Tenth Anniversary Post: Chuck Kotuby on the Future of IJA
Charles T. Kotuby, Jr.
Posted on January 8, 2021
I am thrilled that my good friend Ted Folkman has asked me to write this short celebratory post for the Tenth Anniversary of Letters Blogatory. To mark the passing of a productive decade, Ted asked to provide my thoughts on “where you think the law of international judicial assistance will be ten years from now.” I am always reluctant to play the role of a clairvoyant seer, especially for a topic as multidirectional as international judicial assistance, but I will offer some thoughts on one aspect of this subject that could offer hope and direction as we enter a new decade. By any measure, the topics that form the broad subject of international judicial assistance are junctures of multilateral engagement. They define when and…