CIA's Eatinger: 'Speaking the Same Language' Important

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CIA's Eatinger: 'Speaking the Same Language' Important
American Society of International Law - The Ritz-Carlton
International law permeates government operations across a wide range of U.S. government agencies outside of the State Department. This roundtable will bring together the principal legal advisers of these U.S. agencies to discuss international law issues that affect their agencies and activities. Topics will include treaty frameworks for international cooperation, negotiation and implementation of international agreements, and the law of armed conflict.Moderator:JEFFREY PRYCESteptoe & Johnson LLPSpeakers:REAR ADMIRAL JAMES W. CRAWFORD IIILegal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffSTEPHEN PRESTONGeneral Counsel, U.S. Central Intelligence AgencyROBERT S. TAYLORPrincipal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of DefenseAVRIL HAINESDeputy Legal Adviser, U.S. National Security CouncilInternational 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.