Environmental law and animal law share many common elements and goals, but also exhibit many fundamental differences. Generally, conversations about the two are primarily concerned with what animal law can... en savoir plus →
This article critically evaluates the 2015 Paris Agreement, highlighting the almost dichotomous responses it received from the mainstream press as compared to the climate justice movement. This article foregrounds that... en savoir plus →
This article presents a new genealogy of modern property rights that cannot be overridden either by the narrative that links the exclusive right of use to the progression of individual... en savoir plus →
The territory to which the State of Israel had a title as a newly-created state corresponded to the areas allotted to Jews by the provisions of the resolution 181(II)... en savoir plus →
This article examines two recent landmark cases in Guatemala. The first one is the 2013 Rios Montt genocide case, which led to one of the first convictions of a... en savoir plus →
An Arab human rights system remains relatively underdeveloped to this day. On September 7th 2014, the League of Arab States approved the Statute of the Arab Court of Human... en savoir plus →
Abstract The International Law of the Sea by Yoshifumi Tanaka was first published in 2012. Its second edition, that comes up with a complete revision of cases and rules, has... en savoir plus →
Abstract Professor Brown Weiss’ latest book, International Law for a Water-Scarce World, is a timely attempt to comprehensively address the international law rules and policy concerning water – an area... en savoir plus →
Abstract Covering the democratic upswell in the Middle East from 2011 – 2014, Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat is a political study of societies in transition.... en savoir plus →
Abstract Since 2014, the USA stands accused of engaging in espionage against Germany, a NATO partner and supposedly close ally. Many, though by no means all of these allegations became... en savoir plus →
Abstract Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni is a well-known name in the international legal community. He has been termed the “Godfather of International Criminal Law” and a “war crimes expert” by the... en savoir plus →
Abstract The historiography of international law, as most of us have learnt it, has been presented as a narrative that progressively found its consecration in the State, as developed through... en savoir plus →
Abstract International law is in constant expansion and seeks to regulate matters in a variety of fields, such as human rights, investment, trade, international criminality and regional economic integration. The... en savoir plus →
Abstract This paper examines the concept of transitional justice and makes the argument that transitional justice contexts would benefit from embracing a wider range of mechanisms. It uses the International... en savoir plus →
Abstract Since it has originated in its contemporary state in the XIXth century, the international law applicable to freshwater resources has expanded to embody the diversification of water-related activities. Its... en savoir plus →
