One would think that an amendment to the rules of civil practice would result in a change to those rules. That some aspect of what is required of litigators would change, and that the rules had been ...

The principle of proportionality is among the fundamental principles of modern public law and constitutes an integral element of the control of public power. Its operation, however, is neither ...

Recently, the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) has made certain reform proposals to be brought to the Constitution. Two main reforms are central to the CRC's proposal relating to fundamental ...

If all civilian lives are morally equal, as international law holds, then the lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict should be treated with the same degree of respect. (Photo by Sameh Rahmi / ...

Israel’s counteroffensive into Lebanon and the Palestinian territories raises a question about what constitutes a legal and legitimate proportional response under international law. Is Israel legally ...

One of the more noticeable changes in the UK Bribery Act Guidance released last month and the Consultative Guidance, released last September, is found in the Six Principles of an Adequate Procedures ...

The 2006 Israel-Lebanon war generated the first large-scale and systemA,A!ic references to a heretofore mostly ignored law of war concept, the doctrine of proportionality. Occasional references to ...