Scholars have examined the role of ‘teachings’ (or ‘literature’, ‘doctrine’ or ‘scholarship’) in various international courts and tribunals, but never the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). This article analyses the general weight ITLOS judges assign to teachings, how the judges distinguish between more and less significant teachings, and how and why different judges use teachings ...

Owing to a shift from the culture of compliance to the culture of benchmarking, the Polar Code process of ensuring safe operation and environmental protection in Polar waters is still ongoing. The risk and goal-based approaches embedded in significant parts of the Polar Code invite different stakeholders to participate in the development of Arctic shipping governance. The methodology used in the ...

The recent maiden voyage of the Yara Birkeland witnessed yet another development in autonomy that is transforming the maritime sector. Marine autonomous surface ships (MASS) are claimed to bring many opportunities to society at large, not least in terms of operational efficiency and safety of the crew, fewer emissions, and greener shipping. On the assumption that MASS will prove safe enough to ply ...

This article analyses the EUʼs regulation of medical artificial intelligence (AI) from a product safety perspective, concentrating on the interplay between the proposed AI Act (AIA) and the Medical Device Regulation (MDR). Recent advances in AI development illustrate the future potential of generative AI technologies, including those based on Large Language Models (LLMs). In a medical context, AI ...

The new wave of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022, and the intensification of the armed conflict accompanied by grave breaches of international humanitarian law, has received significant scholarly attention. Many academic interventions have examined the developments in Ukraine through the frameworks of jus ad bellum and jus in bello. Some, however, have applied ...

Anerkjent som et urfolk og en minoritet av både norske styresmakter og internasjonale tolkningsorganer, er samene rettighetssubjekter etter flere folkerettslige instrumenter. Ofte vist til er deres rettigheter etter urfolkserklæringen, ILO-169 og SP artikkel 27. Jeg undersøker hvordan Norges øverste domstol, Høyesterett, forholder seg til dem når den avgjør samerettslige saker. Ved bruk av ...

Artikkelen drøfter Høyesteretts anvendelse av Luganokonvensjonen med særlig vekt på formuerettslige tvister og midlertidig sikring. Med utgangspunkt i konvensjonens formål og tolkningsprinsipper inntatt i konvensjonen kritiseres Høyesteretts bruk av konvensjonen i Trico -saken og Samsung-saken. Artikkelen tar også opp spørsmål knyttet til midlertidig sikring der partene har avtalt voldgift og den ...

<p>Globalisation, free movement of labour and migration affect regulations on judicial co-operation and cross-border proceedings in family matters, including family maintenance. Since the turn of the millennium, EU (procedural) family law has emerged as a field of law. The EU Maintenance Regulation was draft ed concurrently with the 2007 Hague Convention on maintenance, creating a direct link between ...

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