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International Law and American Courts: Part Two – The Framers' View

International Law and American Courts: Part Three — The Nation's First Decades

War Crimes without a War Crimes Statute? The Shajareh Tayyebeh Minab School Attack and the Possibility of Domestic Prose...

Introduction The initiation of criminal complaints concerning the attack by the US armed forces on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab has brought a doctrinal issue of di...

As American as International Law

A Fourth of July barbecue demonstrates how international law shapes daily life, from weather forecasts to global trade, and where that architecture is under strain. The post As Ame...

Domestic Courts and the States’ Obligation to Prevent Genocide and Serious Violations of IHL: The Brussels Court of Appe...

On 16 March 2026, the Brussels Court of Appeal (hereafter, the “Court”) issued an interlocutory judgment in summary proceedings (référé) concerning the alleged failure of the Belgi...

One Step Forward, Two Steps Obscure: Jurisdiction over External Rules in M/T Heroic Idun (No.2)

On 27 May 2026, the ITLOS Special Chamber rendered its judgment in M/T Heroic Idun (No. 2). Brought by the Marshall Islands against Equatorial Guinea, the case concerns the lawfuln...

From Option to Methodology: The ILC’s Missed Opportunity on Judicial Precedent

The International Law Commission (ILC), during its seventy-sixth session in May 2025, provisionally adopted the first-reading draft conclusions on Subsidiary means for the determin...

South African international law rule known as lex domicilii matrimonii, Unconstitutional

This case is of the utmost importance to Conveyancers and Notaries. Here is the practical summary of the JUDGMENT IN N[…] P[…] V MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT...

Shooting Down Civil Aircraft: What International and U.S. Law Say About a Charge in the Raul Castro Indictment

Q&A providing an overview of the legal framework governing shootdowns, including their status under both international and domestic U.S. law The post Shooting Down Civil Aircra...

The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Experts argue ICESCR applies in armed conflict and caution against broad claims of international humanitarian law as lex specialis. The post The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submissio...

Announcements: Second World Approaches to International Law Webinar; CfP Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law; CfP...

1. Webinar on Second World Approaches to International Law. Exploring international law as a complex set of practices and ideas shaped by dominant discourses and their blind spots,...

A Path For Middle Powers and a Rules-Based International Order: A Functional Perspective

German scholars argue that from a realpolitik perspective, commitment to international law is essential for States whose power is limited. The post A Path For Middle Powers and a R...

Judgment Mobility Rules in India’s Private International Law Regime: No place for a revision au fond?

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Operation Hellfire: A fun house mirror of international law

Given the current state of affairs of the world, it is rather timely to be contemplating what it would mean...

Legal Experimentation in International Institutional Law? From the Spanish Civil War and the ‘London Committee’ to Gaza...

Much has been said on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ (the Board) and much remains to be seen. While the identity of the Board as an international organisation has been discussed (here),...

Red lines in a grey zone: the validity of a Russia-Ukraine peace treaty under international law

While peace still appears remote, the prospect of a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine raises difficult questions concerning the international law governing inter-state peace tre...

What Every Multinational Should Know About … The New Customs Enforcement Realities (Part III): The Increasing Enforcemen...

Constitution or Compass? A Quiet Renegotiation of the Maritime Order

Constitution or Compass? A Quiet Renegotiation of the Maritime Order Vito De Lucia In June 2026, the China Institute for Marine Affairs published a substantial assessment of the Un...

A Dangerous Legal Loophole: Consent is Not Enough for U.S. Military Activities in Latin America

States should not be able to consent to others using force that they cannot use themselves, and intervening states should not blindly rely on host state consent. The post A Dangero...

“RETHINKING COLONIALITY, CAN COLONIAL LAWS EVER BE JUST?”

What a particular law can do to a society and an individual can be best compared with the quote of Liam Callanan which is-“We all carry inside us , people who came before us”The an...

A Framework for the Weight of Treaty Body Output: The ICJ’s Right to Strike Advisory Opinion

On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion on the right to strike under ILO Convention No. 87, holding by ten votes to four that the right is...

China’s Countering Improper Foreign Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Regulation Blocked EU’s Extraterritorial Data Acquisit...

Written by Jeremy MEI Ziyang LLM student at Wuhan University Visiting student at Singapore Management University I. Background On 15 May this year, Ministry of Justice (MOJ) of Chi...

Hague Service Convention: A “Closed Universe” of Permissible Service Methods