60 Years of legal scholarship in the international and comparative law quarterly by Redgwell, C, Evans, M

“…To mark the occasion the editorial board has taken the opportunity to reflect on the contribution the Quarterly has made in the key areas of legal scholarship represented in its pages (and accordingly in the composition of the editorial board), namely, public international law, private international law, comparative law, EU law and human rights law. © British Institute of International and Comparative Law 2012.…”

The Democratic Construction of Inherently Sovereign Functions by Jean L. Cohen

“…Put differently, my concern is less with the potential demise of public international law that privatization seems to portend, and more with privatization's threat to democratic self-government under both domestic and international public law.…”
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Systemic Judicial Authority: The “Fourth Corner” of “The Judicial Trilemma”? by Gleider Hernández

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Outsourcing Military and Security Functions by Nigel D. White

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Integration Processes and Implementation of State Jurisdiction in the Open Sea by G. V. Alekseev, I. V. Evgrafova

“…It is necessary for those States that are interested in the economic independence to have politically justified doctrine of collective Maritime activities, based on the norms of public international law.…”
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Brexit and Acquired Rights by Michael Waibel

“…As a hybrid provision, the much-discussed withdrawal provision in Article 50 TEU is part of EU law yet also anchored in public international law. Although the European Union is a unique, supranational organization that creates rights for individuals that are directly effective in national law, its member states created the European Union based on traditional treaties under international law.…”
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The Scope of the Obligation to Respect and to Ensure Respect for International Humanitarian Law by Tomasz Zych

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The crime of genocide and the principle of legality in international criminal law by عبد الرسول كريم أبو صيبع, هناء حمودي الجابري

“… The crime of genocide is considered one of the most serious international crimes within the scope of public international law, especially international criminal law as the legal branch concerned with international criminalization and punishment for international crimes. …”
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Compliance with Advisory Opinions in the Inter-American Human Rights System by Walter Arévalo Ramírez, Andrés Rousset Siri

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Historical and Legal Aspects of Formation and Development of the Principle of Protection of Civilian Objects in Armed Conflicts by Yu. V. Puzyreva

“…The author develops her analysis and examines the formation of the protection of civilian objects in the context of direct public international law taking into consideration international agreements, existing opinions of philosophers, historians, scholars of international affairs.The article describes current contribution of the international community in progressive development of rules on the protection of civilian objects in armed conflicts, but also focuses on the conflict in Libya from the position of violations of the protection of civilians and civilian targets by NATO.…”
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« Toil of the noble world » : Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, Augusto Pierantoni and the international legal discourse of 19th century Italy by Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina

“…It is structured in four sections, dealing respectively with : 1) the principle of nationality elaborated by Pasquale Stanislao Mancini and its repercussion both on private and public international law ; 2) the return to the historical origins of Italian international law and the role played by comparative constitutional law ; 3) the implementation and translation of particular legal genres, such as the attempts to codify international law ; 4) colonial education, including legal education, through the creation of the Scuola diplomatico-coloniale (colonial and diplomatic school).…”
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in “The Anthropocene” by Ellen Hey

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MFN Clauses and Substantive Treatment: A Law of Treaties Perspective of the “Conventional Wisdom” by Martins Paparinskis

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State Responsibility for “Targeted Sanctions” by Antonios Tzanakopoulos

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Suppressing Atrocity Speech on Social Media by Emma Irving

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Considerations on the Right to Asylum by Florica Brasoveanu

“…Hugo Grotius, considered one of the fathers of public international law, was the one who triedsince 1625 to define the concept of asylum in the legal sphere in his writings, especially in his work"De jure belli ac pacis."…”
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The Immunity of Heads of States of Nonparties in the Early Years of the ICC by Dapo Akande

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International Investment Law as International Law: Russian and Western Approaches by Dmitry K. Labin, Alena V. Soloveva

“…In particular, we show that the Russian approach focuses far more extensively on the nature and categorization of IIL and treats IIL primarily as private international law rather than public international law. The distinctive Russian approach has practical relevance for states and scholars, in part because it helps to explain why Russia has resisted efforts to reform investor-state dispute settlement.…”
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On the problem of the law of international organizations by M.N. Rajabov

“…The main stages in the development of the law of international organizations as an independent branch of the public international law have been analyzed. In particular, it has been noted that the law of international organizations is understood in two ways – in the broad and narrow sense. …”
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The “International Crime” Exception in the ILC Draft Articles on the Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction: Two Steps Back? by Rosanne van Alebeek

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