“Save the rule of Law in Spain”, read a banner held by a number of unidentified judges who were demonstrating before the premises of the Spanish Supreme Court, a couple
of days ago in Madrid. But save it – from whom? The demonstrators would no doubt reply: from Pedro Sánchez and his government, which has undertaken the first serious [...]
Last week, I had the honour of being awarded an honorary doctorate in law by the Faculty of Law at the University of Münster. I was absolutely delighted – not only, but
also, because it’s actually the first academic degree I’ve ever received. I belong to a generation of law students who completed their studies with a Staatsexamen [...]
Letzte Woche wurde mir die Ehre zuteil, von der juristischen Fakultät der Universität Münster zum Doktor der Rechte ehrenhalber promoviert zu werden. Ich habe mich wahnsinnig
gefreut darüber, nicht nur, aber auch, weil dies tatsächlich der erste akademische Grad ist, den ich je erworben habe. [...]
Caster Semenya was wronged, and Switzerland – due to the inaction of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (SFSC) – was held responsible by the Grand Chamber (GC) of the ECtHR.
This conclusion to a long judicial marathon is an important vindication for an athlete who saw her career destroyed by a process that violated her right to a fair [...]
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 15, as he seeks confirmation to be the next U.S. permanent
representative to the United Nations. One group of people who very much want to see him succeed are the representatives of other U.N. [...]
[First posted in AWOL 28 December 2013, updated 11 July 2025] [First posted in AWOL 28 December 2013, updated 11 July 2025] Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica ISSN:
0570-734X [...]
[First posted in AWOL 18 August 2014, updated 11 July 2025] versión On-line ISSN 1853-6379 versión On-line ISSN ISSN: 0325-4194 Misión Publicar artículos, notas
breves y reseñas sobre temas de filología, filosofía, historia y arte grecorromanos, producidos por investigadores argentinos y extranjeros. [...]
Assyria and the West: A Fresh Look at the Unshakeable Pillars of Late Bronze and Iron Age Chronology in the Eastern Mediterranean World Edited by Pieter van der Veen, Ronald
Wallenfels [...]
The Taxonomy of the Legal Document: An Account of the Language and Terminology of Clauses in Greek Legal Documents from Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine Egypt Uri Yiftach
This book presents the results of a long-term investigation into the structure of Greek legal documents preserved on papyrus. [...]
[Alessandra Spadaro works as Assistant Professor in Public International Law at Utrecht University. She is conducting a three-year project titled “Business in and for war:
the role and limits of international humanitarian law”, which is funded by the Dutch Research Council.] In a recent post on this blog, my colleague Jérôme de [...]
