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ASIL: Harmony and Dissonance in International Law

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Partner:: American Society of International Law
Location:: The Ritz-Carlton
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 03.24.11
Speaker:: Lucy F. Reed
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Summary: Women in International Law Interest Group Luncheon: "Political Dissonance, Personal Harmony: Negotiating with North Korea and Iran"
Honoree/Lecturer:
LUCY F. REED
Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer LLP

International law, and the world in which it operates, are increasingly both harmonious and dissonant. The Society�s Annual Meeting in 2011 will focus on the evolution of international law in the context of this paradox.

The paradox of simultaneous segmentation and seamlessness raises important questions. Most broadly, when should international law be segmented, and when should it be seamless? What are the mechanisms for deciding this question, and what are the values that inform those decisions? What do these trends say about international law as a coherent system? To what extent are certain groups and their viewpoints excluded or ignored? What does this say about who the influential players within the international legal system are, and how that influence is exercised? What does the existence of competing conceptions of international law itself mean for ASIL's constituents, including judges deciding international issues, practitioners seeking to persuade courts and craft international policy, and scholars seeking to understand and propose solutions to global problems?

Society members are uniquely positioned to tackle these questions with their diverse perspectives, experiences, and areas of expertise, and their unifying commitment to investigating the limits and possibilities of international law. We look forward to an exciting and dynamic meeting that will examine such trends, and their implications for international law and legal institutions in the 21st century.

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Lucy F. Reed

Lucy F. Reed is a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, LLP. Reed is a specialist in international commercial arbitration, particularly in investment treaty disputes. As an arbitrator, she has served on the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission and as co-director of the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland (the Holocaust tribunal).

Ms. Reed is one of five attorneys nationwide to be named a tier one international arbitration practitioner by Chambers USA (2006). In 2001, she lectured on private international law at The Hague Academy of International Law.

Ms. Reed was the first general counsel of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization and, while with the U.S. State Department, was the U.S. agent to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and deputy assistant legal adviser for international claims and investment disputes. She received her BA magna cum laude from Brown University and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School (1977), where she was a member of the Law Review.

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01.: Welcome

07 min 45 sec

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02.: Introduction

02 min 56 sec

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03.: Lucy F. Reed Opening Remarks

05 min 45 sec

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04.: Iran-US Claims Tribunal

07 min 33 sec

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05.: North Korean Negotiations

12 min 12 sec

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06.: Traveling in North Korea

10 min 09 sec

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07.: Q1: North Korean vs. Iranian Context

02 min 36 sec

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08.: Q2: Status of Women

01 min 32 sec

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09.: Q3: Advice for Students

01 min 48 sec

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10.: Q4: Differences Between North and South Korean Women

01 min 12 sec

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11.: Differences in How We View the World

01 min 32 sec

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12.: Introductions

22 min 12 sec

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The Trials and Tribulations of North Korean Negotiations

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international law: Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors. The term was coined by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Important elements of international law include sovereignty, recognition (which allows a country to honour the claims of another), consent (which allows for modifications in international agreements to fit the customs of a country), freedom of the high seas, self-defense (which ensures that measures may be taken against illegal acts committed against a sovereign country), freedom of commerce, and protection of nationals abroad. International courts, such as the International Court of Justice, resolve disputes on these and other matters, including war crimes. See also asylum; immunity.; international law on britannica.com