New Issue: European Journal of International Relations

The latest issue of the European Journal of International Relations (Vol. 30, no. 1, March 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Jaakko Heiskanen & Paul Beaumon, Reflex to turn: the rise of turn-talk in International Relations
• Alvina Hoffmann, What makes a spokesperson? Delegation and symbolic power in Crimea
• Nicole De Silva & Anne Holthoefer, Hidden figures: how legal experts influence the design of international institutions
• Yehonatan Abramson, Securitizing the nation beyond the state: diasporas as threats, victims, and assets
• Tasniem Anwar, The law and politics of funding armed groups in Syria: how states (fail to) counter terrorism
• Oliver P. Richmond, Sandra Pogodda, & Gëzim Visoka, The international dynamics of counter-peace
• Felix Anderl & Michael Hißen, How trust is lost: the Food Systems Summit 2021 and the delegitimation of UN food governance
• Damian Raess, Disentangling public opposition to Chinese FDI: trade unions, patient capital, and members’ preferences over FDI inflows
• Liane Hartnett, How love orders: an engagement with disciplinary International Relations
• Travis Curtice & Eric Reinhardt, The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Call for Papers: 81st ILA Conference

A call for papers has been issued for the 81st International Law Association Conference, to take place June 25-28, 2024, in Athens and hosted by the ILA's Hellenic Branch. The theme is: "International Law in a Fluid World/Le droit international dans un monde en mouvement." The call is here.

Inaugural Issue: Chinese Journal of Transnational Law

The inaugural issue of the Chinese Journal of Transnational Law (Vol. 1, no. 1, March 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Ignacio de la Rasilla, Who is Afraid of Transnational Law Journals? An Editorial
• Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Consensus and Compulsion: The Extra-territorial Effect of Chinese Judicial and Specially-Invited Mediation in Common Law Countries
• Ilias Bantekas, Procedural Estoppel in International Commercial Arbitration Proceedings
• Xiangzhuang Sun, The China International Commercial Court: Establishment and Development in a Global Context
• Zhen Chen, Consumer Jurisdiction and Choice of Law Rules in European and Chinese Private International Law

Lecture: Nouwen on "Intra-State Peace Agreements – Prose, Poetry, Legal Instrument?"

Tomorrow, March 13, 2024, from 6-7 pm CET, Sarah Nouwen (EUI/Cambridge) will given the inaugural lecture of the TuLaw - Tübingen Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: "Intra-State Peace Agreements – Prose, Poetry, Legal Instrument?" Please send an email to: jessica.oheim@student.uni-tuebingen.de to register. The Zoom link and login data will be sent to those registered ahead of the event.

Lecture: Kennedy and Koskenniemi on "Of Law and the World"

On the March 11, 2024, David Kennedy (Harvard Univ.) and Martti Koskenniemi (Academy of Finland) will deliver a lecture (on zoom) as the inaugural Wuhan University School of Law Global Law Distinguished Lecture Series, with the participation of Ignacio de la Rasilla (Wuhan Univ.), Qu Wensheng (East China Univ. of Political Science and Law), Jiangyu Wang (Hong Kong City Univ.), Ryan Martinez Mitchell (Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong), and Maria Carrai (NYU-Shanghai). The topic is: "Of Law and the World." Details are here.

Call for Papers: Double Standards and International Law

The Berlin Potsdam Research Group "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" has issued a call for papers for a workshop on "Double Standards and International Law," to take place July 15-16, 2024, at the Freie Universität Berlin. The call is here.

Call for Panel Proposals: International Law Weekend 2024

The American Branch of the International Law Association has issued a call for panel proposals for International Law Weekend 2024, which will take place in New York City on October 24-26. The theme is "Powerless Law or Law for the Powerless?" The call is here. The deadline is April 15, 2024.