. * 1673: Molière, the French actor and playwright, died after being seized by a violent coughing fit, whilst playing the title role in his play Le Malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac or The Imaginary Invalid). * 1687: Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer, died of a gangrenous abscess after piercing his foot with a staff while he was vigorously conducting a Te Deum, as it was customary at that time to conduct by banging a staff on the floor. [read post]

The proposed agreement, which still needs to be approved by the city council and federal court, settles four lawsuits filed between 1994 and 2010 by environmental groups. [read post]

While many consider these general principles to be a secondary source of international law that “may be invoked as supplementary rules… where appropriate” (14), some consider them on an “footing of formal equality with the two positivist elements of custom and treaty”. (15) Examples are the principles of res judicata, equity, justice, and estoppel. [read post]

I am happy to announce the publication of "The Human Rights Obligations of Stet-Owned Enterprises: Emerging Conceptual Structure and Principles in National and International Law and Policy," which appears in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational law 50(4):827-888 (2017). [read post]