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1 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 259 (1991)
An Introduction to the International Incident

handle is hein.journals/tlcp1 and id is 273 raw text is: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT The following study of the United States invasion of Panama employs a unique methodology for the study of international law and relations- the International Incident. Developed by Professor Michael Reisman at Yale Law School, the International Incident is a new genre in the study of international law. This genre takes a refreshing new analytical approach and examines the normative expectations that guide governing elites in the real world. Reisman identifies two distinct normative codes for international law-the formal code and the operational code. Traditional legal analyses explore the former, while International Incidents study the latter. Identification of such an operational normative code is particularly valuable in the international legal arena, where the discrepancy between statements of doctrine and actual expectations of authority and control is so substantial. An International Incident is defined as an international dispute that shapes or reinforces elite expectations about lawfulness, in which the appraisal of lawfulness by relevant international actors occurs in a nonformal setting. The International Incident analyzes the international appraisal of a situation or event and assesses the Incident's impact on expectations of what constitutes proper international behavior. The U.S. invasion of Panama, the crackdown on student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, and the Soviet downing of Korean Airlines Flight 007 are examples of recent International Incidents. Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems was established to provide a forum for in-depth, innovative analyses of contemporary transnational legal problems. To further that mission, TLCP is committed to expanding this new and innovative source of international law by establishing a section of the journal dedicated to International Incidents. For more information on the methodology and format of an International Incident, see INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTS: THE LAW THAT COUNTS IN WORLD POLITICS (W.M. Reisman & A. Willard, eds. 1988); Special Feature-The International Incident as a Decisional Unit in International Law, 10 YALE J. INT'L L. 1-117 (1984). 1. INTERNATIONAL INcmENTS: THE LAW THAT CouNTS N Womi) PoLrrcs vii-viii (W.M. Reisman & A. Willard, eds. 1988).

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