USA… Passing Off and Post-Mortem Image Protection: A Comparative Perspective 26 Oct 202626 Oct 2026 Using AI technology, deceased people can be realistically depicted doing acts they never did while alive. Sometimes these portrayals are authorised by heirs, as in the example of an AI-enhanced…
Canada… Reading Lists and Legal Traditions: Mapping How Legal Scholars Think Across Jurisdictions 28 Nov 202529 Oct 2026 A striking feature of legal education lies in the way it comes to feel natural to us. We easily forget that our training is rooted in a particular time and…
Canada… The Spectre of Canada: What Parliament Fears—and Misunderstands, by Chay Burt 23 May 20252 Nov 2026 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…
Judicial Creativity and the Law of Obligations… When Judicial Creativity Goes Wrong: The Case of Punitive Damages in Peru, by Sergio Garcia Long 24 Jan 20252 Nov 2026 Introduction There is constant friction between the stability of the law and the needs of practice. Civil codes are laws made to last for centuries to give stability and certainty;…
Americas… Indexation and Monetary Correction: Tackling Venezuela’s Inflation by Means of Judicial Interpretation, by Julio-Cesar Betancourt 13 Dec 20242 Nov 2026 Introduction Venezuela is an oil-rich country that has been severely devastated by decades of misgovernment, corruption, and populism. It has more than 300 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves,…
Italy… Lyuben Dikov, Filippo Vassalli, and Karl Llewellyn: Three Scholars Who May Hold a Key to Understanding Some Peculiar Similarities between Bulgarian, Italian, and US Law, by Radosveta Vassileva 9 Feb 202429 Oct 2026 Introduction While researching the evolution of the principle of change of circumstances for my PhD thesis, I was intrigued by a peculiar coincidence – Bulgaria, Italy, and the United States…
