The Bulletin of International Legal Developments

The Bulletin of International Legal Developments (BILD) has been discontinued as of July 2009. The BILD archive will still be available to members.

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.


Access BILD Issues Online

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: 2002 Issue 18

Published: September 2002

HIGHLIGHTS KENYA: Constitutional review SOUTH AFRICA: Criminal procedure - report EC: Community patent court ICJ: Revision of judgment - request

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 17

Published: September 2002

HIGHLIGHTS ICJ: Cameroon/Nigeria - agreement - sovereignty dispute ISRAEL: Expulsion - relatives of terrorist suspect - Supreme Court decision ECHR: Art.8 - covert surveillance WTO: Foreign sales corporations - award - Countermeasures

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 16

Published: August 2002

HIGHLIGHTS AUSTRALIA: Tobacco litigation US: "Hague Invasion Act" JAPAN: Terrorist financing - legislation WHO/WTO Trade rules - public health - study

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 15

Published: August 2002

HIGHLIGHTS ENGLAND & WALES: Extradition - human rights - fugitive offender UNITED STATES: terrorist detainees - access to US courts ECHR: Right to respect for private and family life (Art.8) - right to marry and family (Art.12) - transsexuals WTO: Byrd Amendment - anti-dumping distribution of duties - Canada/US dispute

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 14

Published: July 2002

HIGHLIGHTS NETHERLANDS: Companies - acquisition - costs - whether tax deductible SIERRA LEONE: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Inauguration ARGENTINA: New statute on political parties' funding ICJ: Jurisdiction (DRC v Rwanda)

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 13

Published: July 2002

HIGHLIGHTS BELGIUM/FRANCE: Cross-border cooperation accord ENGLAND AND WALES: enforcement of judgments - public policy - human rights ECJ: Trademarks - distinctive character ICC: Rome Statute - entry into force

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 12

Published: June 2002

HIGHLIGHTS YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia - Montenegro - restructuring of agreement SOUTH AFRICA: arrest - use of deadly force ARGENTINA: emergency legislation ICJ: Human rights - humanitarian law - (DRC v. Congo)

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 11

Published: June 2002

HIGHLIGHTS ENGLAND AND WALES: Negligence - asbestos exposure - causation TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: human rights - criminal procedure - reasons for conviction 126 EC: Convention on the Future of Europe ECHR: Life sentences - tariffs - role of Home Secretary

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 10

Published: May 2002

HIGHLIGHTS UK: Conflict of laws - sovereign immunity - expropriation CHILE: Electronic signatures - legislation CFI: EU courts - individual access - Charter of Fundamental Rights UN: War crimes tribunals - judges - nationality rules

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2002 Issue 9

Published: May 2002

HIGHLIGHTS UK: Human rights - Zimbabwe - restrictive measures ARGENTINA: Economic crisis - interim legislation EU: Non-contractual obligations - harmonisation - proposal - Rome II ECHR: Right to die