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Hot off the presses: The CJLS editorial team is excited to announce the release of its most recent annual special issue: “Decolonizing Labour Law — Contributions to an Emergent Transnational Labour Law,” guest edited by Canada’s leading expert on transnational labour law Adelle Blackett.…
You can access Chapter 1 ‘Understanding Legal Regimes’ of Ruling Before the Law for free until the 3rd September 2018. Many people have long assumed that several good things go together. Democracy, development, and the Rule of Law are often taken at face value to have a deep and perhaps even necessary co-relationship: you can’t have one without the other two. But what about when you can? In fact, in most of the world most of the time, these good things do not go together.…
In recognition of World Refugee Day 2018 you can access the chapter Enfranchisement of Recognised CSR1951 Refugees in Elections of Their States of Asylum from Ruvi Ziegler’s new book, Voting Rights of Refugees until the 20th July 2018.…
It has been a busy nine months since Lady Hale assumed formal leadership of the UK Supreme Court. During this time she has sworn-in three new colleagues, lead the court on a historic sitting in Northern Ireland, delivered or contributed to judgments in relation to police investigations of violent crime, cohabitee’s pension rights, the treatment of Alfie Evans and smoking bans, spoken to university students, school pupils and west London law clinic volunteers, travelled overseas, delivered speeches on marriage reform, legal aid, religious dress, and the upcoming anniversary of women’s entry into the legal profession, overseen a senior appointments round, and – of course – made an appearance on BBC’s Masterchef.…
Professors Curtis Bradley and Laurence Helfer began their four-year tenures as co-Editors-in-Chief of the prestigious American Journal of International Law (AJIL) on April 5. Their election was approved by the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) on October 27, 2017 after an earlier unanimous vote of the AJIL Board of Editors.
On March 8th, all over the world, we celebrate the International Women’s Day. This important day was initiated by socialist women in the beginning of the 20th century, and in 1975 was adopted by the UN “to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities”.…
The rash of increased attacks on human rights defenders (HRDs) who speak up against business-related impacts on people and the environment was a key issue on the agenda of the 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (27-29 November 2017).…
Liberty and autonomy are cornerstones of modern society. They are also core to personhood and human flourishing. However, a large portion of the population is denied the right to make decisions on the basis of cognitive disability.…
The emerging interaction between public health and security policies in the EU raises a number of important questions of effectiveness and legitimacy.…
BREXIT. Multinational intellectual property agreements painfully difficult to negotiate and finalize. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement languishing, with only one signatory. Suspension of most of the IP provisions in the revamped Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement.…
EU Law Stories provides its readers with a “behind the scenes” look at how various actors influence legal decision-making within the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).…
In late November, members of Freshfields’ Global Business and Human Rights team attended and presented at the sixth UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.…