Michele Granda :"The New York State appeals court decision to recognize the valid legal marriage of Patricia Martinez and Lisa Ann Golden contrasts starkly with a recent decision of Rhode Island's Supreme...

Max Jeganathan : "Civil Liberties Australia unequivocally and unconditionally rejects Mr Keelty's call for media restrictions on coverage relating to all and any operations by the Australian Federal Police Force. Clearly, the arms of law enforcement and...

Rachel Alexander : "As Scott J. Bloch, head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, continues to complain that the Department of Justice's investigation is delaying his investigation of the nine U.S. attorney firings, the question arises, why...

JURIST Contributing Editor Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) and former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, now a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that the pattern of executive...

Tom Burke : "The main legal issue is: the imprisonment, trials, and sentencing of Colombian revolutionaries in U.S. courts is a violation of the Colombian people's sovereignty. Ricardo Palmera is a political prisoner of...

Elisabeth Borrel : "At the beginning the two states , France and Djibouti, and in particular their two presidents - Chirac and Guelleh - agreed to ask...

Bernard Nicholas : "Cette audience devant la C.I.J de La Haye est en effet un épisode important de cette affaire.La République de Djibouti appuie sa demande sur un accord...

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that in the name of the "war of terror," NATO forces in Afghanistan are committing genocide by systematically hunting down and destroying the Taliban, a puritanical Islamic group,...

Miri Weingarten : "PHR-Israel has been immersed in the crisis that has engulfed Gaza since the takeover by Hamas in June 2007, and the resultant closing by Israel of all crossing points to goods and...

Neal A. Puckett : "The criminal justice system in America has certain checks and balances against overreaching by prosecutors when they bring felony charges. Some must simply file charges by information,...