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.
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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 2009 Issue 1
Published: January 2009HIGHLIGHTS
LIBERIA
A War Crimes Court for Liberia? Truth and Reconciliation Commission to recommend the establishment of a court to prosecute war crimes
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Illegitimate means for lawful ends? US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review validates the US Government's exercise of the Protect America Act in its investigations of...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 24
Published: December 2008HIGHLIGHTS
RUSSIA
Russia's fight against corruption-Law on Counteracting Corruption 2008
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US District Court dismisses an action against eBay for direct and contributory trademark infringement - Tiffany v eBay
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO Appellate Body delivers ruling in US-Continued Suspension of Obligations in EC-Hormones
UNITED NATIONS
UN General Assembly adopts Optional Protocol to the...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 23
Published: December 2008HIGHLIGHTS
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
(Un)-Freezing the funds of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)
ETHIOPIA
Regulating Charities and Silencing Dissent - the Ethiopian Perspective
INDIA
Indian Parliament reacts to the Mumbai attacks with fresh anti-terrorism legislation
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY)
Prosecutor v Radovan Karadzic-Trial Chamber Decision on the Issue of Immunity...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 22
Published: December 2008HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION / GERMANY
Free movement of capital and Volkswagen-Commission keeps pressure on Germany to modify controversial legislation
IRAN
Family Protection Draft Bill proposed by the Iranian Judiciary three decades after the Islamic Revolution
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Child Soldiers Accountability Act 2008 enters into force
UNHRC / DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Resolution on the deteriorating...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 21
Published: November 2008HIGHLIGHTS
SPAIN
Spanish Supreme Court declares the political parties Basque Nationalist Action (ANV) and the Communist Party of Basque Lands (PCTV) illegal, ordering their dissolution
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
'Too vague for patent protection'-US Federal Circuit rules against business methods patentability (In Re Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw)
PAKISTAN
Targeting 'Cyber Terrorism' in...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 20
Published: November 2008HIGHLIGHTS
RUSSIA
Russian Supreme Court rules on the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Supreme Court rejects 'victim impact' evidence cases
CHINA
New Ordinance pioneers co-operation between Hong Kong and China in respect of commercial claims
WORLD BANK / ICSID
Ioan Micula, Viorel Micula, S.C. European Food S.A, S.C. Starmill S.R.L. and S.C. Multipack...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 19
Published: October 2008HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
'Discrimination by association' in EC law-Case C-303/06, Coleman v Attridge Law
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US Supreme Court limits the scope to prosecute money laundering offences-United States v Santos
ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE
Confronting the issue of slavery for the first time-ECOWAS finds Niger guilty of failing to prevent a...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 18
Published: October 2008HIGHLIGHTS
ISRAEL
Restricting the Supreme Court's powers of review
ECUADOR
Ecuadorians approve new constitution expanding Presidential powers
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
José Ernesto Medellín executed in Texas following Mexico's ICJ petition seeking clarification on the interpretation of its judgment in Avena
INDIA
Indian State Court renders the first criminal conviction on the basis of controversial 'brain scan...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 17
Published: September 2008HIGHLIGHTS
IRAQ
Iraq Parliament approves controversial Provincial Elections Law
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Virginia Supreme Court reverses its own ruling, holding the state's anti-spam law to be unconstitutional
ICSID / WORLD BANK
Arbitral Award rendered in the case of Duke Energy Electroquil Partners & Electroquil S.A. v The Republic of Ecuador
UNITED NATIONS / ILC
International...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 16
Published: September 2008HIGHLIGHTS
CANADA
Access to 'intelligence' for defence purposes and international human rights-(Canada (Justice) v Khadr)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US Supreme Court rules against capital sentences for child rape by a 5-4 majority (Kennedy v Louisiana)
CHINA
New Regulations on China's Death Penalty Procedures
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (IACHR)
First Petition by a Guantánamo Detainee lodged...
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