In this blogpost, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the viability of international law, most lately in the context of the US use of force against Venezuela.
Blog goes to school. Happy festive season!
End of the year message
Is litigation driving a “financial” precautionary principle?
In this post, Dr Andreas Georgiou discusses the idea of a precautionary principle in financial law with reference to selected CJEU cases.
The India-Israel Axis: Allies in Control
In this blogpost, Arbaz Muzaffer Padroo discusses India’s’ policies in Kashmir in the context of Israel’s policies in Palestine.
Call for papers: Bridging Jurisdictions: Rethinking Commercial Conflicts of Laws 10 Years After Brexit
A conference organised by Dr Georgia Antonopoulou (University of Birmingham) and Dr Ekaterina Pannebakker (Leiden University)
Ukraine and third State reparation
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses whether States assisting Ukraine in its war against Russia are legally entitled to recover the cost of that assistance from Russia.
Ability capitalism and welfare cuts: how disability operates as a technology of market governance
In this post, Dr Clare Williams examines challenges posed by disability in the context of welfare cuts and market governance.
Judicial fabrication, judicial opportunism, or both? The ICJ’s Azerbaijan v Armenia jurisdictional decision one year on
One year after the International Court’s Azerbaijan v Armenia jurisdictional decision, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili assesses the merit and flaws of that decision.
The concept of blame in NHS patient safety
John Tingle, Associate Professor, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham discusses the concept of blame in relation to NHS patient safety
From Hostile Environment to Hostile Nation: False Regret and Lessons Unlearnt from the Windrush Scandal
In this post, Dr Shahab Saqib assesses modern immigration policy proposals in the light of developments form the Windrush scandal onwards.