Kevin Zeese : "The images of torture and abuse of prisoners are vivid. They are an embarrassment to a nation that led the efforts for the Geneva Convention which made torture and other war...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that North Korea's apparent disavowal of the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War does not negate the continued existence at international law of the legal boundary between North...
Hoon Lee : "South Korea is now almost at the end of a 7-day national mourning period for its former (16th) president, Roh Moo Hyun, who had abruptly ended his life by jumping off a...
Audrey Silk : "The DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmation of most of District Court Judge Gladys Kessler's ruling in the case of US v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et. al. [PDF...
JURIST Guest Columnist Jonathan Tracy of the National Institute of Military Justice at American University Washington College of Law says President Obama's decision to reconstitute the US military commissions system runs contrary to basic American legal values and revitalizes the...
J.B. Harris : "On May 22, 2009, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in large part one of the most damning verdicts ever rendered against the tobacco industry. US v. Philip...
JURIST Guest Columnist Wes Rist of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that recent passage by Spain's lower house of parliament of a non-binding resolution aimed at limiting the scope of the country's universal jurisdiction may not be...
Reed Brody : "Spain has become the latest battleground in the fight over the soul of international justice. On Tuesday, its lower house of Parliament called for a limit on its universal jurisdiction law over...
John W. Whitehead : "President Obama has been accused of falling short of his campaign promises for a more transparent government. It certainly appears that the Obama administration is borrowing from George W. Bush's playbook,...
Noah Greenwald : "On May 8, 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that he will not rescind a "special rule" created by the Bush administration that sharply limits protections for the polar...