The chapter analyzes the structural changes to the state system which took place in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, giving rise to modern international legal discourse.

This chapter explores the prospects of human rights law to fill the gaps left by international climate change law on loss and damage with respect to climate change impacts

experienced by Indigenous peoples in developed states. Departing from a series of cases lodged by Indigenous peoples before regional and international human rights [...]

Interdisciplinary analysis of law is a powerful tool for analyzing a variety of legal problems. The strength of interdisciplinarity is its ability to unveil significant factors

that remain hidden when seen solely within disciplinary boundaries. This symposium aims to focus on the analytic abilities of interdisciplinarity when exploring European [...]

Udgivelsesdato: 27.07.09 ; The article discusses the inadequacy of traditional theory on legal personhood in relation to embryos and foetuses. To challenge the somewhat binary

view of legal personhood according to which the ‘born alive' criterion is paramount the article demonstrates that the number of legal categories in which embryos [...]

For a long time, the issues of sexual orientation and gender identity have been restrained from entering the legal arena as being regarded as too radical. In today’s society,

these issues warrant consideration in the context of international criminal law. Critically reflecting on the way of placing these grounds within the international [...]

Quantum computing is widely regarded as a technology with profound implications for science, security, and society. Current governance debates, however, focus narrowly on export

controls, national security, and technical standard-setting, leaving broader human rights concerns underexplored. [...]

This chapter looks at the domestic law around the concept of fault in Russia, regarding issues such as philosophical and theoretical principles, the influence of feminist and

queer theory, the place of fault in the offence structure, forms of fault (intent, recklessness, negligence, constructive liability, strict liability), and reverse [...]

In 1973, Denmark broke new ground when it introduced abortion as a legal right. We explore the drivers of Danish abortion law reform and demonstrate that liberalization was

effectuated as the answer to a number of societal concerns. In observing the absence of autonomy as a winning argument for abortion law reform, we find that the Danish [...]

Excessive pharmaceutical pricing cases in EU have progressed from a theoretical possibility to becoming a recurrent enforcement reality, following heightened law and policy

attention on affordability of medicines. This matter gained considerable momentum in the wake of COVID-19 crisis as result of the increased health spending, with [...]