Vox Legis Volume II has arrived. A new collection of ideas, perspectives, and legal scholarship awaits—examining the issues shaping our world today. Explore the stories. Challenge perspectives. Join the conversation.
The South China Sea (SCS) has become one of the most contested maritime zones of the economy-driven world, shaped by overlapping territorial claims, militarization, and differential interpretations of international law. Located in Southeast Asia as part of the western Pacific… Continue Reading →
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is widely regarded as one of the most influential works on military strategy. However, limiting the book to the study of warfare overlooks its broader insights into decision-making, preparation, leadership, and the management of… Continue Reading →
As law students, we are taught various concepts of personal dignity, liberty, privacy and various other rights and duties in order to safeguard our individuality. However, in the world of digitalization and surveillance on every social media update, the liberties… Continue Reading →
The nature of warfare has changed dramatically in the digital age, with conflicts increasingly being waged through cyber networks rather than traditional battlefields. Modern wars rely heavily on digital surveillance technologies such as cyber-espionage, bulk interception of communication, metadata shadowing,… Continue Reading →
Q: Speaking about your career and education, you studied in Germany, Oxford, Harvard and have taught in various institutions like Max Planck and are currently a Professor at the University of Regensburg. What were the key moments in this journey… Continue Reading →
Some books you pick up because they are assigned. Others you pick up because something about the title refuses to leave you alone. Catherine O’Rourke’s Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law1 fell into the second category for me…. Continue Reading →
Relics of a bygone era often form the bedrock of post-colonial international border disputes. This saga of long ingrained geographies, waters, colonies, and conquests represents two Equator-neighbouring African nations, namely Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Equatorial Guinea sits gently on the… Continue Reading →
In the emerging battlespace, the most dangerous weapon is no longer a missile or a machine; it’s an algorithm. Artificial intelligence has transformed weaponisation, shifting harm from physical objects to digitally produced capabilities. Unlike conventional arms, AI systems can generate… Continue Reading →
Based on the definition of the Act, content should be understood as every information and data available on the internet, while a content provider refers to legal or real persons who produce, modify, or provide every information and data presented… Continue Reading →
With the development of the technological structure of war, the international legal community is facing unprecedented challenges: How to regulate machines that determine who kills whom? The development of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), weapons capable of identifying, selecting, and… Continue Reading →
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 (Genocide Convention) is one of the fundamental instruments among the core building blocks of modern international law. Born in pursuit of the holocaust, it mirrors the… Continue Reading →
Vox Legis 9.0 — Brave New World is now live. This edition brings together a collection of voices engaging with law in an era shaped by technology, conflict, and shifting global narratives. It is now yours — to read, reflect,… Continue Reading →
Protection of Cultural Property and the Fourth Battlefield Attacks on cultural heritage in modern armed conflict are more than just the destruction of bricks, wood, or mortar. They are not only attacks on human lives but also the identity, memory,… Continue Reading →
As per ongoing trends, drones have become almost ubiquitous in modern combat. More than 100 countries, as well as many stateless actors, already have military drones. The era of weaponized UAVs began in 2002 when a United States [“US”] strike… Continue Reading →
“War no longer exists in the shadows of sovereignty; it glows perilously under the lamp of international law.” Rethinking Authority in an Unsettled International Order? For much of the modern era, sovereignty has been invoked as if it were a… Continue Reading →
[Prof. (Dr.) M. K. Ramesh is the former Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Law at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. A key figure in environmental law policy development, he has assisted international bodies such as UNDP, UNEP, ADB,… Continue Reading →
The classical conception of conflict in jurisprudence presumed definable theaters of war, identifiable state actors, and temporally delimited hostilities. However, today’s conflict has changed paradigmatically. Armed violence increasingly interacts with algorithmically mediated informational ecosystems capable of shaping political discourse, public… Continue Reading →
An emerging threat in the twenty‑first century is algorithmic warfare, in which lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) decide whom to kill, based on predictive models and without human judgment. A key example is the Lavender AI system used by Israel,… Continue Reading →
Law has always proved to be an interesting subject for films, providing a platform for directors to explore issues related to justice, power, and morality. However, because of cinematic constraints, the depiction of legal procedures is often adapted to cinematic… Continue Reading →
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