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Commentary Meltdown at the Milosevic Trial: A Much Delayed Rush to Judgment
Meltdown at the Milosevic Trial: A Much Delayed Rush to Judgment
Jeremiah Lee
June 17, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist William Schabas says that the seemingly-interminable trial of Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague is a poor model for international justice, and in the long run may not serve the purpose for which it was undertaken... The trial...

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Commentary The Irony of a Possible ICC Finding of Genocide in Darfur
The Irony of a Possible ICC Finding of Genocide in Darfur
Jeremiah Lee
June 9, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that an International Criminal Court finding of genocide in Sudan could change negative American attitudes towards the new Hague tribunal... Genocide may yet be found to have occurred...

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Commentary Why the International Criminal Court Needs Darfur (More Than Darfur Needs the ICC)
Why the International Criminal Court Needs Darfur (More Than Darfur Needs the ICC)
Jeremiah Lee
June 3, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Baylis of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Darfur may be a dream case for the International Criminal Court, the value of the International Criminal Court for Darfur is yet to be...

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Commentary Non-sense: France's No to the European Constitution
Non-sense: France's No to the European Constitution
Jeremiah Lee
May 31, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech, Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a native of Aix-en-Provence who returned to France to vote in its referendum on the European Constitution, says that...

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Commentary Britain and the European Constitution: A Spanner in the Works?
Britain and the European Constitution: A Spanner in the Works?
Jeremiah Lee
May 18, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Dougan, Professor of European Law and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at England's University of Liverpool Law School. says that the UK referendum on the treaty to establish a European Constitution is...

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Commentary The EU Constitution and French Referendum: Law v. Politics
The EU Constitution and French Referendum: Law v. Politics
Jeremiah Lee
May 11, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech, Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, says that the proposed European Constitution may be less than it's cracked up to be, and that its possible rejection...

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Commentary Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Poised to Fall Apart
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Poised to Fall Apart
Jeremiah Lee
May 5, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the ostensibly-successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, now under review in a month-long conference at the UN, may be on its last legs... Recognizing "the devastation that would be...

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Commentary Waiting for Grokster: The Supreme Court Considers File-Sharing Copyright Infringement
Waiting for Grokster: The Supreme Court Considers File-Sharing Copyright Infringement
Jeremiah Lee
May 2, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Eugene Quinn of Syracuse University College of Law says that the US Supreme Court's pending decision in the Grokster case on file-sharing copyright infringement will likely involve a struggle with its landmark 1984 ruling on videotaping technology...

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Commentary The New Class Action Legislation: Denying Many Americans a Fair Day in Court
The New Class Action Legislation: Denying Many Americans a Fair Day in Court
Jeremiah Lee
April 25, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Lerach, senior partner of the Lerach Coughlin complex litigation firm headquartered in San Diego who has led the prosecution of hundreds of securities class and stockholder derivative actions recovering billions of dollars, says that the...

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Commentary Iraq: Whose Constitutional Process?  Whose Constitution?
Iraq: Whose Constitutional Process? Whose Constitution?
Jeremiah Lee
April 19, 2005 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Kristen Stilt of the University of Washington School of Law says that official US emphasis on the urgency of the forthcoming Iraqi constitutional process overlooks the fundamental question of whether such a process, undertaken now, will in...

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US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

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