I agree; and with the additional burden of having to check all forthcoming citations before the article goes into production in case the forthcoming articles are now included in an issue . . .

They use OSCOLA, right? The 'forthcoming' word is correct in OSCOLA.

Thanks for linking this paper. Excited to read it, especially the aspects on civil recourse & the state!

Indeed, the 'empowerment' aspect of civil recourse is quite useful (in Part IV.A). However, reliance on it in transnational contexts inevitably leads to problematic questions like 'Which state?'

Oh no! Hope you are alright!

I show a postcolonial future endogenous to private law. I reconceptualize private law subjects as real people embedded in neocolonial power structures, demonstrating private law's potential through adjudicatory tools like Alien Tort Statute claims and emerging HRDD laws that empower individuals.

Problem? International law has embraced a postcolonial ideal that focuses on redistributing wealth or on political struggles and neglects individuals as individuals. Meanwhile, private law theory embraces abstract agents who are fictional equals and neglects real people.

The novelty: I argue that postcolonial struggles against corporate exploitation should move from the abstract realm of international law (focused on wealth redistribution between states) to the immediate, tangible site of private law, focusing on interpersonal justice for farmers, miners, workers.

No problem! I have not personally had it but I know people who have used it. The subscriptions are great and you can access almost all of them via a proxy service they have, as far as I remember.

Peace Palace Library membership has online access!
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Looking forward to continue reading your wonderful work! Hope you're doing well (and celebrating properly!).

Congrats León! This is amazing news! 🎉

2/2 HRDD laws grant incredible power to companies to select who stakeholders are, how they are engaged with (if at all), when they are engaged with, etc. I cover the Norwegian, French, German laws and EU CS3D (which is the only exception by incorporating actual stakeholder engagement provisions).

2/2 For years, gig giants used “freedom” rhetoric to deny workers minimum wage, social security, and sick pay. Next: negotiations in 2026 to define the treaty’s scope. The era of global minimum floors for labor rights is near—can labor anti-avoidance rules be conceptualized soon?

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🛑 The fix? Labor anti-avoidance rules (like tax law’s GAAR) to rethink sham self-employment.

A global legal floor for labor rights could:

- Block contractual workarounds that violate human rights

- Treat labor avoidance like tax evasion

Should contractual freedom have human rights limits?

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💡 Human Rights Watch's “Gig Trap” report reveals:

- Most platform workers can’t afford basic needs

- Algorithms enforce opaque working conditions

- Few penalties for companies dodging labor laws

This isn’t innovation—it’s structured exploitation. Report: www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

4/4 Begum marks a shift from the traditional US and UK interpretation of contracts as purely bilateral and economic instruments. It scrutinizes ordinary business dealings as decisions that affect human rights beyond contractual relationships which seem exclusively bilateral.

3/4 The chapter focuses on the UK case of Begum v Maran, which introduces a principle of Global Value Chain liability. This case potentially holds a corporation liable for harms in a Bangladeshi shipyard where a ship it sold was demolished. 'Potentially' because the case was settled before trial.