New Issue: Chicago Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Chicago Journal of International Law (Vol. 27, no. 1, Summer 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Elena Baylis, Returning Looted Cultural Heritage
• Gregory H. Fox, Neutralizing Neutrality: Aid to Victim States in Armed Conflict
• Rosa Kim, Preparing Globally Competent Lawyers

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 27, no. 4, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Michelle Qingzi Zang, Rekindling the Multilateral Discourse on Process and Production Methods under the Contemporary Trade-Environment Nexus
• Sébastien Noël, Assessing the Barriers to the EU’s Green and Low-Carbon Hydrogen Imports
• Yanwen Zhang, Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform in and by International Organisations
• Anastasios Gourgourinis & Alexandros Papadimitriou, Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Owned or Led by Members of Under-Represented and Disadvantaged Social Groups: Inclusive Entrepreneurship through Free Trade Agreements

New Issue: Climate Law

The latest issue of Climate Law (Vol. 16, nos. 1-2, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Special Issue: Environmental Impact Assessment
• Mateusz Slowik & Benoit Mayer, Editorial Introduction: Environmental Impact Assessment and Climate Change
• Yanmei Lin & Xiangbai He, Integrating Climate Change into Environmental Impact Assessment: China’s Pilot Policy and Practice
• Chris Joseph & Tara Marsden, Gitanyow Climate Test: Intersection of Major Projects, Climate, and Indigenous Reconciliation
• Rafaela Santos Martins da Rosa & Bruno Teixeira Peixoto, Incorporating Climate Change into Licensing and Environmental Impact Assessment in Brazil
• Orla Kelleher, Climate Assessments, Framework Climate Laws, and Public Sector Climate Duties: Lessons from Planning Cases in the United Kingdom and Ireland
• Santiago Salvador, Regulatory Simplification of Environmental Impact Assessment in Spain: Accelerating Renewable Energy at What Cost?
• Laura Hildt, The European Climate Law Consistency Assessment: A Persistent Failure Turned Litigation Opportunity?
• Alessandra Accogli, The Irish Case of Coyne v. An Bord Pleanála: Assessing Indirect Climate Impacts Under the EU EIA Directive
• Special Issue: Advisory Opinions on Climate Change
• Margaret A. Young & Beatriz Martinez Romera, The Advisory Opinions’ Remarkable Significance for International Law
• Catherine Amirfar, David Freestone, Duncan Pickard, & Beatrice Walton, When Science Meets Law: Climate Law and International Environmental Adjudication After the ICJ and ITLOS Advisory Opinions
• Nilüfer Oral, Convergence and Coherence: A Judicial Dialogue Between the ITLOS and ICJ Advisory Opinions on Climate Change
• Daniel Bodansky, How Authoritative is the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion?
• Yoshifumi Tanaka, Legal Consequences of Obligations Erga Omnes in the Context of Climate Change: Some Observations on State Responsibility in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
• General Articles
• Katja Kurki & Seita Vesa, Proceduralization of EU Climate Governance: Advancing Understanding of the Implementation Challenge
• Calum MacLaren, Measuring Accountability in European Corporate Climate Litigation

Call for Nominations: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Director)

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law has issued a call for nominations, including self-nominations, for a director who will lead a research department at the Institute and contribute to the Institute’s mission. The call is here.

Seminar: The Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression: Framing an Old Debate in the Light of Recent State Practice

On September 18, 2026, Bocconi University will host in the hybrid format a seminar on "The Law of Neutrality and the Prohibition of Aggression: Framing an Old Debate in the Light of Recent State Practice." The speakers will include Evelyne Schmid (Univ. of Lusanne), Alessandra Gianelli (Sapienza Univ. of Rome), and Alexander Wentker (Max Planck Institute). Those intending to attend in person are requested to register here. The event will also be streamed live via Microsoft Teams here. No registration is required to attend online.

Casas Martinez: Avoidance in International Dispute Settlement: Jurisdiction, Admissibility, and Justiciability

Manuel Casas Martinez (Twenty Essex) has published Avoidance in International Dispute Settlement: Jurisdiction, Admissibility, and Justiciability (Hart Publishing 2026). Here's the abstract:

This book offers a bold new perspective on how international adjudication operates.

While international courts claim to decide all disputes over which they have jurisdiction, this book argues that sometimes they strategically choose not to. Through detailed case studies and a close analysis of international procedural law, it reveals that courts decide most disputes most of the time - but not all.

By unpacking how courts use doctrines of jurisdiction and admissibility to avoid or narrow down certain issues, the book exposes the covert techniques of judicial avoidance. It shows how the flexibility of international procedural law allows judges to manage politically sensitive disputes without openly acknowledging that they are relying on avoidance doctrines.

This book offers a nuanced and realistic account of international adjudication, one that recognises how legal principle is often weighed against political and practical realities.

Di Marco: L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario

Riccardo Di Marco (Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’) has published L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario (CEDAM – Wolters Kluwer Italia 2026). Here's the abstract:

L’interpretazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario costituisce una delle questioni più complesse e dibattute della teoria e della pratica del diritto internazionale contemporaneo. Tradizionalmente, l’analisi di tale fonte del diritto si è concentrata esclusivamente sul momento della sua identificazione, attraverso la ricerca della prassi e dell’opinio iuris. Questo approccio, tuttavia, ha lasciato poco esplorato il successivo momento della determinazione del significato e della portata delle norme consuetudinarie. La presente monografia tenta di colmare simile lacuna. Attraverso un’analisi sistematica della prassi degli Stati e della giurisprudenza internazionale, si offre un quadro metodologico per comprendere i criteri che governano l’interpretazione del diritto consuetudinario. L’indagine mostra come l’attività interpretativa rivesta un ruolo fondamentale non soltanto nell’applicazione di norme consuetudinarie previamente identificate alle fattispecie concrete sopravvenute, ma anche nel coordinamento tra la consuetudine e le altre fonti del diritto, nella prevenzione e nella risoluzione di antinomie, nonché nell’adattamento di simile fonte ai mutamenti di fatto e di diritto. L’opera si rivolge a studiosi e operatori del diritto internazionale che intendano approfondire le dinamiche teoriche sottese all’interpretazione della consuetudine internazionale.