Articles Tagged with affiliation: Syracuse University College of Law

First It's the Muslims: An Evolution to Dictatorship

February 3, 2017 06:27:41 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of the Syracuse University College of Law discusses some alarming similarities between the early days of the Trump administration and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler... How did a great country with a...

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A Step Forward: the UN & Justice for Syria

David M. Crane

January 1, 2017 01:45:29 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane, founding Chief Prosecutor of the international war crimes tribunal in West Africa, discusses the UN's recent action that will allow for independent justice-seeking organizations to hold accountable parties committing international crimes in Syria... On...

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Fatal Attraction&#8212The International Criminal Court and Politics

David M. Crane

November 30, 2016 09:27:46 am

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of Syracuse University College of Law discusses the need for the International Criminal Court to utilize politics to ensure its future...Several years ago, I gave a speech where I stated that prosecutor who does...

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The Rules Have Not Changed Regarding Armed Conflict

David M. Crane

March 30, 2015 03:21:19 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of Syracuse University College of Law discusses enforcing the laws of armed conflict in an age of extremes... Shortly after three planes went into three buildings on September 11, 2001 the chief law enforcement...

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Hall v. Florida: Over Relying on a Single Source to Set a National Standard

Susan Schneider

July 31, 2014 01:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Susan Schneider, Syracuse University College of Law, Class of 2015, explores criticisms of the DSM-5 after the US Supreme Court used it as the sole national standard to define intellectual disability in Hall v. Florida...In its...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Titanic sinking precipitated multiple lawsuits

The Titanic sank early in the morning of April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Of 2228 passengers and crewmembers aboard, only 705 survived. The sinking gave rise to a variety of lawsuits against the White Star Line, the Titanic's owners.

Andrew Johnson sworn in after Lincoln assassination

On April 15, 1865, Vice-President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the seventeenth President of the United States, after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Johnson became the first US President to be impeached, but he was not convicted. Learn more about Andrew Johnson and his impeachment from the US Senate.