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: 2006 Issue 13
Published: July 2006HIGHLIGHTS
UNITED KINGDOM
Jones v. Ministry of Interior Al-Mamlaka Al-Arabiya AS Saudiya (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and others
AFRICAN UNION
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
ISRAEL
Supreme Court orders re-routing of West Bank security barrier near Qalquiya
SOUTH KOREA
Constitutional Court rules aspects of recently enacted press laws are unconstitutional
EDITOR
Noreen O'Meara (BIICL)
CONTRIBUTORS
Petra Artner (BIICL)
Noreen...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 12
Published: June 2006HIGHLIGHTS
ITALY
Constitutional amendment package rejected in controversial referendum
IRAN
Current developments in Iran's nuclear enrichment programme negotiations
PHILIPPINES
Parliament votes to repeal capital punishment legislation
UNITED NATIONS
Inaugural meeting of UN Human Rights Council
TREATIES
The entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention Against Torture
CONTRIBUTORS
Eleanor Byrne Rosengren (BIICL)
Ben Gastel (Vanderbilt University, USA); (BIICL)
Noreen...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 11
Published: June 2006HIGHLIGHTS
SWEDEN
Riksdag adopts agreement with Special Court for Sierra Leone
JORDAN
Editors convicted for publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Supreme Court rules that government whistleblowers are entitled to limited First Amendment rights - Garcetti v Ceballos
AUSTRALIA
ALRC proposes amendments to "vague" sedition law
WORLD BANK / ICSID
Salini Costruttori S.p.A and...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 10
Published: May 2006HIGHLIGHTS
BULGARIA / ROMANIA
European Commission postpones decision on EU accession date
GIBRALTAR
Gibraltar Data Protection Ordinance 2004 - new data protection legislation enters into force
VIETNAM / WTO
Vietnam's WTO accession negotiations enter final phase with final bilateral agreement on market access
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
US-Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins ("Zeroing") - Appellate...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 9
Published: May 2006HIGHLIGHTS
GUYANA
Entry into force of the Amerindian Act 2006 - recognition and protection of Amerindian rights guaranteed
CHINA
China's board reforms - convergence or continuing divergence?
JAPAN
Self Defence Force activities in Iraq - class action alleging illegality of operations inadmissible
UNITED NATIONS
UN Human Rights Council elects its membership
EDITOR
Noreen O'Meara (BIICL)
CONTRIBUTORS
Petra Artner (BIICL)
Souichirou Kozuka (Sophia...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 8
Published: April 2006HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Commission proposes criminal sanctions to combat intellectual property offences
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules that a Los Angeles homelessness ordinance violates the Eighth Amendment
BARBADOS / TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNCLOS Tribunal determines maritime boundary dispute between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO Appellate...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 7
Published: April 2006HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION / MICROSOFT
Stop Micro-managing the European economy - European judges have a unique opportunity to free dominant companies from Über-regulation
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
Electoral law - citizenship - rights to vote in European Parliamentary elections
NAMIBIA
Controversial provisions of children's rights bill under fire from NGOs
SIERRA LEONE
Former President Charles Taylor detained...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 6
Published: March 20062006 Issue No 06
HIGHLIGHTS
LITHUANIA
Nazi war crimes trial ends with the conviction of Lithuanian Nazi collaborator
UNITED KINGDOM
Arbitration - public international law - The Republic of Ecuador v. Occidental Exploration and Production Co
ZIMBABWE
Anti-terrorism and interception of communications legislation proposed by Government
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Lobbying reform bill passed in Senate vote
CHINA
Sales of...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 5
Published: March 2006HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights of a woman to implant fertilized embryos without former partner's consent - Articles 2, 8, 14 ECHR
IRELAND
Supreme Court rules that Parliamentary Committee with powers to impeach a judge is constitutional
CANADA
Supreme Court upholds religious freedom
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Federal extortion and racketeering laws cannot be used...
Bulletin of International Legal Developments: 2006 Issue 4
Published: February 2006HIGHLIGHTS
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
EC has exclusive competence to conclude new Lugano Convention
GERMANY
Aviation Security Act struck down by Constitutional Court
AUSTRALIA
ALRC recommends evidence law reform
CHINA
First set of HIV/AIDS legislation enters into force
UNITED NATIONS
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - talk on Counter-Terrorism Measures - publication of UN report on Guantánamo Bay
CONTRIBUTORS
Noreen...
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