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Steven Dean on Juneteenth, Tax Justice, and the Upcoming ESIL Webinar

Steven Dean on Juneteenth, Tax Justice, and the Upcoming ESIL Webinar Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Steven’s reflections provide an especially meaningful historical frame for a conversation examining how law, taxation, and institutional structures have shaped […]

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Anthony Infanti on The Human Toll and the Upcoming ESIL Webinar

Anthony Infanti on The Human Toll and the Upcoming ESIL Webinar With only four days to go, I am greatly looking forward to chairing and moderating the webinar “Taxation, Racial Capitalism, and the International Rule of Law: From Colonial Slavery to Global Governance,” organized as part of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) Interest […]

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Call for Members: New ILA Study Group on International Law, Global Challenges, and the Impact of Emerging Powers on Global Governance

Call for Members: New ILA Study Group on International Law, Global Challenges, and the Impact of Emerging Powers on Global Governance I am pleased to share the official call for expressions of interest for the newly established International Law Association Study Group on International Law, Global Challenges, and the Impact of Emerging Powers on Global […]

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The Future of International and EU Energy Law

The Future of International and EU Energy Law Seven Questions That Will Shape Next-Generation Energy Lawyers – University of Tulsa College of Law • Summer 2026 The full post is available at: https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/07/12/the-future-of-international-and-eu-energy-law/ One of the questions I posed to my students during the final session of my International and EU Energy Law course was […]

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6.2. International Cooperation in Action: Recovering Cultural Heritage Across Borders

6.2. International Cooperation in Action: Recovering Cultural Heritage Across Borders The recent recovery and return to Italy of ten paintings stolen from a private collection in Bassano del Grappa in 2024 provides another compelling example of why international cooperation remains indispensable for the protection of cultural heritage. The operation, carried out by the Italian Carabinieri […]

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Three Publications Recognized in the United States National Report for the 2026 Quadrennial Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law

Three Publications Recognized in the United States National Report for the 2026 Quadrennial Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law The full post is available at https://paolofarah.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/three-publications-recognized-in-the-united-states-national-report-for-the-2026-international-academy-of-comparative-law-congress/ I am pleased to share that three of my publications have been recognized in the United States National Report prepared for the 2026 Quadrennial General Congress of […]

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🎉 100 Scholarly Works on SSRN

100 Scholarly Works on SSRN I am pleased to share that my SSRN Author Page has reached 100 scholarly submissions. These include law review articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, working papers, conference papers, and other scholarly contributions produced over more than twenty-five years of academic research. This number does not represent the entirety […]

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Independence Day and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

Independence Day and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union Happy Fourth of July! As the United States commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I find myself reflecting on the enduring constitutional ideals that have shaped the American republic. In October 2019, during a visit to the United States Capitol with my […]

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