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Hague Academy: Centenary Celebrations on 24-26 May 2023
Today the Hague Academy of International Law begins its celebrations to mark its centenary.
As indicated on its website: “Tirelessly since 1923, the Academy works, in The Hague, rightly named the International City of Peace and Justice, on “the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law”, to take the words of the United Nations General Assembly. After 100 years, it is time to make a short pause, at the occasion of a Solemn Sitting on 24 May, and look at what has been, what is, and also what, beyond the Centenary, must be accomplished by the Academy.”
There are two main events organised: Read more
Trade, Law and Development: Call for Submissions
Posted at the request of Shiva Patil, Technical Editor at Trade, Law and Development.
Trade, Law and Development
Call for Submissions
Special Issue
“Sustainability and Inclusivity: Evolving Paradigms of the Global Economy”
Founded in 2009, the philosophy of Trade, Law and Development (TL&D) has been to generate and sustain a constructive and democratic debate on emergent issues in international economic law and to serve as a forum for the discussion and distribution of ideas. Towards these ends, the Journal has published works by noted scholars such as the WTO DDG Yonov F. Agah, Dr. (Prof.) Ernst Ulrich Petersmann, Prof. Steve Charnovitz, Prof. Petros Mavroidis, Prof. Mitsuo Matsuhita, Prof. Raj Bhala, Prof. Joel Trachtman, Dr. (Prof.) Gabrielle Marceau, Prof. Simon Lester, Prof. Bryan Mercurio, and Prof. M. Sornarajah among others. TL&D also has the distinction of being ranked the best journal in India across all fields of law for several years by Washington and Lee University, School of Law.
Pursuant to this philosophy, the Board of Editors of TL&D is pleased to announce “Sustainability and Inclusivity: Evolving Paradigms of the Global Economy” as the theme for its next Special Issue.
Out Now: Briggs, Private International Law in English Courts, 2nd edition
In 2014, Adrian Briggs published his own comprehensive account of English Private International Law, taking stock of centuries of English case law and decades of growing European influence. Other than the author’s unique ability to present even the most complex concepts with both clarity and style, the book’s strongest selling point arguably was his conscious decision to put the European instruments at the front and centre of the book, presenting English private international law as the hybrid system that it had long become. As Adrian Briggs later admitted, though, the timing of this project could be described as sub-optimal.
Indeed, in light of the UK’s subsequent departure from the EU and the resulting ‘realignment of the planets’, the second edition required changes that went far beyond a mere update. While some parts of the first edition that engaged with European sources and materials could be preserved as historical background (see, eg, pp. 18-21; 123) or even as descriptions of what has now become ‘retained EU law’ (mainly the Rome I and II Regulations, and with important caveats), other parts had to be rewritten almost entirely. This is most notable in the chapter on Jurisdiction (ch. 3), which according to the author, is now subject to ‘a corpus iuris which is a shambles’, ‘a mess in urgent need of reform’ (p. 129).