Conference: The U.S. and International Law in Changing Times

The Society of Legal Scholars International Law Section will hold a conference on "The U.S. and International Law in Changing Times," on November 5-6, 2025, in London. The program is here. Registration is here.

New Issue: International & Comparative Law Quarterly

The latest issue of the International & Comparative Law Quarterly (Vol. 74, no. 3, July 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Marko Milanovic, The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s Palestine Advisory Opinion
• Alex Green & Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, State Continuity, Self-Determination and Sea-Level Rise
• Karen N. Scott, Cold Cooperation: Reconciling the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement and the Antarctic Treaty System
• Ondřej Kadlec, Managing Judicial Legitimacy: The Role of Grand Chambers in National and International Courts
• Richard Garnett, Foreign Judgments and the Relationship between Direct and Indirect Jurisdiction
• Jessica Shurson, Investigative Jurisdiction: The Evolving Limits of Extraterritoriality in Transnational Digital Investigations
• Shorter Articles
• Matilda Gillis, Modern Slavery in Armed Conflict: Foreign ‘Forced Fighters’ in Ukraine
• Ardavan Arzandeh, Anti-Suit Injunctions in Support of Foreign Dispute-Resolution Clauses

AJIL Unbound Symposium: The Bandung Conference at 70: International Law’s Many Third Worlds

AJIL Unbound has posted a symposium on “The Bandung Conference at 70: International Law’s Many Third Worlds.” The symposium includes an introduction by Ignacio de la Rasilla and C. L. Lim, and contributions by Bing Bing Jia, Prabhakar Singh, Priyasha Saksena, C.L. Lim, Rabiat Akande and Olufemi Elias, and Thomas Skouteris.

Call for Papers: The Rule of Law and the External Action of the European Union

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on “The Rule of Law and the External Action of the European Union,” to take place January 29-30, 2026, at the Université Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis. The call is here. The deadline is October 29, 2025.

New Issue: World Trade Review

The latest issue of the World Trade Review (Vol. 24, no. 4, October 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Tariff Turbulence – The New US Trade Policy and its Impact on the Global Trading System
• Wolfgang Alschner, Manfred Elsig, Joseph Francois, & Miriam Manchin, Introduction: Tariff Turbulence: The New US Trade Policy and its Impact on the Global Trading System
• Stephanie J. Rickard, Tariffs versus Subsidies: Protection versus Industrial Policy
• Edward J. Balistreri, The Trump Administration’s Reciprocal Duties
• Robert Koopman, The Likely Micro- and Macro-Economic Consequences of a Unilateral US Trade Policy
• Semiconductor Tariffs as Policy Whiplash Shin-yi Peng
• On the Feasibility, by Means of Customs Duties, of an Entirely (or Almost Entirely) Made-in-the-USA Automobile Didier Chambovey
• The Perils of Institutional Rigidity, or How the WTO Helped to Sow the Seeds of Trump Judith Goldstein, Alan Sykes
• Patrick Low & George Riddell, Trump’s Trade Policy and the World Trade Organization
• Wolfgang Alschner, Recalibration, Shielding and Containment: How the World Trading System De-risks from China and the United States
• Joost Pauwelyn, How the US Reciprocal Tariff Plan May Save the Global Trading System
• Henry Gao & Weihuan Zhou, (When) Can Trade Wars Be Good?

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 26, no. 5, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: International Investment Law and Plurilateralism
• Joanna Lam & Stefan Voigt, International Investment Law and Plurilateralism – Concept, Prospects and Limitations
• Siri Silvereke, Bridging the Gap between IIAs and the Accommodation to a Green Transition with UNCITRAL’s Draft Provision 19
• Eleftheria Neframi, The Member States of the European Union, Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty: Plurilateralism in the Light of EU Law
• Aleksander Szostak, Towards Right to Regulate for Climate Actions: A Closer Look at the Modernized Energy Charter Treaty
• Paweł Marcisz, A New Toy: Will the Establishment of a Multilateral Investment Court Weaken Investment Protection?
• Fernando Dias Simões, Commitments and Expectations: What Exactly has been Promised to Renewable Energy Investors?
• Luca Pantaleo, The EU’s Withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty between Treaty Law and International Responsibility Issues

New Issue: World Trade Review

The latest issue of the World Trade Review (Vol. 24, no. 3, July 2025) is out. Contents include:

• A Tribute to Frieder Roessler
• Steve Charnovitz, Frieder Roessler and the Trading System
• The World Trade Review Mourns the Passing of Professor Steve Charnovitz
• Niall Meagher, Frieder Roessler and the Advisory Centre on WTO Law – the Culmination of a Career
• Cherise Valles, Frieder Roessler's Guiding Hand at the Advisory Centre on WTO Law
• Gabrielle Marceau, Frieder Roessler's Contributions to the WTO Legal System
• Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, Frieder Rössler and ‘Geneva Ordoliberalism’: From William Rappard to Pascal Lamy and Beyond?
• Petros C. Mavroidis, An Uncommon Mind: Frieder Roessler's Legacy
• Lothar Ehring, A Brilliant Trade Lawyer and Model of Integrity – the Legacy of Frieder Roessler
• Werner Zdouc, A Universalist, Shaping Destinies, Staying True to Himself
• Original Article
• Julien Chaisse & Xueji Su, Normative Realignment in Domestic Trade Barriers Procedures: Driving Unilateralism in the EU, US, and China
• Research Note
• Joshua Paine, Beyond Investment Protection and ISDS: Towards an Investment Law Research Agenda Focusing on Investment Facilitation and Liberalization Commitments
• Original Article
• Kaijun Pan, Breaking the Impasse of Appointing Members of the WTO Appellate Body: A Perspective from International Institutional Law