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Ayesha Youssuf Abbasi

Ayesha Youssuf Abbasi

Courting The Law

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Ceding Territory Under Pressure and International Law

The month of August 2025 saw major political upheavals.  First came the Alaska Summit, where President Trump met President Putin. Days later, in the...

28.08.2025 6

Courting The Law

Ayesha Youssuf Abbasi

Climate Justice in The Hague: How ICJ Responded to the Global South’s Demands

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of states in relation to...

28.07.2025 10

Courting The Law

Ayesha Youssuf Abbasi

Understanding Copyright in Digital Content: Reels, Memes and the Legal Grey Zone

The rise of platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube has transformed content creation, with short videos, memes, and music-driven clips forming...

14.07.2025 7

Courting The Law

Ayesha Youssuf Abbasi

AI, Fair Use, and Piracy: What Bartz v. Anthropic Means for Pakistan’s Copyright Future

The rise of generative AI has unlocked new frontiers in how machines read, write, and reason, but what happens when this intelligence is built on a...

05.07.2025 20

Courting The Law

Ayesha Youssuf Abbasi

From Phulmoni to Islamabad: A Century of Struggles Over Child Marriage Laws

In May 2025, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari signed into law a long-awaited amendment raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 for both...

27.06.2025 10

Courting The Law

Ayesha Youssuf Abbasi