Introduction On November 12, 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal overturned the judgment of the Hague District Court in Milieudefensie et al. v. Shell. While some elements of the legal reasoning remained aligned with the District Court’s decision there were notable shifts. For instance, the Court of Appeal reaffirmed that Shell has a responsibility to … Read more
By Anthony May In Part I of this series, I referenced the following quote from Elon Musk: [Artificial Intelligence, or AI] doesn’t have to be evil to destroy humanity – if AI has a goal and humanity just happens to come in the way, it will destroy humanity as a matter of course without even thinking … Read more
Corralling Connections Florida Sea Grant Guy Harvey Foundation Fellows (Alexis Mitchem & Susannah Cogburn) with Dr. Guy Harvey at ICAST, in Orlando, Florida. Florida Sea Grant hosted two inaugural symposiums this year, and attended the world’s largest sportfishing trade show! The year began with the Research Symposium, which highlighted Florida Sea Grant’s role in addressing … Read more
Tug-of-War over Appointments to the Italian Constitutional Court The term of the Italian constitutional judge Silvana Sciarra ended on November 11, 2023. Since then, the Italian Constitutional Court has consisted of only 14 judges instead of the 15 required by Article 135 of the Constitution. On December 21st, the mandates of three other judges will … Read more
Alan Desmond, University of Leicester Kevin Fredy Hinterberger, Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour Photo credit: Luxufluxo, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction The 2008 Return Directive sets out common standards and procedures for removal of irregularly staying third-country nationals (TCNs) by all EU Member States, except for Ireland and Denmark, and by the four … Read more
