Articles by Kimberly Byrd

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About Kimberly Byrd (1 Articles)
Kimberly Byrd is a third-year law student at Campbell University and serves as the Associate Editor for the Campbell Law Observer. Kimberly was born and raised in Concord, North Carolina. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and minors in History and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). Kimberly has completed an internship at the North Carolina Court of Appeals with the Honorable Judge Jefferson Griffin and has an interest in international law, trusts and estates law, and business law.

Stuck in 1945: The U.N.’s “Big Five” Security Council

August 9, 2023

What is the U.N. Security Council? International relations is a broad and complex system.  With each nation employing different approaches to governance and law, the United Nations and its Security Council represent the key entities balancing national and international interests on the international stage.  As such, the operations of the United Nations Security Council are essential to understanding international law and transnational relations. Created in 1945 following the Second World War, [...]