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The latest insights from leading lawyers, Nobel Laureates, and Supreme Court Judges.


Location, Location, Location: Jurisdiction and Enforcement in the Land where Location Does Not Exist
Introduction Legal dramas often focus on the climax of courtroom arguments and verdicts. In doing so, they gloss over crucial aspects...


On Rules-based Order
There is a certain irony in a prisoner of law receiving a prize given by lawyers. Something must have gone very wrong when one who...

Chow Hang-tung
17 min read


Jonathan Sumption’s Conceptual Gaps and Misconceptions on Historical Apologies and Judicial Diversity
I. Introduction Jonathan Sumption—once described by The Guardian as ‘the brain of Britain’—is a professional historian and former...

Alberto Alvarez-Jimenez
19 min read


Migrants in Tunisia—When Sovereignty Triumphs over Dignity
Preamble ‘Tunisia will remain a state that will fight for the oppressed (or stand with the oppressed) and prevail for the victims of...

Romdhane Ben Amor
30 min read


Conflict and Constitutionalism in Sudan: In Conversation with Abdelkhalig Shaib
Abdelkhalig Shaib is a Sudanese attorney and member of the American and New York Bar Associations, who specializes in constitutionalism...

Solomon Njombai
26 min read


Afghan Women’s Rights to Education and Health Care in a Culture of Impunity
In the aftermath of the Second World War, just over seventy-five years ago the international community embraced the Universal Declaration...

Sima Samar
15 min read


Advocacy for Afghan Women Judges: In Conversation with Marzia Babakarkhail
Marzia Babakarkhail, a former family law judge in Afghanistan during the 1990s, has dedicated her career to justice. In the wake of the...

Angelina Spilnyk
11 min read


The Airspace Tribunal and the Right to Live Without Physical or Psychological Threat from Above: In Conversation with Shona Illingworth and Nick Grief
Shona Illingworth is a Danish-Scottish artist and Professor of Art, Film and Media at the University of Kent, UK. Her work examines the...

Aidan Johnson
20 min read
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