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.

Submitting Articles to the BILD

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 11

Published: May 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Fundamental rights - second expert report RUSSIA/EUROPEAN UNION International trade - WTO - bilateral market access negotiations - agreement UNITED KINGDOM Legal profession senior advocates - ministerial statement - Queen's Counsel Immigration - asylum - support - destitute asylum seeker ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES Community Court of Justice - first case NEW ZEALAND Criminal procedure...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 10

Published: May 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Reform - protocol EUROPEAN UNION Immigration and asylum - Common European Asylum System ITALY Media law TURKEY Constitutional amendments WORLD INTELLLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION Trademarks - treaty revision - proposals WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Softwood lumber - US/Canada dispute - WTO ruling - NAFTA ruling

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 9

Published: May 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Rights of suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings - proposal for framework decision GERMANY Environment - taxation - constitutionality UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Information technology - e-mails - spam - sexually orientated material - legislation Elections - direct elections - decision of Standing Committee of National People's Congress PITCAIRN ISLAND Jurisdiction - nationality of islanders...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 8

Published: April 2004

HIGHLIGHTS THE NETHERLANDS Telecommunications - proposed legislation SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE Crimes against humanity - new crimes proposed - forced marriage - child abduction and recruitment INDIA Banking - defaulters - debt recovery SINGAPORE Competition law - draft legislation WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Telecommunications - Dispute Settlement Body - report

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 7

Published: April 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Competition law - Microsoft - investigation - remedies and fine UNITED KINGDOM Family law - civil partnerships CAMBODIA Khmer Rouge trials INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - Avevna case (Mexico v USA) UNITED NATIONS Post conflict States - draft penal legislation

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 6

Published: March 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Companies - accounts - statutory audit - proposed directive EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Freedom of movement - EU citizens SERBIA War crimes trial - special court AFRICAN UNION Pan-African Parliament - inauguration BRAZIL Environment - deforestation JAPAN Extradition - human rights - intellectual property UNESCO Cultural property - treaty - entry into force

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 5

Published: March 2004

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM Constitution - reform - draft legislation IRAQ Draft Constitution UNITED STATES Human rights - annual country reports JAPAN Compensation - relief of atomic bomb survivors - Korean national UN HIGH COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Appointment of High Commissioner

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 4

Published: February 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EU Services - general public interest - compensation - regulatory framework ITALY Human rights - Pinto law - European Court of Human Rights - direct applicability of jurisprudence UNITED KINGDOM Constitution - courts - Supreme Court UGANDA Human rights - freedom of expression UNITED STATES Constitution - abortion - Roe v Wade - reconsideration NEW ZEALAND Supreme Court - establishment

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 3

Published: February 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Merger Regulation ITALY Financial markets - regulation - draft legislation RUSSIA Financial law - securities regulation - insider trading AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS Human Rights Court - entry into force of Protocol CENTRAL AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT Draft texts UNITED NATIONS People smuggling - organised crime - addition to UN Treaty

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 2

Published: January 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Internal market - cross-border economic activity - directive - proposal Discrimination - equal pay - men and women - pensions - survivor's pensions - transsexual partner ITALY Judicial immunity legislation - invalidity FRANCE Intellectual property- information technology - Internet law UNITED STATES Detention without trial - secrecy - Supreme Court ruling