Bar team - Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Ntina Tzouvala, Imogen Saunders and Douglas Guilfoyle - to ask: does international law have a future? And if so, what does it look like without the US as the guarantor of international order?
Grab a drink and settle in. It's going to be a bumpy global orde
31. International law in practice (or is it practise?)
What does the practise of international law look like at the day to day level? What is it like to be an international lawyer? This week Tamsin Phillipa Paige speaks to a panel of international lawyers with experience in the private and public sectors: Dr Sarah McCosker (Lexbridge Lawyers); CJ McKenzie (Office of International Law, Australian Attorney General's Department) and Commodore David Letts
30. What the Aukus?
What is AUKUS - the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States? What is it meant to do – beyond replace Australia’s aging submarine fleet – and what are the international law issues and implications?
This week Douglas Guilfoyle talks all things AUKUS with Rob McLaughlin (University of Wollongong), Monique Cormier (Monash University) and Natalia Je
29. Judges Behaving Badly? Plagiarism and Ethics at International Courts
In this week's episode Juliette McIntyre, Mike Becker (Trinity College Dublin) and Kyra Wigard (Utrecht University) discusses recent allegations of plagiarism at the International Court of Justice, its implications for public perceptions of the institution, and more widely. What ethical standards bind ICJ judges, or the judges of other international tribunals? Are such questions really new? What i
28. Emergency cast: Trump's Gaza Plan (wtf?)
In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle and Juliette McIntyre discuss President Trump's startling plans to "own" Gaza and resettle all its inhabitants elsewhere, the equally startling number of international laws this breaks, and what the media gets wrong in covering it.
27. What everyone gets wrong about the Lotus Case
In this episode Ntina Tzouvala and Douglas Guilfoyle discuss one of the great misunderstood cases of international law: The Lotus Case. What is 'the Lotus principle'? Does the Lotus case even stand for it? How did the case come about and what was really at stake between Turkey and France?
Douglas and Ntina recommend reading:
Douglas Guilfoyle, "SS Lotus (France v Turkey) (1927)" in Landmark Case
26. End of Year Drinks: The Year in Review
The final episode of season 1! This week Douglas Guilfoyle, Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Imogen Saunders, Juliette McIntyre review the year in international law, the year in their own careers and the life of the podcast, and breaking news regarding the International Criminal Court's issuance of arrest warrants in respect of the Situation in the State of Palestine. Strong language straight out of the gat
25. What Juliette did next: academic career planning
This week Juliette McIntyre, having just finished her PhD, asks the rest of the panel about career planning. Where should you aim to work, how much should you publish, when should you turn the PhD into a book, and do you ever recover from post PhD mental exhaustion? Featuring Ntina Tzouvala, Douglas Guilfoyle and Tamsin Paige.
Recommendations:
Ntina Tzouvala
Andrea Lawlor, Paul Takes the Form o
24. The Second Called to the Bar Roadshow: Empire State of Mind
In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle hits the road for the Called to the Bar team and attends the American Branch of the International Law Association's "International Law Weekend" conference at Fordham University School of Law, New York and the Lieber Institute workshop at West Point. Along the way he chats with Chris Carpenter (PhD student, Cambridge), Martins Paparinskis (UCL, International Law Co
23. Silences, Shadows and Hauntings in International Law
In this episode Tamsin Phillipa Paige speaks with Juliana Santos de Carvalho about how we read the silences in international legal discourse and how some quasi-legal regimes (such as the women, peace and security agenda) are haunted by the shadow of legality. It's hauntology, just in time for Halloween! (Sort of.) Juliana also discusses what it's like to make a career in international law starting
22. Climate change and the survival of small island states: The new Tuvalu-Australia Treaty
This week Imogen Saunders chairs a discussion with Alex Green and Douglas Guilfoyle on their forthcoming article "The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty: Statehood and Security in the Face of Anthropogenic Climate Change". Can a state still exist without land territory? Is the new Australia-Tuvalu treaty a landmark climate mobility agreement of a neo-colonial arrangement?
An advance access ve
21. Death, taxes, and US foreign bases: The Chagos Archipelago
This week Imogen Saunders chairs a conversation with Douglas Guilfoyle and Ntina Tzouvala about the deal, announced on 3 October 2024 between Mauritius and the UK which transfers sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. This deal – once thought inconceivable – has caused a great deal of commentary in the international legal community. We delve into the issues and why death, taxes, and US ba
20. Security Council reform: is it possible? (No, it's not)
This week Juliette McIntyre talks with Tamsin Phillipa Paige and Aoife O'Donoghue about Security Council reform. Is it possible? (Spoiler: not really. Additional spoiler: Tamsin taps the sign.)
Aoife's recommendations:
Dipo Faloyin Africa is not a Country (Penguin, 2022) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/444389/africa-is-not-a-country-by-faloyin-dipo/9781529114829
Priyasha Saksena, "Building the
19. Lebanon: Israel's attacks and humanitarian law
Language warning! This week Ntina Tzouvala chairs a discussion with Douglas Guilfoyle and Tamsin Phillipa Paige on Israel’s attacks on Lebanon in its conflict with Hezbollah. We discuss the pager attack, the recent ground offensive, and the implications of this conflict for the discipline of international humanitarian law.
Recommendations:
Douglas' tweet thread on the "Solferino moment" https:/
18. Crisis, controversy and online learning: how do we teach international law?
This week Douglas Guilfoyle, Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Imogen Saunders and Ntina Tzouvala discuss the challenges of teaching international law and the trend towards more online education. Recommendations:
Open access textbook: Sué González Hauck, Raffaela Kunz, Max Milas (eds), Public International Law: A Multi-Perspective Approach https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003451327;
Henry Jones and Aoife O’Don
17. Populism, American exceptionalism and international law
In this week's episode Imogen Saunders discusses her work with Shruti Rana (University of Missouri School of Law) and Peter Danchin (University of Maryland Carey Francis King Carey School of Law.) on engagement with international law in a populist era, and the impact of populism and American exceptionalism on international law.
Peter recommends (both open access):
Antony Anghie, "Rethinking In
16. Public engagement and international law
Content warning: some discussion of death threats.
How do we get the message out about what is happening in the world of international law, and what it means for national and international politics?
This week, Douglas Guilfoyle discusses international law and public communication with: regular Called to the Bar co-host, Dr Juliette McIntyre, Lecturer in Law at the University of South Australia;
15. Queer Oceans Law
This week Tamsin Phillipa Paige interviews Gina Heathcote on her work applying queer theory method to oceans law. What does it mean to view the ocean as a legal subject? What can legal pluralism and feminist theory tell us about maritime security?
Gina's recommendations and references:
Ratna Kapur - book Gender, Alterity and Human Rights (https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/gender-alterity-and-huma
14. The legal statecraft of small states
In this week's episode Ntina Tzouvala and Douglas Guilfoyle discuss Douglas' article "Litigation as Statecraft: Small States and the Law of the Sea" and the wider project on legal statecraft it forms a part of. That, and board games! Recommendations:
Douglas Guilfoyle, Litigation as Statecraft: Small States and the Law of the Sea https://academic.oup.com/bybil/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093
13. What is posthuman feminism, and what does it mean for international law?
In this week's episode Tamsin Philippa Paige interviews Emily Jones about posthuman feminism, and what it means for international law. Tamsin and Emily also discuss disability and academia.
Lots of recommendations!
From Emily: Lauren Berlant, Cruel Optimism (Duke University Press 2011)
Rosi Braidotti, The Posthuman (Polity Press 2013)
Hilary Charlesworth, ‘The Sex of the State in Internation
12. Women in International Law: Plebiscites and the League of Nations
This week Imogen Saunders and Douglas Guilfoyle have a (slightly echo-y) kitchen table conversation about Sarah Wambaugh, the world's preeminent expert on self-determination referendums in the League of Nations era, and what her story tells us about the forgotten women of international law. Recommendations: Portraits of Women in International Law (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/portraits-
11. Group therapy: The new ICJ advisory opinion on Palestine
In this episode Tamsin Paige chairs a discussion among regular hosts Douglas Guilfoyle, Juliette MacIntyre, Imogen Saunders and Ntina Tzouvala on the new International Court of Justice Advisory opinion "Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem". It's a blockbuster episode for a blockbuster opinion.
Music:
10. International Criminal Court jurisdiction over Palestine and the Oslo Accords
In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle and Kevin Heller discuss arguments that the Oslo Accords mean the the International Criminal Court lacks jurisdiction over the actions of Israeli national in Palestine. Kevin recommends articles on the topic in a special issue of vanderbilt Journal of International Law (https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol49/iss2/); Douglas recommends Monique Cormier's,
9. The Called to the Bar Roadshow
In this episode the Called to the Bar team hit the conference circuit! Hosts Juliette McIntyre and Douglas Guilfoyle interview a range of special guests at the 2024 Australia New Zealand Society of International Law annual conference in Melbourne, and the Blue Security early career workshop in Manila. Featured guests include: Mellissa Stewart (University of Hawaii); Philippa Webb (University of Ox
8. Aggression and the Political Economy of War
8. Aggression and the Political Economy of War
In this episode Douglas Guilfoyle and Ntina Tzouvala discuss Ntina's article "Aggression, Capitalism, and International Law: Missed Opportunities or Structural Constraints?" https://academic.oup.com/clp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/clp/cuae006/7690074
Ntina's recommendations:
Joanna Kyriakakis, Corporations, Accountability and International Crimina
