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Commentary "The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time": Transgender Equality and the Right to Choose Your Bathroom
"The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time": Transgender Equality and the Right to Choose Your Bathroom
Brian Eisner
February 2, 2015 10:00:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Eisner, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2015, is the author of the eleventh article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Eisner discusses the...

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Commentary Egypt's Judiciary: Reform in the Criminal Justice System or Violation of International Human Rights Law?
Egypt's Judiciary: Reform in the Criminal Justice System or Violation of International Human Rights Law?
Mohamed 'Arafa
January 31, 2015 08:21:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed 'Arafa of Alexandria University (Egypt) and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, discusses the recent Egyptian criminal court's order of a retrial of Muslim Brotherhood followers and whether the Egyptian criminal justice system should...

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Commentary What’s Wrong with Illinois’ New Eavesdropping Law
What’s Wrong with Illinois’ New Eavesdropping Law
Jacob Huebert
January 29, 2015 09:00:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Jacob Huebert, of the Liberty Justice Center, discusses a new Illinois eavesdropping law and argues that the Illinois legislators should repeal the law as it violates constitutional principles and individual freedoms...For a few weeks in late 2014,...

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Commentary The Israeli Supreme Court and House Demolitions in the West Bank
The Israeli Supreme Court and House Demolitions in the West Bank
Yaël Ronen
January 27, 2015 10:00:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnists Yaël Ronen, of Sha'arei Mishpat Academic Center, and Jeremy Telman, of Valparaiso University Law School, discuss the policy of demolishing the homes of those considered as terrorists in light of petition filed with the Israel Supreme Court...

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Commentary Michigan Must Recognize "Stay Window" Marriages
Michigan Must Recognize "Stay Window" Marriages
Robert A. Sedler
January 26, 2015 09:43:46 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Robert A. Sedler, of Wayne State University Law School, discusses the constitutionality of Michigan's ban on marriage for same-sex persons ... In Caspar v. Snyder, decided on January 15, 2015, Judge Mark A. Goldsmith of the US...

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Commentary The Limits of Inviolability: UN Facilities During Armed Conflict
The Limits of Inviolability: UN Facilities During Armed Conflict
Laurie Blank
January 22, 2015 08:30:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank, of Emory University School of Law, discusses the protection of UN premises during armed conflict and argues that, while critically important, such inviolability cannot be absolute in light of the fundamental purposes of the law...

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Commentary No Excuses: The "N-Word" Does Not Belong in the Workplace
No Excuses: The "N-Word" Does Not Belong in the Workplace
Ayanna Thomas
January 21, 2015 04:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Ayanna Thomas, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2015, is the author of the tenth article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Thomas discusses racial...

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Commentary Impediments to Justice and Recognition in the Khmer Rouge Tribunals
Impediments to Justice and Recognition in the Khmer Rouge Tribunals
Yvonne Kwan
January 19, 2015 09:55:12 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Yvonne Y. Kwan, doctoral candidate of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, discusses the politics surrounding the Khmer Rouge genocide tribunals ...Political narratives of pain and suffering are most often constructed by those who sanction...

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Commentary NAGPRA and Congress’s Foresight
NAGPRA and Congress’s Foresight
Elizabeth C. Varner
January 18, 2015 08:30:27 pm

JURIST Guest Columnists Elizabeth C. Varner, Diane Penneys Edelman and Leila Amineddoleh of Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation respond to the piece by Walter Olson on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and counter his assertion that the...

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Commentary Educating Men and Boys on Female Advocacy and Equality
Educating Men and Boys on Female Advocacy and Equality
Anjelica Violi
January 18, 2015 10:02:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Anjelica Violi, Valparaiso University Law School Class of 2016, discusses the education of men and boys on female equality ...In the last six months the UN has gained newfound attention with its strong efforts to perpetuate the...

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