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.
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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 Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 22
Published: November 2005EUROPE
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Ban on wearing the Islamic headscarf upheld - no violation of Articles 8, 9,10, or 14 ECHR:
In a judgment that could have significant implications for authorities rules on the wearing of religious symbols at schools and universities, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that...
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 21
Published: November 2005EUROPE
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
ECJ upholds "Feta" as a protected designation of origin for Greece
Affirming the opinion of Advocate General D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, the Court of Justice has held that the name "feta" is legitimately a protected designation of origin (PDO) for white cheese soaked in brine, originating from Greece....
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 20
Published: October 2005HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Right to free elections (Article 3, Protocol 1) - prisoners' right to vote
UNITED KINGDOM
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - test case - deportation to Zimbabwe blocked - "well-founded fear of persecution"
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Human rights court ruling rejected by Government
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"Intelligent design" lawsuit
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 19
Published: October 2005HIGHLIGHTS
BELGIUM
Public international law - universal jurisdiction - international arrest warrant issued
SPAIN
Trial concerning 9/11 attacks - convictions for "complicity" result in lower sentences
SUDAN
Interim Legislative Council inaugurated for South Sudan
CANADA
Supreme Court allows British Columbia's lawsuit against tobacco industry to proceed
SOUTH KOREA
South Korea to repatriate prisoners to North Korea
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 18
Published: September 2005HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
New European Community power to require Member States to impose criminal sanctions for environmental protection
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Constitutional treaty - work begins on reviving the treaty
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
California legislature first in US to legalize same-sex marriage
JAPAN
Election law - limitation of voting rights of residents overseas - void...
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 17
Published: September 2005HIGHLIGHTS
GERMANY
Constitutional Court rules that general election can proceed
UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND AND WALES
Competition law - first full reversal of an Office of Fair Trading infringement decision - Attheraces media rights agreement
ZIMBABWE
Constitutional amendment bill passed
CANADA
Judicial extension of "adultery" to include same-sex affairs
PHILIPPINES
Presidential impeachment charges - rejected by congressional committee report - findings...
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 16
Published: August 2005HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN UNION
New Electronic Waste Directive comes into force
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bush signs energy bill into law
INDIA
Policy adopted to shoot down hijacked planes
INDONESIA
Peace deal signed between Government and Aceh rebels
JAPAN
PM dissolves Parliament
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 15
Published: August 2005HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN UNION
Ban on tobacco advertising
IRAQ
First formal charge brought against Saddam Hussein
CANADA
Same-sex marriage legalized
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bush names Supreme Court nominee
RWANDA/UGANDA
Extradition Treaty
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 14
Published: July 2005HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
IP - registration of trademark - "Have a Break" - acquisition of distinctive character
SLOVAKIA
Constitutional treaty - Constitutional Court halts ratification process
CHILE
New paternity law
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Contempt of court - CIA leak scandal - journalist imprisoned
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Judgment issued in border dispute between Niger and Benin
Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 13
Published: July 2005EUROPE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
2004 Annual Report on Competition Policy:
Competition regulation had a seminal year in 2004, with the entry into force of the Modernisation Regulation 1/2003 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002), its various implementing measures, and with an overhaul of the merger rules in a Regulation and...
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