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 2

Published: January 2005

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Schengen agreement - implementing powers - adjudication between European Council and European Commission THE NETHERLANDS EU Constitutional Treaty referendum - first national referendum in Dutch history UNITED KINGDOM Conflict of laws - 1988 Brussels Protocol - ratification - ECJ jurisdiction over cases under the 1980 Rome Convention CANADA Family law - same sex marriage...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2005 Issue 1

Published: January 2005

HIGHLIGHTS FRANCE Constitutional revision - constitution for Europe ITALY Judicial reform - presidential veto UNITED KINGDOM Human rights - right to liberty - detention without trial - suspected international terrorists CHILE Pinochet - fitness to stand trial CHINA Criminal procedure - trial by jury INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Jurisdiction - use of force cases - legal status of former Yugoslavia WORLD TRADE...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 24

Published: December 2004

HIGHLIGHTS GERMANY Constitution - amendment - referenda - EU draft constitutional treaty SWEDEN EU draft constitution - Parliament to decide on ratification UKRAINE Elections - constitution - reform package ZIMBABWE NGOs - registration - legislation ASEAN International trade - free trade negotiations UNITED NATIONS Institutional reform - panel report WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Antidumping - US Byrd Amendment: WTO authorises retaliation - US urged...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 23

Published: November 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Protection of private life (Art.8) - discrimination (Art.14) - married women's surnames EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Intellectual property - trade marks - identical or similar names ENGLAND AND WALES Legal profession - Queen's Counsel - new system of appointment INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Maritime delimitation - Black Sea - Romania/Ukraine -...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 22

Published: November 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Data protection - sporting databases COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE Intellectual property - trade marks - distinctive shapes ENGLAND AND WALES International law - State immunity - claims of torture by State officials SOUTH AFRICA Customary law - intestate succession - male primogeniture - constitutionality UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Guantanamo Bay detainees - legal status...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 21

Published: November 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Constitutional treaty - signature EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Freedom of movement - minors - right of long term residence - right of non-national parent GERMANY Human rights - ECtHR - whether decisions form precedents for national courts UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND AND WALES Criminal procedure - burden of proof - reverse burden - human rights -...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 20

Published: October 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Companies - corporate governance - independent directors - Recommendation TURKEY EU - accession negotiations - report CAMBODIA Crimes against humanity - genocide - tribunal - legislation - ratification UNITED NATIONS Terrorism - Security Council resolution WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Appellate Body - working procedures - amendment

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 19

Published: October 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION/MERCOSUR Association agreement - EU completed offer to Mercosur THE NETHERLANDS Criminal procedure - convicted persons - DNA testing - draft legislation RUSSIA Environment - Kyoto Protocol - government approval TURKEY Criminal law - penal code - reform - parliamentary approval UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Genocide - deportation of human rights violator WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION Intellectual property -...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 18

Published: September 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION Competition - procedure - cartels FRANCE Family law - divorce - legislation ENGLAND AND WALES Criminal law - murder - partial defences - Law Commission final report SUDAN Human rights violations - genocide - UN resolution TURKEY Penal code - reform - adultery - change of proposals AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Maritime delimitation - treaty ICJ Procedure - practice directions - revision OECD Pension...

Bulletin of Legal Developments: 2004 Issue 17

Published: September 2004

HIGHLIGHTS EUROPEAN UNION Environmental law - implementation - report RUSSIA Money laundering - legislation ARGENTINA Crimes against humanity - time limits - Supreme Court judgment CHILE Immunity - former President - Supreme Court decision INDIA Freedom of information - legislation WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Anti-dumping - Byrd Amendment - subsidies - retaliation measures