These remarks delivered at the 2008 ASIL meeting, critique the notion of progress as it is deployed in discussion of international law. Drawing on human rights and environmental law, this brief essay describes the disconnect between progress in enacting international law and progress in...

The paper examines the legality under international law of the EU's trade agreements covering occupied territories by focusing on two case-studies: Palestine and Western Sahara. Two main questions will be examined: first, is the EU's practice in conformity with its obligations under...

The paper examines the legality under international law of the EU's trade agreements covering occupied territories by focusing on two case-studies: Palestine and Western Sahara. Two main questions will be examined: first, is the EU's practice in conformity with its obligations under...

The Cyprus conflict, one of the most endurable political deadlocks in the region that features pivotal international legal elements, serves as a platform of evaluation for Reisman's and Willard's 'incidents'-based approach to international law

The chapter “Applicable Law” of the International Law Association’s Guidelines on Intellectual Property and Private International Law (“Kyoto Guidelines”) provides principles on the choice of law in international intellectual property matters. The Guidelines confirm the traditional...

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have become an essential legal instrument in international investment law for economic growth and development. BITs and multilateral investment treaties encourage foreign direct investment by providing legal protection to investors of the “home” state,...

The great challenges of our time – such climate change/environmental protection, the preservation of basic human rights, the speedy response to regional/civil war conflicts – require powerful and effective answers from international law. Also at the national level, the international...

In their majority, public international lawyers postulate that for a new rule of customary law to originate, two conditions must be fulfilled: there must be consistent practice, and it must be shown that this practice is motivated by the belief that such behaviour is required in law. Maurice...