Nurhan Mousa and Abu Bakr al-Dib examine the legal status of intelligent robots as artificial intelligence becomes part of everyday life and robots can make autonomous decisions. The central problem is whether robots could be granted citizenship and recognised as persons within a legal system.
Bálint Kovács’s article in ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal examines the relationship between investment arbitration and international climate change law, with a focus on revaluing the doctrine of legitimate expectations.
The article asks whether the European Court of Human Rights’ case law on the detention of children for immigration purposes reflects an evolutive interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights as a living instrument.
The Zenodo article by Dr. Mutiara Hikmah and Artika Nuswaningrum addresses choice of law and choice of forum in Sharia banking contracts with foreign elements, from a private-international-law perspective.
Jane McAdam authored the academic publication “A sign of precarity or protection? Understanding the role of evacuations from disasters in international protection claims” in International Journal of Refugee Law, published on 2026-07-22.
Don S. De Amicis’s article in the Uniform Law Review treats “micro private international law” (micro PIL) as a privately generated, sector-specific transnational legal ordering.
The article addresses the doctrine of forum necessitatis from a comparative-law perspective, explaining how a court that would otherwise lack jurisdiction in a dispute with a foreign element may exceptionally assume jurisdiction so that the claimant’s right of access to court is not defeated.
Stefan Huber authored the academic publication “Transnational Commercial Law Teachers’ Meeting 2025: enforcement and interpretation” in Uniform Law Review, published on 2026-07-20. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning International.
Nesar Ahmad Mohammadi, Teaching Assistant Abdul Basir Nasiri and Dr Sayed Yadullah Gowhari compare the conflict-of-laws rules on personal status in Iran and Afghanistan, addressing marriage, divorce, parent–child relations, guardianship, tutorship and legal capacity.
This Zenodo article offers a comparative analysis of the conflict-of-laws rules governing personal status in the legal systems of Iran and Afghanistan.
This article by Tristan Harley, Najeeba Wazefadost and Mohammad Baqir Bayani examines refugee participation in the context of the 1951 Refugee Convention. It appears in the International Journal of Refugee Law as an academic contribution to debate on participation in international refugee law.
The article by Dewa Sukma Kelana, Agus Gandara, Siah Khosyi’ah and Ahmad Fathonih, published in Jurnal Pustaka Cendekia Hukum dan Ilmu Sosial, addresses the distribution of assets in cross-border succession disputes under Islamic law and Indonesian positive law.
The definition of ‘judgment’ in the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention is the focus of this Uniform Law Review article by Matthias Weller and Achim Czubaiko-Güntgen.
Hannah Naccasha’s article in Immigrants & Minorities examines the role of adultery in immigration cases in New York and California between 1952 and 1975. It addresses the point where nationality law and immigration litigation meet.
Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg’s article in Scandinavian Studies in Law addresses how human rights are applied in cross-border family matters and what this means for the mission of private international law, with particular reference to women’s rights.
Peter Arnt Nielsen’s article in Scandinavian Studies in Law addresses blocking statutes in the context of private international law. It touches on conflict of laws, arbitration, contracts, court decisions and EU private international law.
Marie Linton’s article in Scandinavian Studies in Law addresses overriding mandatory rules in private international law. It concerns rules that apply directly, irrespective of the law designated by the choice-of-law rule, and was published on 12 July 2026.
Tuulikki Mikkola; Fanni Aarniva authored the academic publication “Recognition of Foreign Marriages and Ordre Public in Finnish Private International Law” in Scandinavian studies in law, published on 2026-07-12.