Is Britain legally accountable for holding Palestine between the world wars? Does its implementation there of the Balfour Declaration open it, presently, to claim for reparation, under the law of state responsibility? Three distinct positions are seen. For scholars like
Introduction: The Gendered Costs of Armed Conflict
Armed conflict often deepens pre-existing inequalities, subjecting women to multiple, overlapping vulnerabilities. In the Israel–Palestine war, women face extreme gender-based harms: the use of sexual violence as a strategic tool of warfare aimed
Law and History Review 43:4 (November 2025) is now published online.British Imperial Constitutional Law and the Zionist Campaign against the Legislative Council in Mandatory PalestineMaya KreinerThe Twentieth-Century Origins of the Medieval Lex Mercatoria ThesisJake DybleGeneral Will or Public Order?
Palestine and the Palestinians are often the subjects of conversations in the news, on blogs and in judicial opinions, but not present in conversations themselves. The issues are treated episodically in connection with dramatic events or judicial processes or UN
The Israeli military operations in Gaza and the broader Palestinian territories over the last two years present a continuing oppression of Israel against the Palestinians, and have resulted inunprecedented levels of civilian harm and societal devastation. To this day, mass killings and mutilations of civilians, the deliberate starvation of an entire population, widespread displacement, and a near-total destruction of infrastructure continue. These acts
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Two prominent human rights organisations in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), released reports contending Israel is committing genocide in Gaza by targeting Palestinians because of their identity.
The organisations have been monitoring events
Editor’s Note: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ignited intense debate with its potential issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas officials, spotlighting the complex interplay of international justice, politics, and governance. This development raises critical questions about the
Main Tuesday, May 21, 2024Leiter on Academic BoycottsBrian Leiter is a long-time and often sharp critic of “US-funded Israeli crimes.” Nonetheless, he opposes the renewed call for an academic boycott, with this cogent explanation:The scale of the unfolding atrocities
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