History… Colonial-Era Mixed Courts and Post-World War I Mixed Arbitral Tribunals as Spaces of Transnational and International Legal Innovation and Emulation, by Michel Erpelding 12 Jan 202423 Dec 2023 Introduction: Between the National and the International The numerous legal transfers and instances of cross-jurisdictional dialogue that occurred during the Interwar period did not only take place within or between…
Comparative constitutional law… Against Methodological Factionalism in Comparative Constitutional Law, by Alex Schwartz 10 Nov 202310 Jun 2024 Ran Hirschl, in his book Comparative Matters (OUP, 2014), speaks of a “renaissance in comparative constitutional law”. This renaissance, he says, is evident in the proliferation of a more cosmopolitan…
comparative legal history… Concluding Remarks: Interwar Dialogues and the Patterns of Legal Change, by Radosveta Vassileva 21 Jul 20234 Dec 2023 Introduction In the 2022-2023 academic year, the British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) ran the “Cross-jurisdictional dialogues in the Interwar period” series edited by Professor Yseult Marique and me. This…
Bell John… Basil Markesinis: An Appreciation, by John Bell 23 May 202328 Jul 2025 Professor Sir Basil Markesinis QC, FBA, Doctor honoris causa (mult.) died on 23 April 2023 at the age of 78. Markesinis was a distinguished comparative lawyer whose career spanned forty…
Comparative private law… Basil Markesinis KC FBA (1944-2023): A tribute by Professor Roy Goode 17 May 202328 Jul 2025 With the death of Sir Basil (Vassili) Markesinis, who sadly passed away at his home on 23 April aged 78 after a long illness, we have lost not only an…
Bell John… National and European Dimensions of French Administrative Law, by G della Cananea 5 May 202324 May 2023 This is the second piece in a series of comments offered on John Bell's and François Lichère's book French Contemporary Administrative Law (CUP 2022 - available in open access by…
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