international law

So last year

Jonathan Mitchell
February 01, 2010 00:20

Answers to last month's quiz below. Nobody got more than one question right, so rather than embarrass my loyal readership I am awarding myself the prize in terms of Rule 5. 1. Which published Court of Session opinion was removed from the Scotcourts website at the request of one party because its...

My Vote for R. v. Hape as a Significant Legal Case of the Decade

January 25, 2010 21:40

Case considered: R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26 When the R. v. Hape case was released at the Supreme Court of Canada, there was some negative reaction in the legal community, but its real significance did not become apparent until recently. In particular, it has become very significant in the litigation...

Review of the year

Jonathan Mitchell
December 17, 2009 14:40

Well, I’m knocking off until the New Year. For those among my loyal readers who can’t keep away from the law over the break, I offer a prize of a bottle of the Faculty of Advocates finest Reading Room Claret to the best set of answers to this quiz on outré legal events of the [...]

New Resources on Statelessness

October 31, 2009 15:03

The latest issue of The Researcher (vol. 4, no. 3, Oct. 2009) leads with an article entitled "Statelessness: An Overview of the Legal Issues." It provides a general overview of the issue, and ends with a discussion of the types of statelessness cases that could arise in Ireland.Also newly...

Legal Items on SSRN

October 29, 2009 14:01

The following are legal-related working papers or journal article eprints posted on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). The aim of the network is to promote the early and rapid dissemination of social science research results. Interested authors can read more on how to submit a paper to...