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The development of international and European law challenges the familiar concept of law as an edifice erected on the solid foundations of a Kelsenian basic norm. In this contribution Westerman analyses the shortcomings of the still persistent building-metaphor and suggests that an alternative network-metaphor is to be preferred. If we...

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the right of self-defence has been particularly impacted by “hyperterrorism”. The use of force in the fight against terrorism is one of the thorniest questions in public international law, precisely jus ad bellum which is dedicated to the study of the legal foundations of recourse to armed...

In c.1990 the Scottish Law Commission opened a consultation on the reform of Scots family law, as part of which the question ‘Should marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute be retained or abolished?’ was posed. The question produced a very full consideration of the doctrine of marriage by cohabitation...

The emergence and consolidation of the 3rd and the 4th Industrial Revolutions have amounted to several complex legal risks. From a Private International Law perspective, those challenges often and directly affect the question of determining international jurisdiction in situations where the case enjoys an international character, due to the connection...

Within the framework of a colonisation of space, a physical distance could push the colonists to the refusal of any Earth legal order insofar as it would be difficult for the States on Earth to apply their sovereignty over these colonies. This factual situation could give rise to legal claims,...

The seminar will draw on Professor Emon’s recent book, Jurisdictional Exceptionalisms, where he and co-author Urfan Khaliq integrate their respective research on private international law and Islamic law to address the contemporary legal challenges surrounding parental child abduction.  The Hague Abduction Convention, 1980, remains a cornerstone convention that redresses the harm to...

80% of global trade is connected with the international production networks of transnational corporations (TNCs or MNCs). GVCs exist in national, regional, and transnational legal regimes, including soft law and other private mechanisms. The UN 2030 Agenda with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is part of that framework. The GVCs...

Internal seminar organised by the Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law. The aim is for members to discuss the Human Rights Act Reform: A modern Bill of Rights - A consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. 

This seminar will explore the international legal landscape with respect to protections for ‘white hat’ or ‘ethical’ hackers. White hat hackers are cybersecurity professionals who work to find vulnerabilities and prevent cyber-attacks. In this seminar, we will first examine a range of cybercrimes identified in the Council of Europe’s Convention...

As one can verify through the growing number of “cryptoassets” described and created, and the wide offer of forgeries that we can find in different testimonies and numismatic collections around the orb, the power to create money is a rather tempting one. Considering these sources, this research will take as...