JURIST Guest Columnist Moeen Cheema, professor of Law & Policy at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan, says that in its forthcoming ruling on the legal validity of General Pervez Musharraf's candidacy in the country's recent presidential...
Jessica Montell : "Much of Professor Dugard's report simply reiterates what B'Tselem has documented extensively over the past several years: in many spheres the human rights situation...
Anne Weismann : "The White House's recent refusal to provide assurances that it is preserving back-up copies of the millions of missing emails is clearly part of a larger, more concerted...
Dennis Edney : "You may not be aware that Omar Khadr has, verbally and in writing, asserted his right to be represented by his Canadian counsel and not to be represented by...
Giovanni Di Stefano : "Any execution of Mr Al Majid et al after the expiry of the 'within 30 days of final judgement (Sept.4) will be deemed an act...
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that despite recent remarkable rulings the Supreme Court of Pakistan should avoid venturing further into the treacherous waters of judicial activism and should not disturb the new political...
Jameel Jaffer : "Recent media reports reveal that the Justice Department issued two legal memoranda in 2005 that authorized the CIA to use a slew...
Giovanni di Stefano provides exclusive video for JURIST from his current trip to Baghdad, including military protection on the bus from Baghdad International Airport to Baghdad Immigration Control,...
Brigid Leahy : "We are pleased with the outcome of the settlement in Menges, et al v. Blagojevich. Our concern has always been for the woman who needs her prescription for contraception...
Giovanni Di Stefano : "I have been asked on countless occasions by students at universities, fellow lawyers, colleagues, journalists my simple view on the current situation in Iraq.It is...