Category Archives: Public International Law

Sovereignty and Independence Lite

Despite the fact that my PhD is a contemporary study of the impact technology has had on international taxation law, I’ve found myself delving into the concept of “sovereignty”. The link between international taxation and sovereignty is, in fact, far more significant than it first appears however I’ll bore you with that in a future [...]

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Will the National Transitional Council hand Megrahi over to the USA?

Scotland may well find itself facing another diplomatic row with the United States of America. New Jersey Senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg have called on the Libyan National Transitional Council to hand Lockerbie-bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi over to the United States. Until yesterday it was easy to dismiss this call as just another [...]

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  • I’m a 25-year-old PhD candidate at Trinity College, Dublin, specializing in International Trade & Taxation Law. In a previous life I was an adviser in the Scottish Parliament and a Parliamentary Candidate, but the less said about that the better.