Canada… The Spectre of Canada: What Parliament Fears—and Misunderstands, by Chay Burt 23 May 202523 May 2025 In the UK Parliament’s recent Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Canada was repeatedly referenced—often with unease. Several MPs were keen to distance the UK’s…
Human rights & comparisons The 3 Regional Human Rights Courts in context. Justice that cannot be taken for granted, Oxford, OUP, 2024, 576 p, Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen 3 May 202428 Apr 2024 Is it possible to compare the incomparable? The heterogeneity of the three Regional Courts of Human Rights, the diversity of normative instruments, the relativity of continental issues and the singularity…
Comparative constitutional law… The Promise and Paradoxes of Transformative Constitutionalism: Protection of LGBTQ+ Rights in India and South Africa, by Anashri Pillay 24 Nov 202311 Nov 2023 In 2013, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (SCI) handed down a controversial judgment, Koushal v NAZ Foundation upholding the constitutionality of section 377 of the Indian…
China… Harold Laski, Travelling Concepts, and the Evolution of the Human Rights Idea in Republic China (1919-49), by Ting Xu 9 Jun 20239 Jun 2023 Introduction Harold Laski (1893-1950) was one of the most important twentieth century public intellectuals. He was Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics (LSE), a centre for…
Comparative criminal law… Rafał Lemkin (1900-1959): A Life-Long Story of Engagement in the Development of Human Rights Law, by A. Krzywoń 26 May 202326 May 2023 Introduction: The Life and Legacy of Rafał Lemkin “Genocide is as old as humanity”. This statement by Jean-Paul Sartre highlights the sad reality that destroying entire groups of people has…
Human rights & comparisons Contesting (Supportive and Critical) Human Rights Orthodoxies – The Significance of Regional Human Rights Systems (CUP 2022), by Christopher Roberts 17 Mar 202315 Mar 2023 Alternative Approaches to Human Rights: The Disparate Historical Paths of the European, Inter-American and African Regional Human Rights Systems conducts a comparative historical investigation of the development of the…
Human rights & comparisons The Fate of Truth Commission Recommendations, by E skaar, E Wiebelhaus-Brahm and J Garcia-Godos 17 Feb 2023 Our Puzzle What becomes of the recommendations issued by truth commissions in their final reports? For all of the attention lavished on truth commissions by academics, activists, and policymakers, their…
Human rights & comparisons… The Regulation of Hate Speech Online and its Enforcement in Comparative Perspective, by Oliver Butler 9 Nov 20219 Nov 2021 The BACL Annual Seminar at the SLS Annual Conference took place on 31st August 2021 (the recording is available by clicking here). The panel was formed following a call for…
Comparative constitutional law… A comparative study of the right to freedom of thought in the context of emerging technologies, by Bethany Shiner and Patrick O’Callaghan 23 Jul 202118 Jul 2021 This blog post is based on a comparative study of the right to freedom of thought co-edited by the authors and published in a double special issue of the European Journal of Comparative…
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