HIGHLIGHTS

Elections – Letter of the Secretary-General to Members

2019 membership dues

The 2019 membership dues for the Academy are now payable. More information is also available directly via this link:

Arrest of Prof. Maurice Kamto – Press Release 30/01/19

End of the Year Letter of the Secretary-General to Members and National Committees

COMPARATIVE

CASE LAW

The ICJ finds that the process of decolonization of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when that country acceded to independence and that the United Kingdom is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible

Feb 26, 2019

The Court finds that the process of decolonization of Mauritius was not lawfully completed when that country acceded to independence and that the United Kingdom is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as...

October 2018 Pechstein judgment by the European Court of Human rights becomes final and binding

Feb 12, 2019

Following the judgment rendered by the 3rd Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on October 2 2018, Claudia Pechstein filed a request to refer the matter to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR. Pechstein's request was dismissed on February 4th 2019 by a Panel of the...

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LEGISLATIVE

REFORM

Moratorium on Death Penalty in California

Mar 16, 2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on capital punishment on March 13 2019, granting a temporary reprieve for 737 inmates on the state’s death row. The move is reported to be highly symbolic because legal challenges have already stalled executions...

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...

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DOCTRINAL

STUDIES

Comparative Law – Uwe Kischel

Mar 21, 2019

Comparative Law - Uwe Kischel, Oxford University Press, 2019, ISBN: 9780198791355 The description is reproduced hereafter : "Uwe Kischel's comprehensive treatise on comparative law offers a critical introduction to the central tenets of comparative legal scholarship....

Ukrainian Private Law and the European Area of Justice, Ed. by Eugenia Kurzynsky-Singer and Rainer Kulms

Mar 19, 2019

Ukrainian Private Law and the European Area of Justice, Ed. by Eugenia Kurzynsky-Singer and Rainer Kulms 2019, Mohr Siebeck, ISBN 978-3-16-156205-1 The summary is reproduced hereafter : "Im Fokus des vorliegenden Bands steht die Entwicklung des ukrainischen...

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ACADEMIC

EVENTS

Le jugement au fond en matière civile par les Cours suprêmes, Cycle de Conférences 2019 – SLG

Mar 22, 2019

The programme is available online :

Conferences of the Société de législation comparée on Arbitration : 1,4 and 15 April 2019

Mar 19, 2019

The Société de législation comparée organises three conferences on Arbitration : - 1 April 2019 : conférence des sections « Arbitrage ADR » et « Droit maritime » de la SLC : Droit maritime et arbitrage font-ils encore bon ménage ? - 4 April 2019 : conférence de la...