Stephanie Toti : "A state district court in Oklahoma sent a clear message last week when it struck down a law that imposed numerous restrictions on access to abortion services. Enacted in 2008, the...
EXPERT ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Oklahoma court ruling against abortion access restrictions is a victory for women’s health and the rule of law
DOJ investigation into terror suspect interrogations harms US national security
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Mexican attorney general’s resignation shows failure of prohibition strategy to stop drug trafficking
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Reconsidering the 'Rule of Law' in Iraq
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Court ruling against Connecticut campaign finance law helps level political playing field
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Thailand judiciary further discredits itself with harsh lese majesty sentence against protestor
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Government laptop border searches a slippery slope to accessing citizens’ electronic communications
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DC Circuit's ruling in Comcast case properly eliminated outdated market control limits for cable companies
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Reforming Criminal Procedure in France
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KindHearts ruling exposed Treasury Department's unconstitutional freezing of Muslim charity assets
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Steven Emerson : "Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed a career Federal prosecutor from Connecticut to lead a preliminary investigation into whether criminal laws were broken by US intelligence operatives involved in post-9/11 terror suspect...
David Borden : "The resignation of Mexico's Attorney General in the midst of a veritable war between the government and drug traffickers - and amongst trafficking organizations - is unlikely to change much in the grand scheme of...
JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that outside observers purporting to assess adherence to the "rule of law" in Iraq should pay less attention to compliance or non-compliance with formally enacted...
Joshua Katz : "The Libertarian Party of Connecticut joined with the state's Green Party to file a lawsuit in federal court challenging the state's Citizens' Election Program. We maintained that this program was...
Awzar Thi : "A court in Thailand inched closer to its counterparts in neighboring Burma last week when it sentenced an anti-coup protestor to 18 years in prison. The Bangkok criminal court convicted Daranee...
Barry Steinhardt : "Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have a legitimate power to search for contraband goods crossing national borders. But searching laptops is not a search of goods. It is a search of a storehouse...
Christopher Huther and Jeremy Keim : "On August 28, 2009, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion in Comcast Corporation v. FCC, which vacated the FCC's...
JURIST Special Guest Columnists Judith Sunderland and William Bourdon of Human Rights Watch say that the French government needs to ensure that all suspects in police custody have the right to see a lawyer immediately, have access to a lawyer...
Sahar Aziz : "A recent ruling by a federal district court signifies an encouraging shift for Muslim charities in the United States. For many such non-profits, mere investigation by the Department...
