BACL publications BACL Newsletter 2025-26 30 Jul 202630 Jul 2026 Following BACL’s 75th anniversary last year, 2025-26 has been a quieter year of consolidation, renewal and planning. BACL has continued to bring comparative lawyers together through its Annual Seminar, PGR…
Changes… Tax Legality in China: Constitutional Principle or Governance Technique? 29 Jul 20265 Sep 2026 Tax legality has increasingly been celebrated in Chinese legal scholarship as a constitutional principle under the 1982 Constitution, particularly following the 2015 amendment of Article 8(6) of the Legislation Law of…
Comparison in Europe… Regulating Assisted Dying: A Comparative Analysis of Legislative Failure 29 Jul 20265 Sep 2026 The regulation of physician-assisted dying (PAD), and in particular assisted suicide, represents one of the most contentious and conceptually demanding challenges in contemporary legal systems. Drawing on a comparative perspective…
Comparison in Europe… Local Meanings: What Comparative Law Can Offer to EU Legal Studies 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026 Comparative law can be a very rich resource to reflect on the contemporary challenges of EU legal scholarship. It has always been a core basis for the development of EU…
Comparative family law… Marriage, Property and Solidarity in Europe: Applying the Numerical Comparative Method in Family Law 1 May 2026 Introduction How is patrimonial solidarity between spouses conceived and operationalised in continental European jurisdictions? In most systems, the property relations between spouses are governed by a matrimonial property regime. The…
Book Review… Constitutional Structures in Asia: A Comparative Framework 17 Apr 2026 Introduction The field of comparative constitutional law has historically developed as an intellectual project largely rooted in, and oriented around, the Global North. This sustained emphasis on a limited set…
