This June, we proposed ways to overcome a Hungarian veto on EU sanctions against Russia. Our proposal prompted Mark Dawson and Martijn van den Brink to write a sharp response,
arguing that we had ventured beyond the confines of serious legal scholarship into the realm of the fantastical. [...]
Washington Post Op-Ed: Liberals and Conservatives Agree This ABA Monopoly Must End, by Lael Weinberger (George Mason; Google Scholar): [T]he ABA has become not a guarantor
of quality but an obstacle to innovation and a burden on legal education. Several states are reconsidering their preferential treatment of the association. [...]
1. Online Seminar: De-Risking International Energy Law for the Energy Transition. On 18 September 2025 at 16:00 SGT, the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University
of Singapore, will host an online seminar entitled “De-Risking International Energy Law for the Energy Transition”, which will explore how a principle-based approach [...]
There is a bit of movement in this week's list of the Top 5 Recent Tax Paper Downloads, with a new paper debuting on the list at #5. [1085 Downloads] Revoking Tax Exemption
for Pursuit of DEI and Other Alleged Forms of Discrimination, by Ellen P. Aprill (Loyola-L.A.; Google Scholar)... [...]
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New additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL): The Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs recently added three Introductory [...]
The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Michael Smith now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: Defendants in criminal cases are routinely
detained pending trial because they are deemed dangerous. In some of these cases, these defendants are detained without bail, in others, bail is set at an amount [...]
[First posted in AWOL 20 May 2016, updated 30 August 2025] [First posted in AWOL 20 May 2016, updated 30 August 2025] Hellenic Studies Series Hellenic Studies Series
Hellenic Studies Series Criteria of Truth: Representations of Truth and Falsehood in Hellenistic Poetry [...]
Patristic Theology: A Journal for Patristic Theological Research Patristic Theology (PT) publishes research that rigorously engages early Christian texts and the theological
wisdom that inspired them. As an open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Patristic Theology benefits the larger academy by providing an important venue for the publication [...]
MMOL Tabular Data: User Guide This user guide is intended to help you get started using the tabular versions of the Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries catalogue data,
and to give you examples of what you can do with the data. Further details can be found on the following pages. [...]
