A call for papers has been issued for the III LAwTTIP Joint Conference, which will be held March 21-22, 2019, in London. The theme is: "EU Law, Trade Agreements, and Dispute

Resolution Mechanisms: Contemporary Challenges." The call is here. [...]

This is the first release of the Alpheios Reading Tools for Safari. The Chrome and Firefox extensions have been updated as well. This is the first

release of the Alpheios Reading Tools for Safari. The Chrome and Firefox extensions have been updated as well. [...]

Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexIntroductionOne of the more contentious issues in the Brexit withdrawal agreement is dispute settlement, in particular whether the

Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) still retains jurisdiction regarding the UK. [...]

Ames Grawert and and Cameron Kimble at The Brennan Center have produced this new report titled "Crime in 2018: Updated Analysis."  Here is how it gets started: In September,

the Brennan Center analyzed available crime data from the nation’s 30 largest cities, estimating that these cities would see a decline in crime and murder in 2018. [...]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued a judgment in a sealed case regarding a grand jury matter, which reporting from Politico suggests is likely linked

to the Mueller investigation. The decision is available here. [...]

Palma Paciocco (York University - Osgoode Hall Law School) has posted an abstract of Seeking Justice by Plea: The Prosecutor's Ethical Obligations During Plea Bargaining (63:1

McGill L.J. 45) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Canadian Crown prosecutors enjoy tremendous... [...]

The Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit today tossed out the scores of complaints against Justice Kavanaugh on the ground that as a Supreme Court justice he is no longer

subject to the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act. Thus, the... [...]

Rudi Fortson (Queen Mary University of London) has posted Making Dishonesty Fit the Crime on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Statutory offences that require proof of dishonesty

have been enacted in England and Wales since 1968, and similarly, in other... [...]

Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed: Law Schools Are Bad for Democracy, by Samuel Moyn (Yale): They whitewash the grubby scramble for power. Yale Law School, where I teach,

was roiled by the confirmation process of Brett Kavanaugh. The usual disagreements about the politics of the day that are healthy in... [...]