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...

Aleksandra (Sasha) Williams, Pitt Law '10, files from Kiev:On May 16, 2008, Ukraine became the 152nd country member of the World Trade Organization. Although the general Kiev population seemed rather unimpressed by this event, especially in light of the impending...

Lee Stein and Elizabeth Kruschek : "Last week, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that two school voucher programs created by the Arizona Legislature in 2006 were unconstitutional. Those...

Farzana Hassan : "For those who think the veil symbolizes the oppression of Muslim women - think again. In an American court in August of 2006, the veil instead became a symbol of clear defiance to legal...

Greg Loarie : "At its core, Sierra Forest Legacy v. Rey (incorrectly titled CBD v. Rey) challenges the 2004 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (also known as the "2004 Framework"), which establishes management direction for all 11 national forests...

Sahr MuhammedAlly : "On March 12, 2008, Mohammed Jawad - an Afghan national who was 16 or 17 years old at the time of his arrest in Kabul in December 2002 -...

Kevin Lanigan : "The U.S. military in Iraq is quickly moving toward its first court-martial of a civilian contractor since the Vietnam war. The case holds some promise of beginning to reign in...

Jeffery J. Ventrella : "The California Supreme Court in an innocuously titled 4-3 split decision, In re Marriage Cases, sets forth an anything but innocuous ruling that imposes same-sex "marriage" despite a...

Ahilan Arulanantham : "I need to start with two caveats. First, I am no expert in either international or comparative law, and I know almost nothing about the law of Belgium or France. Second, in...

Mathew D. Staver : "Yesterday's California Supreme Court decision represents a raw abuse of judicial authority. In 2000, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 22, defining marriage as...