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Commentary G-20 EXTRA ~ First Day of Summit Mostly Calm
G-20 EXTRA ~ First Day of Summit Mostly Calm
September 25, 2009 11:49:00 am

Abigail Salisbury, JURIST's Executive Director, observed events in downtown Pittsburgh on the first day of the G-20 Summit... I was able to get a press pass to the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and after going through security at Mellon...

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Commentary G-20 EXTRA ~ EC President Barroso Visits University of Pittsburgh
G-20 EXTRA ~ EC President Barroso Visits University of Pittsburgh
September 25, 2009 10:26:00 am

Amelia Mathias, Pitt Law '11, attended a speech given by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday...Accompanied by his wife, Margarita, and staff, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso came to the...

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Commentary Obama's Terrorism Policy: Change If Necessary, But Not Necessarily Change
Obama's Terrorism Policy: Change If Necessary, But Not Necessarily Change
Jeremiah Lee
September 25, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnists Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen of New England School of Law say that while newly-announced White House policies on detentions and state secrets represent ostensible departures from Bush administration positions, they maintain the status quo in fundamental...

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Commentary Ohio must halt executions until they are correctly and humanely administered under the law
Ohio must halt executions until they are correctly and humanely administered under the law
September 24, 2009 07:37:00 pm

Jeffrey M. Gamso : "Ohio is now uniquely in the position of three badly botched executions in the just over three years. On May 2, 2006,...

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Commentary Second Circuit ruling that states can sue power companies over emissions will cause explosion of nuisance suits
Second Circuit ruling that states can sue power companies over emissions will cause explosion of nuisance suits
September 24, 2009 06:31:00 pm

Maureen Martin : "Former Vice President Al Gore and White House climate change czar Carol Browner, commenting on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a federal nuisance case to go ahead...

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Commentary New state secrets policy is first step towards legislation to check executive discretion in blocking litigation
New state secrets policy is first step towards legislation to check executive discretion in blocking litigation
September 24, 2009 05:35:00 pm

Sharon Bradford Franklin : "On September 23, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the executive branch has adopted a new policy on invocation of the state secrets privilege - a doctrine which protects against disclosure...

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Commentary The ICC and the Middle East: A Needed Relationship
The ICC and the Middle East: A Needed Relationship
Jeremiah Lee
September 24, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, a legal adviser with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and co-founder and Associate Editor of Global Brief, Canada's first international affairs magazine, says that in order for the ICC to...

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Commentary G-20 EXTRA ~  People's Summit Addresses World Poverty, Local Economy
G-20 EXTRA ~ People's Summit Addresses World Poverty, Local Economy
September 23, 2009 01:06:00 pm

Ingrid Burke, Pitt Law '11, attended an "alternative" G-20 event on world hunger and economic decline which was hosted by the People's Summit on Pittsburgh's North Side...This week I was given the opportunity to attend several G-20 alternative/resistance events in...

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Commentary Torture Tales: Calling John Durham
Torture Tales: Calling John Durham
Jeremiah Lee
September 18, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that justice would be better served by former Bush Administration officials if they would talk to federal prosecutor John Durham about the administrative missteps that led...

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Commentary BELGIUM: Language Laws and Regional Divisions
BELGIUM: Language Laws and Regional Divisions
September 16, 2009 04:19:00 pm

Amelia Mathias, Pitt Law '11, spent her summer conducting research at the Institute for European Studies in Brussels, Belgium...In early spring, I told a close friend in Pittsburgh that I would be spending the summer in Belgium. "It's good you're...

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Guiteau tried for assassinating US President Garfield

On November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield. The trial of Guiteau pointed to problems with nineteenth-century law's treatment of insanity; Guiteau's trial is also problematic in retrospect as Garfield's death was immediately attributable not to Guiteau, but to Garfield's doctors who—before sterilization was well understood—repeated probed his wound with unwashed hands while searching for an embedded bullet.

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