Sunday, December 10, 2023

New Volume: Polish Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Polish Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 42, 2022) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Section: The War in Ukraine
    • Anna Wyrozumska, The Russian “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine before International Courts
    • Jerzy Kranz, Russian Crimes in Ukraine: Between Guilt and Responsibility
    • Anastasiia Vorobiova, The “Lessons of Nuremberg”: Their Use and Abuse in the Current Russia-Ukraine War
    • Tiina Pajuste & Julia Vassileva, Inclusion of Women in the Ukrainian Peace Process – Can International Law Play a Bigger Role in Ensuring Inclusion?
    • Dominika Pietkun, The European Commission Filing Gaps in the FDI Screening Regulation in the Face of the War in Ukraine
    • Aleksander Gubrynowicz, At the Crossroads of International Criminal Law, the Montreal Convention, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: Some Remarks on the Interpretation of International Law by the Hague District Court in the MH-17 Judgments and Their Potential Legacies
  • General Articles
    • Małgosia Fitzmaurice, Human Right to Clean Environment and the Rights of Nature in the Anthropocene
    • Joanna Markiewicz-Stanny, Age Assessment: Polish Practice and International Standards
    • Peter Hilpold & Julia Waibl, The Poet, the Law and the Protection of Individual Rights: An EU Reform Proposal from Literature
    • Łukasz Gruszczyński & Réka Friedery, The Populist Challenge of Common EU Policies: The Case of (Im)migration (2015-2018)
    • Izabela Jędrzejowska-Schiffauer, Łukasz Szoszkiewicz, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing, Katharine Booth, Pauline Barraud de Lagerie, & Beata Faracik, Towards EU-wide Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence for Business: A Breakthrough in Europe and Beyond?
    • Sylwia Mazur, The Temporary Protection Directive is Dead, Long Live the Temporary Protection Directive! Indispensability of the Temporary Protection Scheme in the EU Legal Landscape
  • Polish Practice
    • Oktawian Kuc, Russian Properties in Warsaw. Decades-long Polish-Russian Diplomatic and Legal Battles for Parity and the Questions of Immunities in Polish Courts
    • Aleksandra Mężykowska, Domestic practice: Resolutions of the Chambers of the Polish Parliament (Sejm and Senate) on recognition of Russia as a terrorist state in light of the practice of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and European Parliament
    • Resolution of Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 14 December 2022 on the recognition of the Russian Federation as a state supporting terrorism
    • Resolution of Senate of the Republic of Poland from 26 October 2022 on the recognition of the authorities of the Russian Federation as a terrorist regime
    • Katarzyna Strąk, The Impact of the Return Directive on Polish Return Law and Practice – Recent Developments
  • Book Reviews
    • Michał Kowalski, Lukasz Gruszczynski, Marcin Menkes, Veronika Bílková and Paolo Davide Farah (eds.), The Crisis of Multilateral Legal Order. Causes, Dynamics and Implications, Routledge, London and New York 2023
    • Bartłomiej Krzan, Oktawian Kuc, The International Court of Justice and Municipal Courts: An Inter-Judicial Dialogue, Routledge, London, New York: 2022
    • Jakub Kociubiński, Maciej Bernatt, Populism and antitrust: the illiberal influence of populist government on the competition law system, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2022
    • Ewa Bujak, Chien-Huei Wu, Law and Politics on Export Restrictions. WTO and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2021