The Bulletin of International Legal Developments

The Bulletin of International Legal Developments (BILD) provides subscribers worldwide with news of developments in international and comparative law, an essential feature of modern legal life. This fortnightly news service covers developments in the fields of public international law, national laws, conflict of laws, European law and human rights.

It complements the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ), the Institute's flagship journal, in providing initial coverage of many topics that will later be covered by articles in the ICLQ-or indeed in the Institute's events programme.

The BILD covers recent court decisions, new legislation, law reform proposals, treaties and other international legal instruments. News items are gathered by the Institute's staff and by a network of national correspondents. Full references to the source material are provided where appropriate to facilitate further research.

Readers of the BILD are able to keep up to date with the most important legal developments around the world in just a few minutes each fortnight. An annual index provides a key to previous issues.

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The Bulletin of International Legal Developments has an open policy for submissions. If you have a news item that you think appropriate for the Bulletin, please contact the Editor, Noreen O'Meara.

Subscribing to the BILD

The standard subscription rate for the hard-copy Bulletin of International Legal Developments for 2008 is £200/$400. Members of the Institute receive the BILD fortnightly via email as part of their membership package, and are able to access the entire BILD back catalogue from 1999 onwards online. Please contact the Institute's Publishing Department for further information or to subscribe.

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Below is the current back record of the Institute's BILD issues held online and accessible to Institute Members. Simply select the issue required from the below list.

 
 

Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 10

Published: May 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION 'Union for the Mediterranean' ready for launch but far removed from Sarkozy's original vision SOUTH AFRICA Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa rules evidence obtained through torture inadmissible-Bongani Mthembu v The State UNITED NATIONS/UNHRC Developments at the UN Human Rights Council's seventh regular session WORLD BANK/ICSID The Rompetrol Group NV v Romania (ICSID...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 9

Published: May 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Tackling obstacles to damages actions by individuals-White Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Supreme Court rules in favour of the constitutionality of lethal injection, but fractured opinions highlight divisions on death penalty-Baze v Rees JAPAN The Constitutionality of the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 8

Published: April 2008

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 BANGLADESH Tackling Corruption in Bangladesh-Interim Government proposes the establishment of a Truth and Accountability Commission UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Supreme Court rules that neither an ICJ decision nor a presidential memorandum constitute, of their own force, binding federal law that can displace the State's limitations...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 7

Published: April 2008

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND AND WALES Northern Rock-the right decision at the right time? INDONESIA Former President Suharto and heirs cleared of corruption, SF ordered to repay missing funds UNCITRAL Adoption of the Draft Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea UNITED NATIONS/IRAN UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1803 EDITOR Noreen O'Meara (BIICL) CONTRIBUTORS Adineh...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 6

Published: March 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ECJ rules that the designation 'Parmesan' is reserved exclusively to producers in the Italian region of Parma, who produce cheese according to a mandatory specification CHILE The Adoption of ILO 169 on Indigenous Rights WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION EU and US file a case against China at the WTO concerning the...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 5

Published: March 2008

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM House of Lords ruling on the compatibility of VAT legislation with EC law raises the possibility of substantial litigation UGANDA Agreement to establish a War Crimes Court to deal with cases related to the Ugandan civil war UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Nebraska Supreme Court rules that execution by electrocution constitutes cruel and...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 4

Published: February 2008

HIGHLIGHTS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Initialling of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) TURKEY Turkish Parliament Lifts Headscarf Ban MEXICO Reform of the Mexican Criminal Justice System COUNCIL OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES The Arab Charter of Human Rights (ACHR) enters into force EDITOR Noreen O'Meara (BIICL) CONTRIBUTORS Camilla Bernacchi (BIICL) Kristin Hausler (BIICL) Marlena Ong (BIICL) Christina Trahanas © BIICL 2008 EUROPE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE The...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 3

Published: February 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Swedish trade union blockade against Latvian posted workers found to be contrary to EC law-Case C-341/05, Laval NEPAL Nepalese Parliament votes to abolish the Monarchy INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Peru institutes proceedings against Chile in maritime boundary dispute WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION United States-Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services,...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 2

Published: January 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Balancing the right to protection of one's reputation and freedom of the press-Pfeifer v Austria CANADA Landmark decision in indigenous land claim dispute-Tsilhqot'in Nation v British Columbia (2007 BCSC 1700) AUSTRALIA Australia's Federal Court orders Japan to cease commercial whaling in protected waters off Australian coastline and Antarctic territory INTERNATIONAL...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 1

Published: January 2008

HIGHLIGHTS FRANCE Draft bill issued by the French Government aims to extensively reform the Constitution JAPAN Fuel for thought-Japanese Parliament extends US-backed anti-terror naval mission in a rare constitutional manoeuvre UNCITRAL Ad hoc Tribunal rejects the automatic primacy of EU law over pre-existing BIT obligations WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Appellate Body delivers ruling in Brazil-Measures affecting imports...