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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 [...]
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Dear readers, as we announced in an earlier post two weeks ago, International Law Observer was named one of the nominated candidates for the Top 25 International & Foreign Law Blogs of 2011, featured on the LexisNexis International & Foreign Law Community. It now turns out that our blog has indeed been selected as one [...]
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We at International Law Observer are glad to share with our readers that this blog has been named one of the nominated candidates for the Top 25 International & Foreign Law Blogs of 2011, featured on the LexisNexis International & Foreign Law Community. Here is the full message from LexisNexis that reached us this morning: [...]
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Edward Elgar has just published Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio (edited by Ben Boer, Jamie Benidickson, Herman Benjamin and Karen Morrow). In the build-up to the Rio+20 due to take place next year, the title seems very timely and it contains some exceedingly interesting chapters by leading contributors to environmental law debates from across [...]
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Increasingly we are witnessing a concerted effort in the attempt to utilise international law in the context of climate change beyond regulatory frameworks. This is perhaps particularly so when it comes to attempts to establish responsibility and liability for the harms and effects associated with climate change. Notwithstanding significant problems with this (most notably causation), [...]
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New Issue of International and Comparative Law Quarterly The April issue of ICLQ is out: Arbitration in three dimensions Jan Paulsson The europeanization of third country judiciaries through the application of the EU Acquis: the cases of Russia and Ukraine Roman Petrov and Paul Kalinichenko The functions of transparency in regulating contract terms: UK and [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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This post is authored by Dr Elena Katselli and Dr Zeray Yihdego. Professor Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad: A Tribute to a Great Professor and a Wonderful Human Being On July 1, 2010, Professor Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad, formerly at Durham University and most recently at Brunel University, passed away leaving an irreplaceable void. Not only was he [...]
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The Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (SLS) welcomes applications for its Twelfth Summer Session, under the title “Handling the results of the first Review Conference – Success and failures equally obliging to continue consolidating and amending international criminal law and its enforcement mechanisms”, Sunday 8 to Friday [...]
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Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, USA announces a scholarship for one qualified German LL.M. student. The financial aid package will include: * $10,000 tuition scholarship [provided by Washington & Lee Law School] * employment as a research assistant [provided by Washington & Lee Law School] * € 975/month (nine months) [...]
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The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg has announced a vacancy in a research group on judicial independence. The position enables to pursue a Ph.D. at the Institute besides supporting the work in the research group. For more information see the vacancy announcement (in German only).
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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The Riga Graduate School of Law announces Scholarships for an LL.M degree in Public International Law and Human Rights funded by the Open Society Institute (OSI). Eligible students currently are invited to apply for the Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) Public International Law and Human Rights Programme. The programme provides expertise in Public International Law [...]
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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. [...]
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Newcastle Human Rights Research Group Symposium Announcement: Human Rights – A Drop of Liberation or Fig Leaf of Legitimation? Date: 23 January 2010, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University, UK. Confirmed Speakers Professor David Kennedy, Harvard University – ‘The International Human Rights Movement: Still Part of the Problem?’ Professor Keith Ewing, Kings College London – ‘The [...]
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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 [...]
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There have been a few interesting posts on our blog and elsewhere on two distinct, but related issues. That is the importance of international law and its place in the university curricula. First I just wanted to expand a little on what my fellow co-blogger Ole W. Pedersen wrote in the last post on 18 [...]
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This week marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of American philosopher John Dewy. Although not terrible relevant to international law per se, Dewey’s contribution to philosophy stretches a wide range of areas relevant to the law. Of interest to international lawyers would be Dewey’s work on democracy emphasising the deliberative role of individuals (not [...]
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First off, many thanks to Ole and everyone here at International Law Observer for the kind invitation to post a little bit about my research on cultural heritage law. I’d like to begin by thinking about how and why we choose what to teach and study. I was interested to read the recent discussion of [...]
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All those who are familiar with the international law related blogosphere know that it has been growing immensely over the last years. More and more researchers, especially young and aspiring scholars active in the field of public international law, have learned about the advantages of using blogs to get the message out, to engage in [...]
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On Opinio Juris and the Volokh Conpircay an interesting debate has taken place over the last few days with regard to whether first year US law students ought to choose international law as a subject (Kenneth Anderson lists the latest inputs here). In short, Eric Posner argues that unless you plan to work for an [...]
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As some of our readers might have noticed already (perhaps thanks to our earlier note on the subject) the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is up and running on the web. The online edition is continuously extended and with the next upload of new articles, which will take place in September, the 1000th [...]
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