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Commentary President Mbeki’s shameful ouster calls into question effectiveness of ANC rule
President Mbeki’s shameful ouster calls into question effectiveness of ANC rule
September 23, 2008 03:44:00 pm

Corlett Letlojane : "First and foremost, many people are saddened by the unceremonious departure of the President of South Africa, when his term of office is only ending in April 2008. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond...

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Commentary Prosecuting High-level Americans for War Crimes
Prosecuting High-level Americans for War Crimes
Jeremiah Lee
September 22, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says "the whole world is watching" efforts in the United States - highlighted at a recent conference at Andover - to bring U.S. high-level civilians and/or generals...

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Commentary APA ban pressures US government to shut down  enhanced interrogation program
APA ban pressures US government to shut down enhanced interrogation program
September 21, 2008 01:57:00 pm

Stephen Soldz : "In results released this week, the members of the American Psychological Association overwhelmingly approved a referendum repudiating the APA's years-long policy encouraging psychologists to aid...

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Commentary India’s views on women must change to make anti-dowry legal reform meaningful
India’s views on women must change to make anti-dowry legal reform meaningful
September 19, 2008 06:21:00 pm

Marin Macwan : "Upon presenting the new Constitution of India to Parliament in 1947, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, chairperson of the Drafting Committee, stated, "We are entering into an age of contradiction. In law, we are all equal,...

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Commentary Wisconsin Attorney General’s attempt to change voting rules has partisan motive
Wisconsin Attorney General’s attempt to change voting rules has partisan motive
September 17, 2008 03:19:00 pm

Scot Ross : "Wisconsin Republican Attorney General JB Van Hollen, the co-chair of the John McCain for President campaign, filed a lawsuit last week against the state's Government Accountability Board (GAB) to require crosschecking of all...

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Commentary The End of the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan?
The End of the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan?
Jeremiah Lee
September 16, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Moeen Cheema, professor of Law & Policy at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan, says that in the wake of the election of Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari as the President of...

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Commentary Last minute change in Wisconsin election protocol would disenfranchise voters
Last minute change in Wisconsin election protocol would disenfranchise voters
September 15, 2008 09:56:00 pm

Andrea Kaminski : "In suing the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), Attorney General Van Hollen is seeking to overturn a recent GAB decision and change election procedures - just before a presidential election....

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Commentary The Anthrax Case: Congress Must Demand an Independent Inquiry
The Anthrax Case: Congress Must Demand an Independent Inquiry
Jeremiah Lee
September 15, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist David Harris of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that in light of questions about the FBI's public identification of the late Dr. Bruce Ivins as "the only person responsible" for the 2001 anthrax attacks,...

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Commentary Al-Arian case is emblematic of post-9/11 political prosecutions under Bush
Al-Arian case is emblematic of post-9/11 political prosecutions under Bush
September 9, 2008 06:02:00 pm

Safiya Ghori-Ahmad : "For many American Muslims, the case of Sami Al-Arian has become the most prominent illustration of the Bush administration's post-9/11 political prosecutions. Sami Al-Arian, a former University of Florida professor, was...

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Commentary The Draft Iraqi Oil Law: Making a Mockery of Sovereignty
The Draft Iraqi Oil Law: Making a Mockery of Sovereignty
Jeremiah Lee
September 8, 2008 08:01:00 am

JURIST Special Guest Columnists Nancy Wohlforth and Fred Mason, Co-Convenors of U.S. Labor Against the War, say that the proposed Iraqi oil law would put effective control of most of Iraq's vast oil resources into the hands of foreign companies...

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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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