Elizabeth Zitrin : "The United States of America, proud of its commitment to fairness and justice, is being left behind on one of the most important international human rights issues of our age....
EXPERT ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Continued support for capital punishment leaves US on wrong side of history
Vatican deserves praise for publishing policies regarding clergy abuse of minors
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Not Child's Play: Revisiting the Law of Child Soldiers
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Poland’s political future on hold during time of national mourning
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Appellate decision on FCC’s net neutrality rules a blow to freedom of communication
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The US-Israel Standoff over Settlements
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SpeechNow Decision Continues Deregulatory Trend in Campaign Finance Realm
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Prosecuting Terror Suspects in Federal Court: The Right Choice
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Hutaree Militia arrests reflect growth of potentialy violent anti-government groups
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US must give immigration offenders access to counsel and decrease focus on detention
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J. Michael Ritty : "Any sexual abuse of a minor by a cleric is a terrible crime both in canon law and in secular law. At the same time, the presence of a charge of sexually abusing...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Lt. Col. Chris Jenks (USA), Chief of the International Law Branch of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, says that the discussion on child soldiers in general and Omar Khadr in particular should be broadened...
Piotr Maciej Kaczyński : "On the tragic morning of the Black Saturday, 10 April 2010, the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński travelling with his wife Maria and 94 other persons were killed in a...
Jérémie Zimmermann : "The recent decision from the US Court of Appeals is a blow to the defense of a free, open, and therefore neutral Internet, but it is not definitive. The FCC can...
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Kattan of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, says that morally, legally, and politically the Obama administration is on solid ground in its confrontation with the...
Neil P. Reiff : "Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, sitting en banc, issued a significant, yet unsurprising decision in Speechnow.org. v. FEC. In Speechnow.org,...
JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Sloan, president and founder of the bipartisan Washington DC-based Constitution Project, says that US Attorney General Eric Holder should stand by his decision to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in traditional federal court, rather than in military...
Heidi Beirich : "The arrests this past weekend of nine members of the Hutaree Militia in what federal authorities are describing as a plot to murder a law enforcement officer in Michigan and then...
Azizah al-Hibri and William H. Taft, IV : "Imagine your neighbor had been born and raised in Jamaica. Twenty years ago, he moved to the United States to marry an American woman and...
