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 International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 19
Published: October 2007HIGHLIGHTS
GERMANY
Zundel saga concludes as the Federal Court of Justice upholds conviction for Holocaust denial
UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND AND WALES
Associated Newspapers Limited v Keith Burstein-Court of Appeal reconsiders the defence of 'fair comment' in the context of press critic reviews
WORLD BANK/ICSID
CMS Gas Transmission Company v Argentine Republic (Annulment Decision)
TREATIES/ICCPR
UN Human Rights Committee...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 18
Published: October 2007HIGHLIGHTS
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Microsoft Corp v Commission of the European Communities-CFI upholds 2004 Commission finding against Microsoft for abuse of dominance
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IRAN
Inflaming the US-Iran relationship? Peterson v Islamic Republic of Iran
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Brazil Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres (WT/DS 332)
ICCPR
UN Human Rights Committee issues...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 17
Published: September 2007HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN UNION
Regulation (EC) 864/2007 (Rome II)-law applicable to non-contractual obligations
MAURITANIA
Adoption of new legislation to criminalize slavery
PHILIPPINES
Former President is convicted of a criminal offence for the first time in Philippines' history
UNITED NATIONS
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: triumph or premature truce?
CONTRIBUTORS
Noreen O'Meara (Editor) (BIICL)
Mihaela Carpus-Carcea (University of Birmingham,...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 16
Published: September 2007HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
The notion of 'victim' in criminal legal proceedings-case C-467/05, Dell'Orto
VENEZUELA
Wide-ranging constitutional reforms to radically enhance presidential powers
CHINA
The Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law is formally adopted-a new beginning for the competition law legislative framework
UN / LEBANON
Special Tribunal for Lebanon to investigate political assassinations
CONTRIBUTORS
Noreen O'Meara (Editor) (BIICL)
Jessica Hua Su (Queen...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 15
Published: August 2007HIGHLIGHTS
EGYPT
Legislation to impose a permanent ban on female genital mutilation
SUDAN
As the UN Human Rights Committee rebukes Sudan for egregious human rights violations, the UN Security Council passes Resolution 1769 to take immediate action in Darfur
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US Federal Court outlines standards for arbitrator conflicts of interest
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 14
Published: July 2007HIGHLIGHTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
President Bush compels the CIA to comply with the Geneva Conventions
CHINA
Proposed Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law receives second parliamentary reading
UN / KOSOVO
UN Security Council drops a resolution on the independence of Kosovo
WORLD BANK / ICSID
Enron Corporation Ponderosa Assets, LP v Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No ARB/01/3-casenote and comment
CONTRIBUTORS
Noreen...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 13
Published: July 2007HIGHLIGHTS
BELGIUM
Belgian war crimes trial concludes with the conviction of Bernard Ntuyahaga for the murder of 10 UN peacekeepers during the 1994 Rwandan genocide
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
Dubai introduces comprehensive data protection legislation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
President Bush vetoes the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Bill 2007
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)
ICTR...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 12
Published: June 2007HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
C-342/05, Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Finland
SIERRA LEONE
SCSL delivers its first judgment-Prosecutor v Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara and Santigie Borbor Kanu
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Permanent Mission of India to the UN et al v City of New York-foreign sovereign immunity trumped by...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 11
Published: June 2007HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN UNION
Council of Ministers agrees on the incorporation of the 'Prüm' Treaty into EU legislation
ARGENTINA
Supreme Court precedent awards compensation for the murder of an unborn child during the military dictatorship
CHINA
The impact of China's new M&A Rules and Notification Guidelines
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Case Concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2007 Issue 10
Published: May 2007HIGHLIGHTS
IRELAND
High Court rules on a teenager's right to leave care for the purposes of having an abortion abroad
MALAWI
Mandatory death sentence for murder held unconstitutional by High Court of Malawi-Kafantayeni v Attorney General, Constitutional Case No 12 of 2005 [2007] MWHC 1 (27 April 2007)
ECUADOR
Truth Commission to investigate past human...
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