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.

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.

 
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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...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 24

Published: December 2007

HIGHLIGHTS SAUDI ARABIA Rape victim's sentence doubled following media comments JAPAN Constitutional law reform results in new procedures for amending the Constitution INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT The Prosecutor v Germain Katanga (ICC-01/04-01/07) INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ICJ begins its deliberations in a territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia CONTRIBUTORS Noreen O'Meara (Editor) (BIICL) Professor Souichirou Kozuka (Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan) Andrew Otchie Kasit...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 23

Published: December 2007

HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH AFRICA Van Zyl v Government of RSA-Supreme Court of Appeal dismisses Swissbourgh diamond claims, leading to threats of related legal action in the UK CANADA US military deserters denied refugee status by Canada INDIA / UN The UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) ASEAN ASEAN Charter agreed by Member States EDITOR Noreen O'Meara (BIICL) CONTRIBUTORS Kristin Hausler...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 22

Published: November 2007

HIGHLIGHTS GERMANY Constitutional Court rejects defence of economic necessity in civil proceedings against Argentina UNITED STATES OF AMERICA US Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of lethal injections as a method of execution SINGAPORE The Permanent Court of Arbitration agrees to establish a branch in Singapore INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Case Concerning Territorial and Maritime Dispute...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 21

Published: November 2007

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Corporate liability under the Alien Tort Claims Act-Khulumani v Barclay National Bank, Ltd., Ntsebeza v Daimler Chrysler Corp CHINA Reform of the Chinese Law on Lawyers PHILIPPINES Former President Joseph Estrada receives a presidential pardon after being sentenced to life imprisonment ICTY Appeals Chamber upholds the Trial Chamber judgment in Prosecutor v...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 20

Published: November 2007

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND AND WALES Court of Appeal rules that a libel action is not a 'civil and commercial matter' for the purposes of the Judgments Regulation RWANDA Government launches new inquiry into the assassination of former President Habyarimana SOUTH AFRICA Constitutional Court rules in favour of students' rights to wear a symbol reflective of...

 
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