If a #treaty is silent on the right to make #reservations, then according to the VCLT, the principal consideration is the compatibility of the reservation with the object and purpose of the treaty. Robert Kolb proposes a typology of reservations. lieber.westpoint.edu/typology-reser…

The #Rousseau-#Portalis Doctrine has had a significant impact on the law of war over the past two centuries. Dan E. Stigall provides a brief background on Rousseau & Portalis, their views on law of nations & ideas that form the substance of the Doctrine. lieber.westpoint.edu/rousseau-porta…

Bryan Peeler asks in his post why does #reciprocity refuse to die. He argues that reciprocity endures as the hidden grammar of compliance and legitimacy in #warfare despite more than a century of legal reform seeking to purge it from #IHL. lieber.westpoint.edu/why-reciprocit…

The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency plays a critical role in the defense of Italy’s digital domain. Adriano Iaria examines whether its infrastructure and objects could be legitimate military objectives in the event of an armed conflict. lieber.westpoint.edu/military-objec…

In late October 2025, CIJ_ICJ delivered another #AO in relation to Palestine. Julia Emtseva discusses in her post the “indispensable character” of the #UN and the provision of #humanitarianaid by new types of private actors. lieber.westpoint.edu/how-indispensa…

Recent occurrences in on-going #armedconflicts have brought back into international legal discourse the notion of #belligerent #reprisals. Francesco Romani introduces the Belligerent Reprisals Series. lieber.westpoint.edu/belligerent-re…

"Palti’s study . . . places its author within the tradition of scholars who interrogate the conditions of possibility of their own discipline." New in review, Senida Poenariu on Elías J. Palti's Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change: criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/senida_poenari…

I thought there must be more to law than what a government with a total grip on power enacted, as lawyers were able to find legal resources to resist oppression and discrimination despite the fact that there was no written constitution. -- David Dyzenhaus utoronto.ca/news/u-t-legal…

Stuart Casey-Maslen considers in his post the extent to which #weapons whose use is illegal under #LOAC may be used in belligerent #reprisals. lieber.westpoint.edu/reprisals-with…

The premise of Joseph Raz's first book (1970) was that all prior analytical jurisprudence had failed to realize that a theory of the legal system is a prerequisite to any adequate definition of 'a law'.

Neil McCormick labeled his legal theory "post-positivist," arguing that while law depends on customs and authoritative decisions hence is "posited," there are moral limits (extremes of injustice) that conceptually disqualify the institutional normative order from being "law."

Hoy en el Día Internacional contra la #ViolenciaDeGénero quiero poner el foco en la #ViolenciaDeSegundoOrden se ejerce contra familiares, amigos y profesionales q apoyan a las víctimas.Esta violencia se ejerce a través de las redes y en la vida real,con ataques profesionales(1)

Y reputacionales. El silencio, la pasividad, mirar hacia otro lado, no implicarse para que “no salpique” convierte en cómplice y ampara la impunidad de los agresores/as. psicofeminista.com/2023/11/18/est…

No acabo de entender el criterio de los medios públicos a la hora de elegir expertos, la verdad

La Guardia Civil investiga una agresión sexual a un niño de seis años en un colegio de Las Rozas por parte de otros dos alumnos menores elmundo.es/madrid/2025/11…

Tenemos que seguir explicando por qué el acceso precoz a la pornografia es devastador para la mente infantil?

Irene Montero nos quiere convencer de que el Supremo es golpista porque sus sentencias no representan a la voluntad del pueblo emanada de las urnas, es decir: gobierno=impunidad. Un poder que no está fiscalizado por contrapesos, no es democrático

¿Las comparecencias de después de los Consejos de Ministros son ahora tertulias políticas?

Baude on Liquidation, legaltheoryblog.com/2025/11/24/bau… - William Baude (University of Chicago – Law School) has posted Liquidation, Then and Now (3 Journal of American Constitutional History 869 (2025)) on SSRN.

. #Proportionality is one of the most widely used concepts in international law. However, its recurrence across different legal regimes should not lead to the mistaken assumption that it carries a single meaning, argues Michael Schmitt. lieber.westpoint.edu/parsing-propor…