The Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws publishes analyses and discussions on international law with a focus on its intersection with economic policies, global inequalities, and post-colonial perspectives. The forum critically examines positivist theories of international law, highlighting their limitations from the viewpoint of the Global South and Third World approaches. It addresses issues such as selective enforcement of international law, climate justice, indigenous rights, and the legacy of imperialism in environmental governance. The forum also explores contemporary challenges to international legal frameworks, including maritime law disputes and the legal implications of artificial islands and climate-induced territorial changes.
A Courtroom Battle over Futures in the Hague
This Part of the piece will focus on community-centered interpretation capable of transforming climate governance rather than merely restating its aspirations at international plane. Against this background, the ICJ advisory opinion is…
In 2023, the United Nations General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice to deliver an advisory opinion on state’s obligations concerning climate change, which has now become a turning point for climate justice. On paper, this move promises to…
Introduction: The Concrete Challenge to a Paper Doctrine
In the vast expanse of the South China Sea, a new reality is taking shape. Upon what were once submerged reefs and shoals in the Spratly Islands, China has engineered a series…
Introduction
The 20th-century courtroom drama and movie that depicts the court-martial of two US Marines who were accused of killing another US Marine at the Cuban Guantánamo Bay Naval Base – A Few Good Men – may be looked at…
(Disclaimer: This essay contains spoilers for the following manga: One Piece, Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyogin and Psycho Pass).
I. Phases
One’s introduction to international law can occur in a variety of ways. Some are introduced through their life at…
The world polity is experiencing a cornucopia of structural disorders. Wars, coups, tariffs, assassinations, and refugee crises are no longer the lingua franca of the academics but a part of crude, everyday parlance. The Ukrainian crisis, the massacre in the…
My fascination with Greek mythology started with the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series (PJO), like it’s a rite of passage for many people stepping in this space and then I read as many books as I could on the…
The Colonial DNA of Modern Investment Law
Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have become one of the most ‘popular’ tools of economic governance in the global order. Although they are often portrayed as tools to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) and…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel (⁋274) delivered on 19 July, 2024 identified certain obligations Erga omnes arising from breaches of International Humanitarian Law…
Introduction
International Environmental Law (IEL), as a distinct field of Public International Law (PIL), finds its origins in the 1960s and 1970s, first officially recognized through the Stockholm Declaration, 1972. This declaration gave birth to the United Nations Environment…
