Since 2005, Israel has been a destination for refugees fleeing conflicts,
repression, and political instability in some African countries, primarily
Sudan, Eritrea, and western African countries. Until 2010, more than
26,000 refugees and asylum seekers entered Israel without authorization
through the notorious Israeli-Egyptian borders.1 Due to…[Read more]

The current rise of large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT and Bard and image-generating apps like Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney have led to a surge in hype and media coverage. This presentation was an attempt to cut through the hype and clarify the ways in which our unit might make use of the new generative AI tools available while…[Read more]

In preparing to work with some colleagues on how to start with Mastodon I created a short document with some helpful tips. In addition to posting to my blog I wanted to share this with others who might be trying to figure out where to start with the fediverse.

Colonial Hong Kong was characterized by diglossia: the use of
Cantonese for the ‘low’ functions of daily life and the use of English for
the ‘high’ functions of law and government. This paper shows that
significant linguistic inequality persists at the top end of the legal hierarchy
a full quarter-century after the transition to Chinese…[Read more]

This article revisits old contestation about international law’s
regionalist and universalist causes. First, formulated upon the “end of
history” narrative, the article analyses the concept of fragmentation as a
representation of the internal plurality of international law’s universality
and liberating condition for the Great Powers to “secure…[Read more]

This article highlights four features of the new Civil Code of China and
its enactment history to explain the significance of this long-expected
Code.

Overall, the innovative and forward-looking features of the new Code
can help China better prepare for the future. In particular, the Code adds
the right of habitation as a new and powerful…[Read more]

This is a publication of the Michigan State University College of Law.

In July 2021, the European Union proposed Regulation (EU)
2021/0241 to regulate the rise of cryptocurrency within its member
countries. Proposed Regulation (EU) 2021/0241 is an amendment to
Regulation (EU) 2015/847, and its main purpose is to augment the current
legal definition of “funds” to include cryptocurrency. Moreover, pro…[Read more]

This note will discuss hate speech, why it’s dangerous, and how it can
spread without being detected. This leads to the exploration of existing
international, national, and company regulations regarding online hate
speech, the identification of holes and inadequacies, and ultimately
suggestions for moving forward in a digital age. The note c…[Read more]

Estimates show that starting in the Franco Era and persisting well into
the twentieth century, as many as 300,000 babies were illegally stolen
from their parents in Spain. What started as a tactic to erase communist
tendencies from the population of Spain progressed into a moneymaking
business that lasted well after the country transitioned to…[Read more]

The British Empire acquired and stored many objects of historical and
cultural significance in the British Museum during its travels, battles, and
colonialization. Recently, nations attempting to regain pieces of their
history and recover from colonization have begun to question the
provenance of those objects. However, despite growing…[Read more]

Sex-work is one of the world’s oldest professions and, to this day, exists
in every nation throughout the globe. Through social media, online sexwork
has increased the availability and diversity of sex-work. However,
the legalization of sex-work is still a hotly debated topic amongst legal
scholars and feminist theorists. Debate on sex-work r…[Read more]