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21 Int'l Comm. L. Rev. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/intlfddb21 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY BRILL LAW REVIEW 21 (2019) 1-2 LwRE NIJIHOFF brill.com/icr Editorial Kathryn Allinson Managing Editor at International Community Law Review PhD Researcher at Queen Mary, University of London, Department of Law k.allinson@qmulac.uk The articles in this issue of the International Community Law Review explore how international law can respond to the constantly and rapidly changing global context. The articles cover empirical, sociological and doctrinal analyses of legal frameworks and their relevance in the ever-changing modern world. The issue begins with two fascinating articles discussing the development of international law in response to modern challenges and contexts. The first article by Nindler explores how international law and the UN frameworks can respond to the growth of strong Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ensure it does not pose an existential threat to humanity. The author utilises interdisciplinary theory to conduct an analysis of international legal frameworks governing the development of Al to assess their suitability. Chiussi then examines how the regulation of international investment law affects the business and human rights legal processes in 'The Role of International Investment Law in the Business and Human Rights Legal Process.' The article argues that rebalancing the rights and obligations of investors could improve corporate human rights accountability, whil also benefitting the le- gitimacy of International Investment Law. The author finds that strengthening the duties of corporations could incentivise compliance, advancing a preven- tive approach to human rights violations. The issue then turns to doctrinal analysis with an article that conducts a detailed analysis of the rarely discussed Exceptio Non Adimpleti Contractus principle in public international law and its application in judicial decisions regarding breaches of contract. Xiouri's article elucidates the form and legal authority of the principle. The author proposes that the exceptio principle can be considered as part of international law, at least as a general principle of law, and that the risk it poses to the stability of treaty law could be mitigated by clarifying and restricting its conditions of application. The final article continues the theme of our special edition from September last year in an article by Haase. Here the author develops the discussion of @ KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2019 DOI:10.1163/18719732-12341393

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