This article demonstrates what comparative international law (CIL) can contribute to the field of migration (IML). It is not an exhaustive overview value a CIL approach; rather, through indicating some possibilities CIL, it provokes thought as how could enhance IML enquiry. Before turning context, key tenets are outlined. Then, I argue, using examples drawn from my ongoing research, that provid...

Historically, international law has played a key role in global communicable disease surveillance. Throughout the nineteenth century, international law played a dominant role in harmonizing the inconsistent national quarantine regulations of European nation-states; facilitating the exchange of epidemiological information on infectious diseases; establishing international health organizations; a...

Jurisdiction has traditionally been considered in international law as purely a question of the rights and powers of states. Conceived in this way, the rules on jurisdiction serve the important function of delimiting (while accepting some overlap of) state regulatory authority – the question of when a person or event may be subject to national regulation – a function which is shared with the co...

Abstract This article clarifies the ongoing confusion in doctrine and practice about both actual optimal interaction between international counterterrorism law (CTL) humanitarian (IHL) armed conflict. It discusses advantages disadvantages of co-application CTL with IHL, before considering a variety techniques for mutually accommodating interests regimes, particularly through partial exclusion c...

Cross-border financial flows can have dramatic effects on the recipients of the money—for good or for ill. This is particularly true in countries whose economies and capital markets are underdeveloped. A relatively small inflow of foreign capital into such a country can inflate valuations on a local stock exchange or allow the government to distribute pre-election largesse in the form of subsid...