HIGHLIGHTS

Elections – Letter of the Secretary-General to Members

Jan 18, 2019

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Letter of the Secretary-General to Members and National Committees

Dec 19, 2018

COMPARATIVE

CASE LAW

US Supreme Court: New Judge Kavanaugh delivers for the first time the opinion of the Court

Jan 9, 2019

The US Supreme Court has just rendered its decision in the case HENRY SCHEIN, INC., ET AL. v. ARCHER & WHITE SALES, INC. The opinion of the unanimous Court has been delivered by justice Brett Kavanaugh. The US Supreme Court has affirmed that arbitrators should...

ECtHR renders judgment in Molla Sali v. Greece

Dec 21, 2018

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights rendered its judgment in the case of Molla Sali v. Greece (application no. 20452/14). The Cour held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European...

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LEGISLATIVE

REFORM

Gender-neutral ‘X’ option for birth certificates now available in NYC

Jan 2, 2019

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a new provision into a law in September 2018, making New York City the fifth place after California, Oregon, Washington state and New Jersey where people who do not identify as male or female can now opt for a third gender category of X...

Switzerland: “Swiss law, not foreign judges” proposal rejected by 66% of voters

Nov 26, 2018

On 25 November 2018, over 66 percent of voters in a Swiss referendum voted against the “Swiss law, not foreign judges” proposal. The proposal, backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, called for a provision to be added to the national constitution giving it...

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DOCTRINAL

STUDIES

Comparative Commercial Contracts: Law, Culture and Economic Development, Boris Kozolchyk

Jan 18, 2019

Comparative Commercial Contracts: Law, Culture and Economic Development, Boris Kozolchyk, 2018, ISBN: 9781640204126, West Academic Publishing The summary is reproduced hereafter: "This work offers a contextual comparative analysis of commercial contracts from their...

Le droit comparé – Stefan Goltzberg

Jan 2, 2019

Le droit comparé - Stefan Goltzberg Que sais-je ?, Code ISBN: 978-2-13-080011-8, 2018 The summary of the book is reproduced hereafter : "Les cultures juridiques d’aujourd’hui ou d’hier ne se distinguent pas seulement entre elles sur le plan du droit positif : elles...