American Society for Legal History Conference Session: “Unsettled Law: Lessons and Legacies of Migration and Diaspora in International Law,” November 6, 2021 @ 2:40 – 4:05 pm

2:40 PM – 4:05 PM

Unsettled Law: Lessons and Legacies of Migration and Diaspora in International Law (Pelican 1)

Chair: Rohit De, Yale University (rohit.de@yale.edu), Commentators: Will Hanley, Florida State University (whanley@fsu.edu) and Todd Shepard, Johns Hopkins University (tshep75@jhu.edu)

Jessica Marglin, University of Southern California (marglin@usc.edu)
The Nationality Principle between Public and Private International Law: Adjudicating Belonging Across the Mediterranean

Julia Stephens, Rutgers University (js2321@history.rutgers.edu)
Return to Sender: Repatriating British Indian Estates Between States and Families

Judith Surkis, Rutgers University (judith.surkis@rutgers.edu)
The Intimate Life of International Law after Decolonization: The Case of Franco-Algerian Children

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