JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that Iraq must reform portions of its commercial legal structure if it hopes to foster a sustainable oil industry...Recent events seem to demonstrate that Iraq may...
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'Meaningful' Prohibition: Mental Disability in Georgia Capital Cases
JURIST Guest Columnist Laura Kagel of the University of Georgia School of Law says that the case of Warren Lee Hill, Jr. highlights that when the justice system allows the option of taking a person's life, as in Georgia, it...
JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Brown Keyder of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, says that traditional olive oil producers have lately turned toward advocating for a more strict regulator regime as global...
JURIST Guest Columnist Nicole Huberfeld of the University of Kentucky College of Law says that the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Medicaid expansion provision of the ACA relied on a strange reading of the law, where the...
JURIST Guest Columnist Geoffrey Hoffman of the University of Houston Law Center says that the Supreme Court's holding in Arizona v. US serves as a strong reminder of the executive branch's power to create and enforce a coherent, and ideally...
Shifting Paradigms: Israel, Palestinian Territory and International Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Valentina Azarov of the Al-Quds Bards College, Al-Quds University says that Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories violate international law, specifically in regards to the illegal construction of settlements. She also argues that third-party states should seek...
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of the Ave Maria School of Law says that the recent confrontation between a US warship and a foreign vessel in the Strait of Hormuz is the most recent in a history of incidents where...
JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Affordable Care Act will have lasting effects not only for the nation's health care system, but also for...
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says the theory that self-executing treaties are the only type of international law that is binding on states is based on an incorrect, revisionist account of US legal...
JURIST Guest Columnist Stuart Ford of the John Marshall Law School says that although the International Criminal Court has encountered numerous obstacles during the first ten years of its existence, its reputation will ultimately be decided over a longer period...