Andrew K Coleman

Changing the guard—The price of democracy: Lessons from the Arab Spring on constitutionalism

In 2010 the self-immolation of a Tunisian street vendor—Mohamed Bouzazi—unwittingly encapsulated the frustration of corruption and heavy-handed administrative structures by the vast bulk of Tunisia’s populace. What would have been an isolated act and a country specific phenomenon morphed into potent totemic symbolism for Arab citizenry in coming weeks. Civilian unrest on the streets rapidly toppled the Tunisia government generating a political earthquake across the Arab World. The perception in the liberal West and elsewhere has been that Islam is incompatible with democracy. This Chapter while taking into account the different trajectories encapsulated by the Arab Spring seeks to illustrate that constitutionalism informed by principled governance is a process as well as a goal. In particular it cautions against the pitfalls of implementing monolithic liberal preferences for a “corporatist” State, followed by two illustrative case studies focusing on Libya and Egypt—two examples which illustrate the pitfalls of modularised political/constitutional templates. Keywords:Arab Spring; constitutionalism; corporatist; democracy

Resolving claims to self-determination : is there a role for the International Court of Justice?

Introduction 1. Determining the Legitimacy of Claims for Self-Determination 2. The Determination of Statehood 3. The International Court of Justice and Claims to Self-Determination 4. The International Court of Justice and Highly Political Matters Conclusion

Using Might to Enforce a Right

Andrew Coleman teaches business law and taxation at Monash University and is a member of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law at the University of Melbourne where he is a doctoral candidate in international law. Thank you to Assoc. Professor Vince Morabito for his helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

War crimes and the ICJ's advisory jurisdiction

Andrew Coleman teaches in Business Law & Taxation at Monash University.