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Commentary New 'Diversity' Needed for Supreme Court Nominees
New 'Diversity' Needed for Supreme Court Nominees
Jeremiah Lee
June 25, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnists Renée Landers of Suffolk University School of Law and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that unless US Presidents embrace a broader view of "diversity" in future Supreme Court nominations, they may deprive the...

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Commentary Rhode Island law on safe access to medical marijuana marks national trend in state regulation
Rhode Island law on safe access to medical marijuana marks national trend in state regulation
June 23, 2009 11:04:00 am

Jesse Stout : "When the Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Act became law in January 2006, seriously ill patients started calling the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC) to ask, "Where do I...

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Commentary The Ghailani Terrorism Case: Military Lawyers in Federal Court?
The Ghailani Terrorism Case: Military Lawyers in Federal Court?
Jeremiah Lee
June 22, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says that Department of Defense approval of military defense counsel's participation in Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's federal court terrorism case would underline the Department's core commitment to the rule of...

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Commentary In Burma politics rather than law will decide the trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
In Burma politics rather than law will decide the trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
June 21, 2009 11:20:00 am

Awzar Thi : "At a meeting of lawyers in Hong Kong this April, Aitzaz Ahsan described how as counsel for the Chief Justice of Pakistan in the petition against his unconstitutional removal from office...

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Commentary Saudi rehabilitation program a model for Guantanamo detainee repatriation
Saudi rehabilitation program a model for Guantanamo detainee repatriation
June 19, 2009 11:47:00 am

Christopher Boucek "On Friday June 12 it was announced that three more Saudi detainees held at Guantanamo Bay had been repatriated back to the kingdom. With their arrival, 120 Saudi nationals...

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Commentary Greek police charged with murder of teenager deserve fair and impartial trial
Greek police charged with murder of teenager deserve fair and impartial trial
June 18, 2009 10:03:00 am

Dimitrios Ioannidis : "On December 6, 2008, a member of the elite Greek police forces shot and killed 15 year old Alexis Grigoropoulos in the Exarchia section...

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Commentary SEC v. Mozilo: Repairing the Financial Services Industry
SEC v. Mozilo: Repairing the Financial Services Industry
Jeremiah Lee
June 17, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Macchiarola, an adjunct professor at CUNY Law School and Seton Hall University School of Law, says that the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent complaint against Countrywide Financial offers several lessons for those who would repair our...

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Commentary Obama's Military Commission and International Law
Obama's Military Commission and International Law
Jeremiah Lee
June 15, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that a reconstituted military commission at Guantanamo Bay set up to only prosecute aliens would necessarily violate bilateral treaties, create a "denial of justice" for aliens under...

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Commentary Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability Under International Law
Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability Under International Law
Jeremiah Lee
June 15, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the closest precedent to the Israeli position on the Gaza war is justification, an international law doctrine that has been a dead letter since the end of...

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Commentary Rejection of Khodorkovsky appeal latest example of due process failures
Rejection of Khodorkovsky appeal latest example of due process failures
June 11, 2009 10:57:00 am

Robert Amsterdam : "This summer, a second trial is being carried out by the Russian government against Mikhail Khodorkovsky - once Russia's most successful oil executive and opposition financier. As may be expected, the good news continues...

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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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