William S. Dodge

University of California, Davis - School of Law

Professor of Law

Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall

Davis, CA CA 95616-5201

United States

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1.

The Story of the Paquete Habana: Customary International Law as Part of Our Law

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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paquete, habana, international, history

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement between Developed Countries: Reflections on the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement between Developed Countries: Reflections on the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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investment, arbitration, exhaustion, NAFTA, AUSFTA, Chapter 11

Investor-State Dispute Settlement between Developed Countries: Reflections on the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jun 2005
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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investment, arbitration, exhaustion, nafta, ausfta, chapter 11

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International Comity in American Law

115 Columbia Law Review 2071, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 470
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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international comity, international law, foreign relations law, international litigation

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Corporate Liability Under Customary International Law

43 Georgetown Journal of International Law 1045 (2012), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 7
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2012
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Alien Tort Statute, Kiobel, Corporate Liability, Customary International Law

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The U.S. Supreme Court and International Law: Continuity and Change

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Aug 2010
David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey and William S. Dodge
Santa Clara University - School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and University of California, Davis - School of Law
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After Sosa: The Future of Customary International Law in the United States

Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, Vol. 17, No. pp. 21, 2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Sosa, Alien Tort Statute, customary international law

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Harmony and Dissonance in Extraterritorial Regulation

American Society of International Law 105th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2011, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 219
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 May 2011 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2013
Hannah L. Buxbaum, George T. Conway, William S. Dodge and Austen Parrish
Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, University of California, Davis - School of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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extraterritoriality, securities regulation, morrison, international comity, jurisdiction, effects, class action

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The Public-Private Distinction in the Conflict of Laws

18 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 371 (2008)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 May 2008 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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conflicts, extraterritorial, public-private

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Morrison's Effects Test

40 Southwestern University Law Review 687
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 May 2011 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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extraterritorial, Morrison, RICO, securities

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Personal Jurisdiction and Aliens

116 Michigan Law Review 1205 (2018), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 249
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 09 May 2018
William S. Dodge and Scott Dodson
University of California, Davis - School of Law and University of California Hastings College of the Law
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personal jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction, general jurisdiction, aliens, nicastro, bms, bristol-myers squibb, daimler, mcintyre

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Defining and Punishing Offenses Under Treaties

124 Yale Law Journal 2202, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 62
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 16 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 16 May 2015
Sarah H. Cleveland and William S. Dodge
Columbia Law School and University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Jurisdiction in the Fourth Restatement of Foreign Relations Law

18 Yearbook of Private International Law 143 (2017), UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 May 2017 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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foreign relations law, jurisdiction

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An Economic Defense of Concurrent Antitrust Jurisdiction

38 Texas International Law Journal 27 (2003)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Nov 2002 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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antitrust, extraterritoriality, pareto, Kaldor-Hicks

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Bridging Erie: Customary International Law in the U.S. Legal System after Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain

12 Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law 87 (2004)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Sosa, customary international law, international law in U.S. courts

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Loose Canons: International Law and Statutory Interpretation in the Twenty-First Century

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Oct 2010
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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international law, statutory interpretation, extraterritoriality

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The Presumption Against Extraterritoriality in Two Steps

UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 501
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 27 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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extraterritoriality

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The Charming Betsy and the Paquete Habana

Landmark Cases in International Law, Forthcoming , UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 485
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2017
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Local Remedies under NAFTA Chapter 11

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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NAFTA, investment arbitration, local remedies, res judicata

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Withdrawing from Customary International Law: Some Lessons from History

Yale Law Journal Online, Vol. 120, p. 169, 2010
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Jan 2011
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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customary international law, Vattel, default view

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Alien Tort Litigation: The Road Not Taken

89 Notre Dame Law Review 1577, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 80
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 15 May 2014
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Business and Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts Before and after Kiobel

Business and Human Rights: From Principles to Practice
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2017
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Res Judicata

Oxford Public International Law, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, 2006
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 May 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Customary International Law, Congress, and the Courts: Origins of the Later-in-Time Rule

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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customary international law, later-in-time, Vattel

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Extraterritoriality and Conflict of Laws Theory: An Argument for Judicial Unilateralism

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Extraterritoriality and Conflict of Laws Theory: An Argument for Judicial Unilateralism

39 Harvard International Law Journal 101, 1998
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Extraterritoriality and Conflict-of-Laws Theory: An Argument for Judicial Unilateralism

Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1998
Posted: 01 Dec 1998
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law

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Investment Treaties between Developed States: The Dilemma of Dispute Resolution

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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investment disputes, investment agreements, exhaustion of local remedies

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International Comity in Comparative Perspective

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Foreign Relations Law (Curtis A. Bradley ed., 2018, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2017
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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international comity, mutual trust, Joseph Story, Savigny

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Brief of International Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2017
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Human Rights, Corporate Liability, International Law, Kiobel, Alien Tort Statute

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The Penal and Revenue Rules, State Law, and Federal Preemption

UC Hastings Research Paper No. 86
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 28 May 2014
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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judgments, conflicts, revenue rule, federal common law, foreign affairs, preemption

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Customary International Law, Change, and the Constitution

106 Georgetown Law Journal 1559 (2018)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2018
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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customary international law, law of nations, human rights, vattel

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National Courts and International Arbitration: Exhaustion of Remedies and Res Judicata Under NAFTA Chapter Eleven

23 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 357, 2000
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Foreign Official Immunity in the International Law Commission: The Meanings of 'Official Capacity'

109 AJIL Unbound 156 (2015), UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Immunity, International Law Commission, Official Act, Official Capacity

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Breaking the Public Law Taboo

43 Harvard International Law Journal 161
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 18 Aug 2002 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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The Case for Punitive Damages in Contracts

48 Duke Law Journal 629 (1999)
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 22 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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punitive damages, contracts, efficient breach, propery rules, liability rules

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Customary International Law and the Question of Legitimacy

120 Harvard Law Review Forum 19 (2007)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 23 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Sosa, Customary International Law

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Alien Tort Litigation and the Prescriptive Jurisdiction Fallacy

51 Harvard International Law Journal Online 35 (2010)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Alien Tort Statute, jurisdiction to prescribe

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Chevron Deference and Extraterritorial Regulation

95 North Carolina Law Review 911 (2017)
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 12 Jun 2017
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Extraterritorial, Presumption Against Extraterritoriality, Statutory Interpretation, Chevron, Skidmore, Administrative Interpretation

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International Decision: Metalclad Corp. v. Mexico

95 American Journal of International Law 910, 2001, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Brief of Professors of Conflict of Laws As Amici Curiae in Support of Appellants, in Re. Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Jan 2018
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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presumption against extraterritoriality, international comity, bankruptcy, Madoff

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The Historical Origins of the Alien Tort Statute: A Response to the 'Originalists'

19 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 221, 1996
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Loewen v. United States: Trials and Errors Under NAFTA Chapter Eleven

52 DePaul Law Review 563, 2002
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Brief of Professors of International Litigation As Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party, in Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Mar 2018
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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international comity, abstention, vitamin c

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Brief of Professor William S. Dodge as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants, Simon v. Republic of Hungary

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Feb 2018
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Exhaustion, Local Remedies, International Comity, Expropriation, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

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Which Torts in Violation of the Law of Nations?

24 Hastings International & Comparative Law Review 351
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 May 2002 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Waste Management v. Mexico

95 Am. J. Int'l L. 225, 2001
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Understanding the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality

16 Berkeley Journal of International Law 85, 1998
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Teaching the CISG in Contracts

50 J. Legal Ed. 72 (2000)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Congressional Control of Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction: Why the Original Jurisdiction Clause Suggests an 'Essential Role'

100 Yale Law Journal 1013
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Feb 2014
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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The Structural Rules of Transnational Law

97 American Society of International Law Proceedings 317, 2003
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Antitrust and the Draft Hague Judgments Convention

32 Law & Policy in International Business 363, 2001
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Weighing the Listener's Interest: Justice Blackmun's Commercial Speech and Public Forum Opinions

26 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 165 (1998)
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Feb 2013
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Blackmun, commercial speech, public forum, First Amendment, balancing

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The Constitutionality of the Alien Tort Statute: Some Observations on Text and Context

42 Virginia Journal of International Law 687, 2002
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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The Helms-Burton Act and Transnational Legal Process

20 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 713, 1997
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Control and Appeal in NAFTA Chapter Eleven Arbitration

95 Am. Soc. Int'l L. Proc. 207, 2001
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 12 Jan 2016
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Corporate Liability Under the U.S. Alien Tort Statute: A Comment on Jesner v. Arab Bank

Number of pages: 8
William S. Dodge
University of California, Davis - School of Law
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Alien Tort Statute, ATS, corporate liability, customary international law, Jesner