Aims & Scope

Outline of the Parts

EDITORIAL
The Taricco Affair: A Dialogue Between the Deaf and the Dumb. A Proposal to Strengthen Cooperation Between the ECJ and National Courts, Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo.

PART 1: ARTICLES
"External Stakeholder Benevolence": An Emerging Paradigm in International Criminal Justice? - Critical Reflections on the Paris Declaration 2017 and the Oslo Recommendations 2018 on the Efficiency and Legitimacy of International Courts, Michael Bohlander.

How to Reconcile Human Rights, Trade Law, Intellectual Property, Investment and Health Law? WTO Dispute Settlement Panel Upholds Australia's Plain Packaging Regulations of Tobacco Products, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann.

The Citizen and the State: A Paradoxical Relation, Chris Thornhill.

PART 2: NOTES AND COMMENTS
Statehood and Recognition in International Law: A Post-Colonial Invention, Jean d'Aspremont.

Misdiagnosing the Human Rights Malaise: Possible Lessons from the Danish Chairmanship of the Council of Europe, Jacques Hartmann.

Article 103 of the UN Charter and Security Council Authorizations, Robert Kolb.

Under Construction: the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (EMFTA), Francesco Seatzu.

PART 3: IN FOCUS - GLOBAL POLICIES AND LAW
Demilitarizing Palestine. A Flawed Legal Approach To Middle East Peace, Louis René Beres.

Illiberal versus Liberal State Branding and Public International Law: Denmark and the Approximation to Human(itarian) Rightlessness, Anja Matwijkiw & Bronik Matwijkiw.

A Constitutional-Driven Change of Heart ISP Liability, AI and the Digital Single Market, Oreste Pollicino & Giovanni De Gregorio.

Appendix of the Part - Topics Covered in the Previous Issues (2008-2017)

PART 4: FORUM - JURISPRUDENTIAL CROSS-FERTILIZATION: AN ANNUAL OVERVIEW
I. Introductory Module - MISSION AND CONCEPTS
I.1 The Continuity of Jurisprudential Cross-Fertilization in the Case-Law of International Tribunals in Their Common Mission of Realization of Justice, Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade.
II. Module - CRIMINAL LAW - The Relationship Between International Criminal Tribunals and Their Relationship with the ICJ or Another International Court or Arbitral Tribunal
II.1The ICC Appeals Chamber's Judgment in The Prosecutor v. Bemba at al. – A Reminder of the Often Overlooked Value of International Jurisprudence Concerning Offences Against the Administration of Justice, Anda Scarlat.
III. Module - HUMAN RIGHTS LAW - The Relationship Between Courts of Human Rights and Their Relationship with the ICJ or Another International Court or Arbitral Tribunal
III.1 Reparations for Victims of Mass Atrocities: Actual and Potential Contributions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to the International Criminal Court, Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo.
IV. Module - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, LAW OF THE SEA, GLOBAL COMMONS LAW - The Relationship Between the ITLOS and the ICJ or Another International Court or Arbitral Tribunal
IV.1 Collective Reparations as a Partial Remedy for State-Perpetrated Blanket Violations of the Rights of Targeted Child Asylum Seeker Groups, Sonja C. Grover.

PART 5: DECISIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS IN 2017
I. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
I.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, John G. Merrills.
I.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
II. INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA
II.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Tullio Treves.
II.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
III. WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM
III.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Joanna Gomula.
III.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
IV. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
IV.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops.
IV.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
IV.2.1 SITUATION IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE
IV.2.2 SITUATION IN THE DARFUR
IV.2.3 SITUATION IN MALI
IV.2.4 SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
IV.2.5 SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI
V. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
V.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Rafael Nieto-Navia.
V.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
VI. COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
VI.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Antonio Tizzano.
VI.2 GENERAL COURT
VI.2.1 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
VI.3 COURT OF JUSTICE
VI.3.1 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
VII. EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VII.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Guido Raimondi.
VII.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
VIII. INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VIII.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot.
VIII.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
IX. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES
IX.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, August Reinisch.
IX.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW
X. PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION
X.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE, Diego Mejía-Lemos.
X.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

PART 6: RECENT LINES OF INTERNATIONALIST THOUGHT
Enhancing the Globe's Governance, Struggling with Research and Politics, Thomas G. Weiss.