OPSI (Office of Public Sector Information) and the Statute Law Database are to be replaced with a new website called legislation.gov.uk. The name is not very catchy, but it seeks to combine two very useful sources of legislation into one easy search engine. It is run by the National Archives on behalf of the HM… Read More »
With The Times deciding to charge for online access, including its well read Law Section, it is quite timely that The Guardian newspaper has created a new law page which looks at legal affairs and developments from around the world. Launched earlier this year the page can be accessed at http://www.guardian.co.uk/law or the link is… Read More »
UNCTAD has published the results of an analysis of activity in 2009. The report, Latest Developments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement, IIA Issues Note No. 1 (2010) (UNCTAD/WEB/DIAE/IA/2010/3), is made freely available as a pdf. The earlier report on BITS 1959-1999 is also available to download free. And just to pick out for special mention two items… Read More »
31 May – 11 June 2010 are the dates for the Review Conference, when state signatories and stake holders (such as NGOs) can take stock of the years since the Rome Statute, and, where considered necessary, decide on amendments to the treaty. The Conference website is waiting to spring into action, although proposals for amendments… Read More »
One Crown Office Row (1COR) has launched UK Human rights Blog, which aims to provide a free legal update service produced by experts that will be accessible not only to students and lawyers, but also to the man in the street. Edited by Adam Wagner, Angus McCullough QC and Rosalind English, it will be updated regularly with… Read More »
The Association had a meeting on March 11 2010, in Washington DC. At the meeting the achievements of Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, and Lady Hale of Richmond (DBE, MA (Cantab), FBA Lord of Appeal in Ordinary since 2004) were honoured. A video – of over an hour’s length – of what they had to say… Read More »
The Collège d’Europe’s online publication EU-China Observer offers a view of the EU from a different perspective, and the opportunity for scholars and practitioners to exchange ideas on EU-China relations. All six issues for 2009 and the first issue of 2010 are now available on the web. The latest issue includes an open letter… Read More »
Baroness Stern has completed her review of the handling of rape complaints by public authorities. It was published yesterday, Monday 15 March, and is available as downloadable pdf The Stern Review from the Government Equalities Office Website. The response from the Judicial Communications Office is Press Release 30/10 You can listen to the Baroness’s interview… Read More »
According to the Council of Europe’s own website “The [ECHR] currently faces a desperate situation. There are more than 100 000 outstanding cases. Ninety percent of the applications to the Court are clearly inadmissible or have no legal basis, which reveals a serious ignorance of the Convention and the Court’s procedures. It also shows that the… Read More »
If you were not among those present in the Middle Temple Hall about 10 nights ago, you may be interested to know that the text of this lecture is now available from the Law Commission’s website. The invited lecturer was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, and her talk was… Read More »
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