Zubair Butt Hussai : "It is with great regret and indignation that it has come to our knowledge that the Danish government now wishes to intervene in the Administration of Justice Act . The government...

Courtney E. Jones : "Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia welcomes the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to strike down Virginia's burdensome ban on late-term abortions. The Court stated that the onerous 2003...

Bonnie Docherty : "Negotiations for a new convention banning cluster munitions are coming to a close, and perhaps the biggest remaining obstacle to achieving a strong treaty is a country not even present, the United States. The...

Bill Van Esveld : "The Egyptian government has extended for two more years Law 162 of 1958 that authorizes prolonged detention without charge and severe limitations on freedom of...

Aleksandra (Sasha) Williams, Pitt Law '10, files from Kiev:Until yesterday any American voter disgruntled by the current presidential election process could find comfort in realizing that at least there are several candidates to pick from. For example, compared to Russian...

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that instead of excusing the Bush administration lawyers who enabled torture as a tool of American policy, we should press for their prosecution and celebrate the...

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the proposed 18th Amendment to Pakistan's constitution limiting presidential power and punishing judges who might support military coups and constitutional subversions may offer some short-term benefit, but...

JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Iraq has a long and proud legal tradition, and certainly boasts a large number of legal professionals who take their work very seriously...

Mike Dubrasich : "After eight years of a planning exercise called the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (SNFPA) - one that involved thousands of people, hundreds of meetings, and tens of thousands...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Taimur Malik, Executive Director of Pakistan's Research Society of International Law (RSIL) think-tank and a High Court Advocate, says the country's lawyers and politicians must put aside differences and short-term concerns and come together if Pakistan...