Since 2014

Azerbaijan's first student-run law review

Baku State University Law Review is the first and only student-run and peer-reviewed academic journal in Azerbaijan and a publication of Student Academic Society of BSU Law School. It was founded in November 2014. The review promotes academic and professional approach to contemporary legal issues which exist in national and comparative law. The Review has been included to HeinOnline, which is the world’s largest legal research database and Scopus.

ISSN 2412-5555

Indexed in Scopus HeinOnline
Volumes
12
Articles
153
Authors
138
Years in print
12

Latest issue

Volume 12:1

6 articles

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  1. Assessing the Feasibility of Cross-Border AI Sandboxes under the EU AI Act

    Kanan Naghiyev

    The EU Artificial Intelligence Act enables Member States to jointly create AI regulatory sandboxes and guarantees mutual recognition of participation in AI sandboxes across the Union. But the Act does …

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  2. Azerbaijan Arbitration Days: Driving for Transformation

    Azerbaijan Arbitration Days

    On 24-25 October 2025, the Azerbaijan Arbitration Association and the Baku Arbitration Center organized the Azerbaijan Arbitration Days. The Student Academic Society of the Baku State University Law School participated …

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  3. Critical Raw Materials in the Investment Spotlight: Commitments of Foreign Investors and Azerbaijan’s Regulatory Perspective

    Sevil Haziyeva

    In recent years, the primary focus of international political debates has been on raw materials essential for economic development. The demand for raw materials critical to the production of modern …

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  4. Enhancing Practitioner Persuasion throughthe Equation of Emotion: A Cognitive, Affective Model of Judicial Decision-Making

    Andrew W. Swain

    This Article enhances legal reasoning through an interdisciplinary approach rooted in cognitive psychology, behavioral neuroscience, doctrinal analysis and insights from the self-help genre. Building on Sean Webb’s Equation of Emotion …

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  5. Manifesto of Legal Thought: The Crisis of Creativity in Academia

    Jeyhun Asadov

    This article is a programmatic manifesto analyzing the intellectual stagnation and creative crisis prevailing in the modern legal academy. It argues for evaluating academia not as an institution, but as …

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  6. Who’s Pulling the Strings? Disclosure of Third-Party Funding Agreements in International Arbitration

    Ilkin Bayramov

    Third-party funding (hereinafter TPF) has emerged as a more significant method for financing international arbitration, permitting underfunded claimants to pursue valid claims and enabling parties to handle procedural risks without …

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