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 5
Published: March 2008HIGHLIGHTS
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 2008HIGHLIGHTS
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 2008HIGHLIGHTS
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 2008HIGHLIGHTS
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 2008HIGHLIGHTS
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 2007HIGHLIGHTS
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 2007HIGHLIGHTS
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 2007HIGHLIGHTS
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 2007HIGHLIGHTS
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 2007HIGHLIGHTS
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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