We thank Alison MacDonald for her illuminating and extremely useful perspective on the developments in the approach of the British courts to adjudication based on international law. In many respects the changing attitude toward international law,  headed by the House of Lords under the unmistakable leadership of Lord Bingham, has provided an example for other national courts…

Eyal Benvenisti is Professor Human Rights Law at Tel Aviv University and George Downs is Professor of Politics at New York University. Their Article "National Courts, Domestic Democracy, and the Evolution of International Law is published in the current volume (20) of EJIL and is available here.