Tournament: UT | Round: 2 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
A.The US’s refusal to respect international norms undermines multilateral legitimacy.
Powell (Lindsey Powell, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, 23-25 October 2003, “In Defense of Multilateralism”
"Examples from recent...US national interests"
B. Link: The aff instantiates breaches some level of attorney-client privilege, but this violates international norms.
Ford (Chris, Civil rights and appellate law practitioner, J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 2005; Editor-in-Chief, Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, 2004-2005; former editor and reporter with the Los Angeles Daily Journal legal trade newspaper; BA, Economics, Stanford University, 198 “FEAR OF A BLACKENED PLANET: PRESSURED BY THE WAR ON TERROR, COURTS IGNORE THE EROSION OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN 28 C.F.R § 501.3(d) CASES” Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice Volume 12 Issue 2 Article 3, 3/1/06,
"This proposition is ... and their attorneys"
OR
Enforcing human rights in the event of government failure uniquely gives the UN credibility.
Murray explains(Robert W. Murray, MA Political Science at Brock University, “The Future of the United Nations and Multilateralism,” no date, references 2004 in the past tense
"Finally, the largest ... a global scale."
C. Impact: Multilateralism is key to solving global environmental collapse.
Powell 2
"The transboundary nature ... complex a problem"

Tournament: UT | Round: 3 | Opponent: ANY | Judge: Any
V: GL
Objective theories of ethics are unable to account for evolutionary changes in attitude. If ethics operates independently of our changing values, we can never develop a morality that meets that independent system of ethics.
Street (Sharon Street, Philosophy Professor, NYU, January 2006, “A Darwinian Dilemma for Realist Theories of Value,”
"Contemporary realist theories ...our evaluative judgements"
The only way to develop a system of ethics given our changing attitudes is through constructivism-morality is not independently true, but rather constructed by us.
Street 2 (Sharon Street, “Constructivism about Reasons,” 2008)
"Do valuable things ... view I favor."
meta-ethic is consistency with a constructivist view of ethics
More specifically to the United States, the only way to practically reflect constructed ethics is through the constitution.
Meuller (Dennis C. Meuller, Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna, “Constitutional Democracy,” 1996)
"The specter has...abide by it."
standard is consistency with precedent sets by the United States Constitution
Prefer:

1. social contract
   2. Real World Education.
   3. Context of the uS
   My advocacy is that the US criminal justice system ought to abide by the Constitution and value acp over truth seeking.
   Cohn (Majorie Cohn, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Marjorie Cohn, The Evisceration of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Wake of September 11, 2001, 71 Fordham L. Rev. 1233 (2003).
   "The accused in...the criminal proceeding.”

Tournament: UT | Round: 4 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
same meta-ethical fwk as NC 1
According to a contructivist ethic, states must abide by international norms.
Koh (Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School , "Why Do Nations Obey International Law?" (1997).Faculty Scholarship Series.Paper 2101.
"The third strand ... impregnated international community."
standard is respecting international agreements.
Prefer:

1. We are living in a globalized world-discussing issues of the state makes no sense unless we take into account international context.
   Halpin (“Governance and Globalization: A Cosmopolitan Future?” Jacob Halpin http://www.global-politics.co.uk/Archive/A20Cosmopolitan20Future.htm Intern at British American Security Information Council. Previous National Grassroots coordinator for international development organization.)
   "Globalisation is providing ... of global governance."
   2. Real World Education

My advocacy and sole contention is the the US ought to maintain attorney client privilege, even when in conflict with truth-seeking so as to respect its international agreements.
Ford (Chris, Civil rights and appellate law practitioner, J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 2005; Editor-in-Chief, Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, 2004-2005; former editor and reporter with the Los Angeles Daily Journal legal trade newspaper; BA, Economics, Stanford University, 198 “FEAR OF A BLACKENED PLANET: PRESSURED BY THE WAR ON TERROR, COURTS IGNORE THE EROSION OF THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN 28 C.F.R § 501.3(d) CASES” Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice Volume 12 Issue 2 Article 3, 3/1/06,
"This proposition is ... and their attorneys."

Tournament: Conally HS | Round: 1 | Opponent: Not Sure | Judge: Not Sure
Topicality:
A. Definition: Truth-seeking is defined in the context of criminal law
Shan (Wu Shan-Shan, China-EU School of Law, “The Search for Truth in Criminal Process” cel.edu.cn/upload/201209206168631.pdf)
"II. Importance...the public"
Reasons to Prefer/Voters
1) Clash
2) Division of Ground
3) Context

CP Text:
The UN will create a hybrid court that instantiates truth commissions to contribute to “the creation of a historical record”
Advantages:
1) Efficiency
ICTJ (no date, non-profit organization that has worked internationally ictj.org)
"Preosecutions for...and Cambodia"
2) Closure
ICTJ
"Investigations and...or responsibility"
3) Environment DA