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Commentary When the Law of War Becomes Over-lawyered
When the Law of War Becomes Over-lawyered
Jeremiah Lee
November 22, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) and former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, now a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that the phenomenon of hyper-technical...

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Commentary French Riots: A Failure of the Elite, Not the Republic
French Riots: A Failure of the Elite, Not the Republic
Jeremiah Lee
November 16, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech, a native of Aix-en-Provence, France, and Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, says that the recent rioting by French immigrant youths has complex roots and represents...

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Commentary The Graham-Levin Amendment and Due Process at Guantanamo
The Graham-Levin Amendment and Due Process at Guantanamo
Jeremiah Lee
November 16, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that the Senate compromise on the Graham Amendment limiting judicial review for Guantanamo detainees leaves the way open for grave mistakes and injustices that may further damage America's...

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Commentary Justice at Guantanamo? The Paradox of David Hicks
Justice at Guantanamo? The Paradox of David Hicks
Jeremiah Lee
November 11, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Devika Hovell of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law in Sydney, Australia, says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks by US military commission highlights his transformation from an alleged perpetrator of...

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Commentary Why Feminists and Liberals Have Nothing to Fear from Judge Alito
Why Feminists and Liberals Have Nothing to Fear from Judge Alito
Jeremiah Lee
November 10, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Nora Demleitner, former law clerk to Judge Samuel Alito and currently professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law, says that Judge Alito's judicial philosophy is driven by adherence to text, record, and precedent rather than...

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Commentary The Indictment of Scooter Libby: Bad News for Journalism
The Indictment of Scooter Libby: Bad News for Journalism
Jeremiah Lee
November 8, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Linda Berger of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, a media law specialist and a former reporter for the Associated Press, says that the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is the latest in a series of setbacks...

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Commentary Rights at Risk: My Dissent from the Australian Anti-terror Bill
Rights at Risk: My Dissent from the Australian Anti-terror Bill
Jeremiah Lee
November 8, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and recently the sole dissenter among Australian state and territorial leaders against strict new anti-terrorism legislation proposed by Australian Prime Minister John Howard, says the anti-terror...

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Commentary New Rules of the Game: The UK Terrorism Bill
New Rules of the Game: The UK Terrorism Bill
Jeremiah Lee
November 7, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Richard Edwards, Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK, says that the new Terrorism Bill presented to Parliament by the Blair government in the wake of the London bombings...

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Commentary Waiting for Scopes: The Future of Intelligent Design
Waiting for Scopes: The Future of Intelligent Design
Jeremiah Lee
November 7, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist David DeWolf says that the Kitzmiller intelligent design case may settle whether the Pennsylvania school district that put "intelligent design" into its curriculum was acting under impermissible religious animus, but it may not settle whether teaching the...

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Commentary Perjury, Lies and Degrading Treatment: The Case for the McCain Amendment
Perjury, Lies and Degrading Treatment: The Case for the McCain Amendment
Jeremiah Lee
November 3, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Mary Ellen O'Connell of Notre Dame Law School says passing the McCain Amendment prohibiting coercive interrogation practices would be an important step forward towards re-establishing America's reputation for respecting the rule of law, and could open the...

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