Under what conditions may public-private partnerships (PPPs or P3s) involved in multilateral development policy advance public interest goals in global intellectual property (IP)? This paper attempts to assess how non-profit partners within certain development policy PPPs … [Read more...]

The process of EU enlargement towards the East forged the need of a new common ground between the Eastern and Western European perspectives and traditions of international law to create a European vision. Our paper explains this should not be addressed as a mere synthesis between … [Read more...]

The cohabitation of dynamics of progress in our society with a growing multiculturalism enhances conflicts of interests that question freedom of expression. Whereas States succeeded in consecrating a high protection of free speech pursuant to harmonised International and European … [Read more...]

The rise of multiple legal systems in the same jurisdictional space has prompted a lively discourse on constitutional pluralism in recent decades. Although this debate was instigated as a result of the relationship between the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and Member State … [Read more...]

The widespread possibility to submit amicus curiae briefs in international courts and tribunals is a recent phenomenon. The first purpose of this paper is to verify the alleged Roman origins of amicus curiae, and to trace the emergence of its use in international law. The second … [Read more...]