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 2008 Issue 15

Published: August 2008

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM Joint Committee on Human Rights Publishes Report Supporting the Adoption of a 'UK Bill of Rights and Freedoms': BOTSWANA State regulation of the media? Publication of the 'Media Practitioners Bill' sparks protests: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Supreme Court extends constitutional habeas corpus privileges to Guantánamo detainees, deeming the military tribunal system inadequate...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 14

Published: July 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Annulment of Council decision supporting moratorium on arms and weapons in West Africa-Case C-91/05, Commission v Council: ITALY 'Lex Berlusconi' allows high-ranking state officials to focus purely on the work of Government: PAKISTAN Supreme Court ruling published confirming the legality of Pakistan's State of Emergency: INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Djibouti v France-Convention...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 13

Published: July 2008

HIGHLIGHTS ITALY Corte Suprema di Cassazione adopts a different take on the scope of state immunity ISRAEL Supreme Court reasserts that 'unlawful combatants' are a sub-category of 'civilians' for the purposes of international humanitarian law UNHRC Protect Respect and Remedy: A Framework for Business and Human Rights TREATIES Convention on Cluster Munitions EDITOR Noreen O'Meara (BIICL) CONTRIBUTORS Björn Baade (Freie Universität...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 12

Published: June 2008

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM Immunity from prosecution and the Refugee Convention - House of Lords adopts a purposive interpretation to Article 31, ruling that refugees can rely on its immunity provisions when leaving a safe transit country. SIERRA LEONE Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) rules that forced marriages are distinct crimes against humanity. JAPAN Japan's...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 11

Published: June 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Council of Ministers agrees new package of anti-terrorism measures, amending the Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism. CANADA B.C. Supreme Court rules that a 'Safe Injection Site' can operate outside federal law to guarantee users' rights under Charter of Rights and Freedoms. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Victims of South African apartheid regime cleared...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments 2008 Issue 10

Published: May 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION 'Union for the Mediterranean' ready for launch but far removed from Sarkozy's original vision SOUTH AFRICA Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa rules evidence obtained through torture inadmissible-Bongani Mthembu v The State UNITED NATIONS/UNHRC Developments at the UN Human Rights Council's seventh regular session WORLD BANK/ICSID The Rompetrol Group NV v Romania (ICSID...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 9

Published: May 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Tackling obstacles to damages actions by individuals-White Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Supreme Court rules in favour of the constitutionality of lethal injection, but fractured opinions highlight divisions on death penalty-Baze v Rees JAPAN The Constitutionality of the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 8

Published: April 2008

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 BANGLADESH Tackling Corruption in Bangladesh-Interim Government proposes the establishment of a Truth and Accountability Commission UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Supreme Court rules that neither an ICJ decision nor a presidential memorandum constitute, of their own force, binding federal law that can displace the State's limitations...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 7

Published: April 2008

HIGHLIGHTS UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND AND WALES Northern Rock-the right decision at the right time? INDONESIA Former President Suharto and heirs cleared of corruption, SF ordered to repay missing funds UNCITRAL Adoption of the Draft Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea UNITED NATIONS/IRAN UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1803 EDITOR Noreen O'Meara (BIICL) CONTRIBUTORS Adineh...

Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2008 Issue 6

Published: March 2008

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ECJ rules that the designation 'Parmesan' is reserved exclusively to producers in the Italian region of Parma, who produce cheese according to a mandatory specification CHILE The Adoption of ILO 169 on Indigenous Rights WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION EU and US file a case against China at the WTO concerning the...