Introduction: a treaty everyone knows is unconstitutional Ecuador is once again at the centre of global debates on investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS). In December 2025,
President Noboa signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that re‑introduces ISDS into a legal order which, since 2008, has [...]
As part of the second online symposium on recent developments in African private international law, we are pleased to present the fourth contribution, kindly prepared by
Anam Abdul-Majid (Advocate and Head of Corporate and Commercial Department, KSM Advocates, Nairobi, Kenya) and Kitonga Mulandi (Lawyer, KSM Advocates, Nairobi, Kenya), [...]
Peter J. Galie, Professor Emeritus, Canisius University, has published The 1821 Constitutional Convention and the Constitutionalizing of Racial Discrimination in New York as
Albany Law Review 87 (2023-2024) 147-1166: [...]
On January 15, 2026, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Minnesota, and partner law firms filed a federal lawsuit challenging the administration’s enforcement
actions in Minnesota. The complaint alleges that “masked federal agents in the thousands are violently stopping and arresting countless Minnesotans based on nothing [...]
Via our friends at Northwestern Law, we have the lineup for their Spring 2026 legal history colloquium:February 4 – Alison LaCroix (Chicago) February 18 – Nathaniel Donahue
(NYU) February 25 – José Argueta Funes (Berkeley) March 11 – Willy Forbath (Texas) March 18 – Sarah Milov (Virginia) April 1 – Greg Ablavsky (Stanford) [...]
Over the past several years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stood at the forefront of federal law-enforcement transparency and accountability. At a time when public
trust in policing was eroding nationwide, CBP built an oversight model that was not merely reactive or rhetorical, but structural, well-resourced, and unusually transparent. [...]
The Venice Commission, formally known as the European Commission for Democracy through Law, plays an important role in shaping standards of European constitutionalism. By providing
expert advice to Council of Europe member states, but also a number of non-European countries; reviewing (draft) laws to assess their compatibility with European [...]
In a recent article published on Universal Rights Group, Professor Alice Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, has offered a thoughtful and provocative proposal to
reform the Special Procedures system. Observing that the system faces genuine challenges — inadequate funding, growing caseloads, inconsistent State cooperation, [...]
[First posted in AWOL 8 September 2021, updates 4 February 2026] [First posted in AWOL 8 September 2021, updates 4 February 2026] MHNH: Revista Internacional de Investigación
sobre Magia y Astrología Antiguas ISSN: 1578-4517 [...]
[First posted in AWOL 23 October 2009. Updated 4 February 2026] Myrtia Revista de Filología Clásica La revista Myrtia está editada por el Departamento de Filología Clásica
de la Universidad de Murcia, a través del Servicio de Publicaciones de esta Universidad. [...]
