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Commentary Diversity of Online Gambling Landscape Creates Ambiguity
Diversity of Online Gambling Landscape Creates Ambiguity
January 10, 2012 12:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Fleming, Litigation Support Director at the Poker Players Alliance, says that the recent decision by the Department of Justice to permit online non-sports gambling has bolstered the legitimacy of Internet betting, but the gambling landscape remains...

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Commentary The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act: Some Missing Pieces
The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act: Some Missing Pieces
January 4, 2012 04:00:00 pm

The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act: Some Missing Pieces Arthur Hellman, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; January 4, 2012

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Commentary Progress in Pakistan: Criminalizing Practices Harmful to Women
Progress in Pakistan: Criminalizing Practices Harmful to Women
December 31, 2011 05:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Maira Sheikh, Notre Dame Law School Class of 2012, is a Research Associate at the Research Society of International Law in Lahore, Pakistan. She discusses Pakistan's new women's rights laws and argues that even if these laws...

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Commentary The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act is Now Law
The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act is Now Law
December 30, 2011 05:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Arthur Hellman of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses the impact of the recently passed Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011 on federal and state court litigation in the US...There was no public ceremony,...

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Commentary Navigability and State Ownership of Riverbeds
Navigability and State Ownership of Riverbeds
December 27, 2011 12:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Richard Ausness of the University of Kentucky College of Law says that a case currently before the Supreme Court presents a significant and interesting issue regarding which test for navigability ought to be used in determining whether...

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Commentary Copyright and Its Limitations According to the ECJ
Copyright and Its Limitations According to the ECJ
December 24, 2011 09:00:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Keyder of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, says that the recent decisions in EU case law shows a trend towards viewing intellectual property as a way to...

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Commentary Labor Law Leads to Efficient Operations in the NFL
Labor Law Leads to Efficient Operations in the NFL
December 19, 2011 01:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Erica Menze, Marquette University Law School Class of 2012, is a member of the Marquette Sports Law Review. She writes on the implications of labor law and antitrust law on the National Football League's operations...During the National...

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Commentary Nigerian Same-Sex Marriage Ban Infringes Individual Rights
Nigerian Same-Sex Marriage Ban Infringes Individual Rights
December 16, 2011 01:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Damian Ugwu, Executive Director of the Social Justice & Advocacy Initiative, says that the recent bill prohibiting same-sex marriage in Nigeria has ominous implications for a broad range of individual rights in the country...On November 29, 2011,...

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Commentary Gun Ownership Rights Violated in Messerschmidt v. Millender
Gun Ownership Rights Violated in Messerschmidt v. Millender
December 16, 2011 11:00:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Stephen Halbrook, Counsel for the National Rifle Association in the case of Messerschmidt v. Millender, argues that the police violated clearly established gun ownership rights in seizing the guns of all those present within the searched premises...

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Commentary Political Bait and Switch Trumps Rights Reform in Malaysia
Political Bait and Switch Trumps Rights Reform in Malaysia
December 15, 2011 03:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Phil Robertson, Deputy Director of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch, says that the Peaceful Assembly Bill is a betrayal of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's earlier promises to bolster civil society through broadening respect for...

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