Category: Forum Archive
“ALEXA, AM I DEPRESSED?” REGULATING AND PATENTING MENTAL HEALTH CHATBOTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE
Beril Karakoyun
Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots have rapidly entered everyday life. When users decide to rely on them for mental health guidance, these chatbots begin to function as substitutes for licensed clinicians. Users often treat these systems as safe and confidential, without understanding their technical limits or how their sensitive mental health data is collected, stored, and…
Apr 2026
Contractualizing Digital Sovereignty: How China, the UAE, and the United States Embed Censorship and Moderation in Technology Market-Entry Agreements
Chaewon Lee
States increasingly shape digital platform governance not only through public-law rules, but through contractual and infrastructural arrangements that condition market access and operational control. This Article examines how China, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States embed sovereign authority in platform governance through distinct forms of contractual intervention. In China, licensing restrictions require foreign…
Apr 2026
The U.K. Bribery Act v. The FCPA: A Comparative Analysis Considering President Trump’s Second Term
Jaree Zaidi
The United Kingdom Bribery Act (UKBA) and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) represent two fundamentally different enforcement philosophies to address foreign bribery. Where the UKBA involves an uncompromising strict liability approach to address foreign bribery, the FCPA appears more pragmatic in allowing exceptions for “facilitation payments. The two statutes further diverge significantly in their…
Apr 2026
Private Climate Governance: Bridging the Gap Between International Environmental Lawand Economic Incentives (JSDA Conference 2025)
Ziyi Wang
Private Climate Governance (PCG) represents a paradigm shift in addressing climate change, as non-governmental entities—such as corporations, non-profits, private universities, and religious organizations—take on roles traditionally reserved for governments. By engaging in mitigation and adaptation activities, these actors extend the boundaries of private environmental governance and play an increasingly vital role in complementing state-led initiatives….
Mar 2026
Third-State Position Amidst Russian Aggression Against Ukraine (JSDA Conference 2025)
Kaan Erdogan
On February 24, 2022, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation announced what he referred to as a “special military operation” against Ukraine. Although the Russian Federation claims that its intervention is consistent with international law, the vast majority of the international community has condemned this action as a blatant violation of the prohibition on…
Mar 2026
Third Countries’ Reactions to the EU CBAM: a Law & Economics Approach (JSDA Conference 2025)
Luca Cerea
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a measure of the European Union (EU)aimed at imposing its carbon price on foreign producers of certain carbon-intensive products,with the final goal of addressing the risk of carbon leakage and contributing to the objectives of the Paris Agreement. However, it has been widely perceived by third countries as…
Mar 2026
Restorative and Negotiated Justice in Transitional Societies: Rethinking the ICC’s Principle of Complementarity (JSDA Conference 2025)
Olga Obolenets
Mar 2026
Not a Rational Choice: How AI (Regulation) is Eroding our Autonomy (JSDA Conference 2025)
Frederica Fedorczyk
Legal systems as we know them are about to change with the advent of AI, and public regulation worldwide may not be ready. In my paper I critically analyze the way AI has been regulated until now, describing how – although the serious risks of certain AI applications are clear – governments and legislators across…
Mar 2026
What Leads to the “Crime of Crimes?” A Comparative Analysis of Four Genocides (JSDA Conference 2025)
Kerem Gülay & Ozge Karsu
Mar 2026