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Below is a list of the second batch of Basic Materials provided in connection with the 2008 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

The authors of the 2008 Jessup Compromis have selected these materials with the expectation that the materials will prove interesting and enlightening in the context of the current year's problem. Inclusion of any particular text in the Basic Materials does not entail that the content of the text is binding as international law or reflects current prevailing theory or practice. Please note that teams are NOT required to use these materials. They are being provided to teams as a guide and starting point for research. As always, participants are encouraged to conduct their own research outside of the scope of these Basic Materials.

1. Nicaragua v. United States Of America, Case Concerning The Military And Paramilitary Activities In And Against Nicaragua, Judgment on the Merits, International Court of Justice (June 27, 1986)
   
   
2. Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium, Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000, International Court of Justice (February 14, 2002)
   
   
3. The Israel Wall Opinion, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, International Court of Justice (July 9, 2004)
   
   
4. Prosecutor v. Tadic, Case No. IT-94-1, Decision on the Defense Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction, ICTY Appeals Chamber (Oct. 2, 1995)
   
   
5. Prosecutor v. Nikolic, Case No. IT-94-2-AR73 , Decision on Interlocutory Appeal Concerning Legality of Arrest, ICTY Appeals Chamber (June 5, 2003)
   
   
6. Abella v. Argentina, Case No. 11.137, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (November 18, 1997)
   
   
7. United States v. Alstoetter (The Justice Cases), Nuremberg Tribunal (1948)
   
   
8. Pinochet Case, Regina v. Bartle and others ex parte Pinochet Ugarte , Regina v. Evans and others ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No 3), United Kingdom House of Lords (March 24, 1999)
   
   
9. Rasul v. Bush, United States Supreme Court , 542 U.S. 466, 124 S.Ct. 2686 (June 28, 2004)
   
   
10. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, United States Supreme Court, 126 S. Ct. 2749 (June 29, 2006)
    
    
11. Draft Comprehensive Convention against International Terrorism, UN Doc. A/59/894. App. II (12 Aug. 2005)
    
    
12. Michael Scharf, Defining Terrorism as the Peacetime Equivalent of War Crimes: Problems and Prospects, 36 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 359 (2004)
    • Westlaw Citation: 36 CWRJIL 359
    • Lexis Citation: 36 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 359
      
      
13. Leila Sadat, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, and Other Nightmares from the War on Terror, 75 George Washington Law Review 1200 (2007)
    • Westlaw Citation:75 GWLR 1200
    • Lexis Citation: 75 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1200
      
      
14. Jordan Paust, Executive Plans and Authorizations to Violate International Law Concerning Treatment and Interrogation of Detainees, 43 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 811 (2005)
    • Westlaw Citation: 43 CLMJTL 811
    • Lexis Citation: 43 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 811