The ILRA Forum
The ILRA Forum is an online news source designed to help the international legal community stay abreast of the latest legal developments around the world. News items are provided by ILRA staff members, legal professors, international lawyers, and industry experts. While there is no print publication of The ILRA Forum, news posts provide citation formats and postings are archived online for further access.
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Recent News
ILRA is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 editorial board for The International Lawyer and the Law & Business Review of the Americas.
ILRA would like to congratulate the Comment Finalists for the 2010-2011 academic year.
ILRA would like to congratulate winners of the Feb. 21st elections and welcome them to the new leadership positions.
In a modern, technological society, the right to privacy often conflicts with freedom of speech and the free availability of information. This difficulty is greatly increased by the fact that society is increasingly becoming global while laws are mostly applicable to relatively small jurisdictions.
Global climate changed has been thrust upon the international community, and has established itself as one of the predominant challenges of the 21st century. Today, climate change has the potential to significantly disrupt economies, societies, and ecosystems worldwide.
Archived News
ILRA would like to congratulate the 2010-2011 Best Case Note Finalists.
Scholars often believe that democracy and Catholicism are incompatible. With the creation of the European Union, state-church relationships have become even more complex, and with the “modernizing” of society, the church has been forced to take a stand which sometimes contradicts the laws of the states and of the EU.
Commerce’s use of zeroing in the calculation of antidumping duties rejected as inconsistent with the Charming Betsy canon of statutory construction
ILRA would like to congratulate the 2009-2010 Staff Award winners Peggy Ho, Bret Benedict, Kim Gonzalez, Michael Nelson, and Jonathon Spiller.
Cluster munitions pose a serious threat to civilian populations by failing to explode upon impact as designed. Though effective in combat, the impact of cluster munitions raises grave doubt as to their compliance with the law of war.
An examination of the rationale behind the necessity for gender verification testing, the rules that allow it, the procedures available to someone subject to testing, and whether international laws could serve as a basis for causes of action to prevent enforcement of rulings.
The incoming Executive Board of the International Law Review Association has been elected and announced. Congratulations to the incoming officers!
ILRA President James Voelker extends an invitation to explore the new International Law Review Association website and sets out the organization's goals for its future role.
An archive of Student Working Papers published in the ILRA Forum.
Over a thousand international law attorneys will gather at the Grand Hyatt New York from April 13-17.
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