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 Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 21

Published: November 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Constitutional treaty - signature EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Freedom of movement - minors - right of long term residence - right of non-national parent GERMANY Human rights - ECtHR - whether decisions form precedents for national courts UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND AND WALES Criminal procedure - burden of proof - reverse burden - human rights -...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 20

Published: October 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Companies - corporate governance - independent directors - Recommendation TURKEY EU - accession negotiations - report CAMBODIA Crimes against humanity - genocide - tribunal - legislation - ratification UNITED NATIONS Terrorism - Security Council resolution WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Appellate Body - working procedures - amendment

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 19

Published: October 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION/MERCOSUR Association agreement - EU completed offer to Mercosur THE NETHERLANDS Criminal procedure - convicted persons - DNA testing - draft legislation RUSSIA Environment - Kyoto Protocol - government approval TURKEY Criminal law - penal code - reform - parliamentary approval UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Genocide - deportation of human rights violator WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION Intellectual property -...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 18

Published: September 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Competition - procedure - cartels FRANCE Family law - divorce - legislation ENGLAND AND WALES Criminal law - murder - partial defences - Law Commission final report SUDAN Human rights violations - genocide - UN resolution TURKEY Penal code - reform - adultery - change of proposals AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Maritime delimitation - treaty ICJ Procedure - practice directions - revision OECD Pension...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 17

Published: September 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Environmental law - implementation - report RUSSIA Money laundering - legislation ARGENTINA Crimes against humanity - time limits - Supreme Court judgment CHILE Immunity - former President - Supreme Court decision INDIA Freedom of information - legislation WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Anti-dumping - Byrd Amendment - subsidies - retaliation measures

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 16

Published: August 2004

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM Criminal procedure - terrorism suspects - foreign nationals - human rights BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY Diego Garcia - final appeal SAUDI ARABIA Elections - law WTO Doha negotiations - framework agreements BIICL RECENT RESEARCH The effect of war on treaties Enforcement agency practice in Europe Comparative confidentiality of psychoanalysis Ground motion - law and policy Application of the death penalty in...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 15

Published: July 2004

HIGHLIGHTS GERMANY Immigration - legislation ICTY Miloševic trial - further postponement UNITED KINGDOM Human rights - review - ratification of international instruments BARBADOS/JAMAICA/ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Human rights - sentencing - death penalty - mandatory penalty - constitutionality UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Criminal law - identity theft - legislation UNITED NATIONS Advisory opinion - Israeli separation barrier - General Assembly resolution

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 14

Published: July 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Protection of property Poland - Bug River claimants EUROPEAN UNION EU/Switzerland agreements IRAQ Emergency security legislation USA Guantanamo Bay detainees - right to legal challenge - Supreme Court judgment ICJ Advisory opinion - Israeli security wall IMO Shipping - security -code - entry into force

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 13

Published: June 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Private life - right to respect (Art.8) - press photography EUROPEAN UNION Constitutional Treaty for Europe EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Conflict of laws - civil procedure - anti-suit injunctions - Brussels Convention UNITED KINGDOM Immigration - asylum - fear of persecution - return to safe third country - unavailability of psychiatric...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 12

Published: June 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Terrorism - Framework Decision - measures - report IRELAND Constitutional amendment - referendum - nationality SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE Children - recruitment as soldiers - crime - customary international law UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Sovereign immunity - human rights - expropriation JAPAN Criminal procedure - jury system - legislation UNITED NATIONS Iraq - interim government - Security...