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Commentary Indonesian plan to track HIV carriers with microchip implants violates human rights
Indonesian plan to track HIV carriers with microchip implants violates human rights
November 25, 2008 05:55:00 pm

Craig McClure : "The International AIDS Society strongly urges the government of Papua, Indonesia to discard its proposed plans to insert microchips into "sexually aggressive" HIV-positive people in the province. Passing such a law into practice...

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Commentary The Way Forward: Post-9/11 Principles
The Way Forward: Post-9/11 Principles
Jeremiah Lee
November 25, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Mary Ellen O'Connell of Notre Dame Law School and panel colleagues at a recent Washburn University School of Law symposium on "The Rule of Law and the Global War on Terrorism" offer their consensus on the appropriate...

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Commentary Red Army Faction leader’s release shows terrorists should be treated as simple criminals
Red Army Faction leader’s release shows terrorists should be treated as simple criminals
November 24, 2008 05:10:00 pm

Richard Huffman : "Christian Klar, leader of the notorious Red Army Faction, the leftist terrorist group that waged war on Germany from 1970 through the early 1990s, was released from prison. Klar...

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Commentary Guantanamo Justice After Seven Years
Guantanamo Justice After Seven Years
Jeremiah Lee
November 24, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that as US federal courts begin to demonstrate their capacity and willingness to render justice to Guantanamo detainees whose legal process has been too long delayed, the Obama...

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Commentary Russian presidential term extension signals Putin’s return to power
Russian presidential term extension signals Putin’s return to power
November 23, 2008 11:05:00 pm

Ariel Cohen : "The Russian Constitution proclaims a presidential republic within a multi-party system, with president as a "guarantor" of the Constituion. However, checks and balances in Russia were underdeveloped since the collapse of communism...

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Commentary Ending "don't ask, don't tell" policy will make the military stronger
Ending "don't ask, don't tell" policy will make the military stronger
November 22, 2008 03:30:00 pm

Aubrey Sarvis : "The opposition by more than 100 retired flag officers to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law is another indication of growing nationwide support to replace DADT with a nondiscrimination law that...

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Commentary A National Security Court: Restoring the Balance Between Security and Justice
A National Security Court: Restoring the Balance Between Security and Justice
Jeremiah Lee
November 19, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Amos Guiora of the University of Utah College of Law says that creation of a special US domestic court to try terrorism suspects need not be an exercise in "rights denial" but can in fact be a...

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Commentary Guantanamo testimonials project forces revised Pentagon count of juvenile detainees
Guantanamo testimonials project forces revised Pentagon count of juvenile detainees
November 18, 2008 05:09:00 pm

Dr. Almerindo Ojeda : "The UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA) recently posted an analysis of miltary and diplomatic testimonies showing that the...

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Commentary Iraqi SOFA Jurisdiction Over US Soldiers: A Matter of Necessity
Iraqi SOFA Jurisdiction Over US Soldiers: A Matter of Necessity
Jeremiah Lee
November 18, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the American concession in the supposedly final version of the Status of Forces Agreement governing US troops in Iraq that would put US soldiers...

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Commentary Treasury Department must improve terrorism designation procedures
Treasury Department must improve terrorism designation procedures
November 17, 2008 09:31:00 pm

Victor Comras : "The process used to designate, and freeze the assets of, terrorists and those providing material support for terrorism, has come under serious judicial challenge here and abroad. The European Court of Justice recently...

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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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