For Whose Sake and Benefit? A Critical Analysis of Leading International Treaty Proposals to Protect Nonhuman Animals

Pages 1–32, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae018

Despite the considerable expansion of international law into virtually all areas of modern life, to date there is no international treaty in force to protect the interests of nonhuman animals.

No Peace Without Punishment? Reintegrating Islamic State “Collaborators” in Iraq 

Pages 989–1032, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae009

How does variation in the severity of punishment affect public opinion toward the reintegration of former enemy “collaborators” after war?

Reasonableness as Responsiveness in Administrative Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada: Kant and Arendt on the Role of the Community in Deferential Judicial Review

Pages 930–988, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae006

When conducting judicial review of administrative decisions using a deferential standard of review, courts should give a greater role to the decision maker’s responsiveness to the interests of the community of judgment—those directly affected by the decision.

The Legal Metaverse and Comparative Taxonomy: A Reappraisal

Pages 900–929, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae010

The question the present Article poses is whether a fourth pattern of law is now necessary to capture the new technological state of affairs and the new geopolitical balances of power: in particular, should a rule of smart law be introduced?

Sovereignty, Territoriality, and Private International Law in Classical Muslim International Law

Pages 853–899, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae007

Scholars in recent years have shown interest in challenging the historical origins of international law and its normative claims to universality. 

The War Within Religion: Towards a More Nuanced Resolution of Religion–Equality Conflicts

Pages 789–852, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae005

In the United States, Canada, Israel, Australia, and many parts of Europe, conflicts between religious liberty and gender equality (including LGBTQ equality) are understood and analyzed as “culture wars.”

Is Neutrality Possible? A Critique of the CJEU on Headscarves in the Workplace from a Comparative Perspective 

Pages 444–485, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad031

This Article discusses critically and from a comparative perspective the idea of neutrality mentioned in the two recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on headscarves in the workplace. 

The Authoritarian Commons: Divergent Paths of Neighborhood Democratization in Three Chinese Megacities 

Pages 388–443, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad023

Can a liberal commons emerge in an authoritarian regime? 

Constitutional Morality: An Indian Framework 

Pages 354–387, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad029

Over the last dozen years, Indian courts have formulated the idea that, inherent in the Indian Constitution, lies a type of morality referred to as constitutional morality (CM).

The Family of the City, the Family of the Country 

Pages 328–353, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avad030

In this Article, we argue that the state supports different familial practices in urban and rural areas.