New issue of the Goettingen Journal of International Law

The new issue of the Goettingen Journal of International Law is out now. In Vol. 3 No. 3 (2011) the GoJIL pays tribute to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and dedicates a GoJIL Focus to its legacy. Furthermore, the issue contains two articles about current developments in international law and an article discussing the [...]

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law – Print Edition

In the past couple of years, we have regularly reported on the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, the leading reference work in international law which is being prepared under the general editorship of Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum of the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany. The Max Planck Encyclopedia has been available for some [...]

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law – Content Update

www.mpepil.com The August 2011 update adds 95 new articles. Highlights include new overview articles on Law of the Sea, International Economic Law, and State Immunity, as well as several articles on aspects of the international financial system such as Debt Crisis, Monetary Unions and Monetary Zones, and the Bank for International Settlements . There will [...]

Max Planck Encyclopedia – May Upload

On May 19th, the May update to MPEPIL went live, with 46 new articles added – taking the total number of articles to 1,294. Highlights of the uploaded included articles on Compliance, Amnesties, International Administration of Territory, and Gay Rights. The next upload is set for August 2011. Thanks to Nik Speller for drawing my attention to [...]

New Journal for Transnational Environmental Law

Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new academic journal titled ‘Transnational Environmental Law’. Submissions are sought for the first issue which is to be published in 2012. The blurb from CUP reads: Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) is a peer-reviewed journal for the study of environmental law and governance beyond the state. It [...]

Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher

Our readers might be interested in the fact that a new publisher, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP), has been established that will focus on publications in international criminal and international humanitarian law. Here is a short description. We are delighted to announce that the Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP) has been established and is now operational: http://www.fichl.org/toaep/. [...]

New issue of the Indian Journal of International Economic Law (IJIEL)

The Indian Journal of International Economic Law (IJIEL) has published its number 3(2) and has made this edition available online (you can find a copy here),  a special issue on the interface between space law and international economic law. This volume has tried to examine some of the many fascinating international economic and financial law issues [...]

Law Yearbooks from Oxford – Free Online Access until February 28th

Since the start of January 2011 the law yearbooks from Oxford University Press, previously available only in print, have become available online as well. This includes all volumes since 1996 but not the most recent ones which only published in December 2010. To launch this initiative we are making all of this content freely available [...]

Max Planck Encyclopedia – December Upload

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law has been updated with 41 new articles, and an additional 37 existing articles have also been updated.  These updates include new articles in subject categories of the Use of Force and International Humanitarian Law. New articles of note include Refugees, International Law of Cooperation, and Cyber Warfare. A revised [...]

Max Planck Encyclopedia – August Upload

Last week, OUP uploaded 40 new articles to the Encyclopedia. Two of the articles in particular exemplify the way the Encyclopedia’s content addresses the international law aspects of topical issues in international affairs. The Lockerbie Cases article explains the ICJ proceedings and the criminal trial which saw the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrhai whose [...]

Update of the Oxford Reports on International Law

The Oxford Reports on International Law, which is a collection of case law reports from international law courts around the world, was updated this week and now includes 3,000 cases! When OUP launched the service, back in September 2008, it had 785 cases – an increase of 2,215 cases in just under 2 years. The Oxford Reports [...]

New update of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

OUP has performed another update of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, adding another 61 articles to the online edition. Here is a short description of the last update: The May 2010 upload of new articles includes 13 entries from the International economic law and relations subject area. Highlights include articles on State [...]

Prize for an Essay in International Economic Law

2010 SIEL/CUP Prize for an Essay in International Economic Law A prize has been established by the Society of International Economic Law and Cambridge University Press for the best essay submitted on any topic in any field of international economic law. The competition is open to all current undergraduate and graduate students and those who [...]

New Releases

Recent releases of European-based international law  journals include International and Comparative Law Quarterly Vol. 59(1) 2010, which includes a piece by Prof. Trevor Hartley on libel tourism, European Public Law Vol. 16(1) 2010, and as noted by Dominik, Vol. 20(4) of European Journal of International, which, in addition to debates on the codification of the [...]

On Book Reviewing and Academic Freedom

The editorial of the most recent edition of the European Journal of International Law (vol. 20, no. 4) contains an interesting piece on the attempt to prosecute Professor Joseph Weiler, editor in chief of the EJIL and editor of the Globallawbooks.org and EuropeanLawBooks.org, in France for refusing to remove a book review written by a distinguished [...]

News from the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

OUP has uploaded another 106 articles to the online edition of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Here is a description of the last round of uploads: Following the January 2010 update, 106 new articles have been added, including 23 new articles on Regional Organizations, bringing the total for this category to 102. [...]

Gentian Zyberi: The Humanitarian Face of the International Court of Justice

Book review: Gentian Zyberi, The Humanitarian Face of the International Court of Justice: Its Contribution to Interpreting and Developing International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Rules and Principles, School of Human Rights Research Series, Volume 26, Antwerp: Intersentia, 2008. – xiii, 523 pp. This monograph is one of the first on the contribution of the [...]

Paper on the Issues Arising out of the Palestinian Declaration to the ICC under Art. 12(3) of the Rome Statute

Al-Haq, a Palestinian NGO based in the West Bank, has recently published a paper authored by Michael Kearney and Stijn Denayer on “Issues Arising from the Palestinian Authority’s Submission of a Declaration to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court under Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute” (a matter we have previously covered here). The [...]

New issue of the Goettingen Journal of International Law

The Goettingen Journal of International Law (GoJIL) just released its third issue with which the Journal completes the first Volume. The contents is the following: Articles Marco Benatar: The Use of Cyber Force: Need for Legal Justification? Marie-José Domestici-Met: Humanitarian Assistance Looking for a Legal Regime Allowing its Delivery to Those in Need Under any Circumstances Jiaxiang [...]

Zyberi on Self-Determination through the Lens of the ICJ

Our own Gentian Zyberi’s recent paper, ‘Self-Determination through the Lens of the International Court of Justice’, has now been published in the Netherlands International Law Review (2009) No. 56 pp. 429-453. Full abstract: This article focuses on the role and contribution of the International Court of Justice to developing and interpreting the right of peoples [...]

Book reviews invited by The George Washington International Law Review

The George Washington University International Law Review is now accepting submissions of book reviews for publication in Volumes 41 and 42. Book reviews should be written on a recent or forthcoming book discussing a timely issue in international law. Word count should not exceed 9000 words. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word (.doc) format and [...]

Administrative Detention – A Rule, No Longer An Exception

Administrative detention has been a contentious topic for international lawyers since its invocation by governments claiming that it is a principal tool in the often-lawless global ‘War on Terror’. Despite the popularity that this mechanism has earned amongst a growing number of states, principally those participating in the ‘War on Terror’, it has been neglected [...]

Think Again on International Law?

In yesterday’s Foreign Policy, Eric Posner has a brief piece on what he sees as some of the misunderstandings of international law. It looks as if the piece builds on the Limitations of International Law which he wrote some years back with Jack Goldsmith and draws on his most recent and forthcoming book The Perils [...]

von Bogdandy/Bast: Europäisches Verfassungsrecht, 2nd Edition Out Now

Six years after the first publication a second updated and expended German version of the established and very well received volume on European Constitutional Law edited by Armin von Bogdandy and Jürgen Bast from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law has been published.  The volume bringing together German authors with [...]

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