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Tyrants, Dictators, and Thugs: Fearing the Bogeyman
July 1, 2009
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law and Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2002 to 2005 says that in responding to post-electoral unrest Iran's Supreme Leader is utilizing a method employed by history's most notorious.... [more] 
Coming to America? Obama's Limited Options for Holding Guantanamo Detainees
June 30, 2009
JURIST Guest Columnist Andrew J. Puglia Levy, an attorney in Washington D.C. who served in the US Department of Homeland Security from 2006-2009, most recently as deputy general counsel, says the risks of bringing some Guantanamo detainees to the United States are significant because the Obama.... [more]
Previously in JURIST's Forum:
- Preserving Spain's Universal Jurisdiction Law in the Common Interest
Olga Martin-Ortega, University of East London (UK) and Jordi Palou-Loverdos; June 26, 2009
- New 'Diversity' Needed for Supreme Court Nominees
Renee Landers, Suffolk University Law School and Lawrence Friedman, New England School of Law; June 25, 2009
- The Ghailani Terrorism Case: Military Lawyers in Federal Court?
Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; June 22, 2009
- SEC v. Mozilo: Repairing the Financial Services Industry
Michael Macchiarola, CUNY/Seton Hall University Law School; June 17, 2009
- Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability Under International Law
Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University School of Law; June 15, 2009
- Obama's Military Commission and International Law
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; June 15, 2009
- Resettling Guantanamo Detainees: Reluctance and Responsibility
Donald Rothwell, Australian National University College of Law; June 11, 2009
- Somalia at the Crossroads: Options for the World Community
Zeray Yihdago, Oxford Brookes University (UK); June 8, 2009
- Checking State Secrets
Asa Hutchinson, The Constitution Project; June 4, 2009
- The Two Koreas: The Armistice and the Boundary
Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University School of Law; June 1, 2009
- Military Commissions 3.0 is the Wrong Answer
Jonathan Tracey, National Institute of Military Justice; May 29, 2009
- Extinction or Evolution? Ending Absolute Universal Jurisdiction in International Law
Wes Rist, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; May 26, 2009
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal: Different Spanks for Different Ranks?
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; May 20, 2009
- 'Change' at Guantanamo: Reality or Illusion?
Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law; May 19, 2009
- The Complicity of Dick Cheney: No 'Necessity' Defense
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; May 18, 2009
- Should Obama Nominate a Justice Without Judicial Experience?
William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University; May 15, 2009
- The Spirit of Nuremberg Lives! Remembering Henry King
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; May 13, 2009
- The Man Who Knew Too Much? A Convenient Suicide in a Libyan Prison
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; May 12, 2009
- No Torture, No Prosecution
Jeffrey Addicott, St. Mary's University School of Law; May 8, 2009
- Rice, Waterboarding and Accountability
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; May 8, 2009
- Fighting H1N1: Why Laws are Not the Answer
Edward P. Richards III, LSU Law Center; May 2, 2009
- The 'Torture Memos': Learning That Ends Do Not Justify Means
Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman, New England School of Law; April 28, 2009
- The Second Bybee Memo: A Smoking Gun
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; April 22, 2009
- The Better Part of Valor: Obama's Duty to Prosecute Torturers
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; April 22, 2009
- The Obama Lobbying Directive: Steps in the Right Direction
William Luneburg, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; April 10, 2009
- America's Moment of Truth on Torture
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; April 8, 2009
- The US and the UN Human Rights Council: No Instant Gratification
Noah Bialostozky, White & Case LLP; April 7, 2009
- America's Role in Protecting the Right to Water
Amanda Klasing, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights; April 1, 2009
- Instrumentalizing International Justice: Don't Halt the Bashir Case
Saira Mohamed, Columbia Law School; March 30, 2009
- Law at Sea: Challenges Facing Japan's Anti-piracy Mission
Hitoshi Nasu and Donald Rothwell, ANU College of Law, Australian National University; March 25, 2009
- Challenges for Chaudhry: The Way Ahead for Pakistan's Reinstated Chief Justice
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; March 19, 2009
- America and the Rule of Law in Pakistan
Saeed Malik (brother of ex-Pakistan SCBA head Muneer Malik); March 12, 2009
- The Supreme Court and Al-Marri: No Virtue Now in Judicial Passivity
Bruce Miller, Western New England College School of Law; March 5, 2009
- National Security Courts and Preventive Detention: A Bad and Unnecessary Idea
Reps. David Skaggs (D-CO) and Mickey Edwards (R-OK), Constitution Project; March 4, 2009
- For a Non-partisan Commission on Detainee Treatment
Jonathan Tracy, National Institute of Military Justice; February 24, 2009
- Mortgage Inequity: Why the Bailout is Missing the Boat
Nancy Rapoport, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Law School of Law; February 20, 2009
- Judges Sentencing Children for Kickbacks: A Special Kind of Infamy
David Harris, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; February 19, 2009
- Omar Khadr: Release, Repatriation, and Remedies
Gail Davidson, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada; February 17, 2009
- Scumbag Millionaires (Or, Weekend at Bernie's -- Again)
Nancy Rapoport, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Law School of Law; February 17, 2009
- Rendition Revisited: Panetta and Obama Step into the Gray
Afsheen John Radsan, William Mitchell College of Law; February 13, 2009
- Defend Yoo or End Impunity?
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; February 11, 2009
- A Call to End All Renditions
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; February 10, 2009
- Gumshoeing in Kabul: Lessons for US Detention Policy
Jonathan Horowitz, One World Research; February 9, 2009
- SNAFU at the AU: Is Regionalism the ICC's Biggest Challenge?
Wes Rist, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; February 5, 2009
- 'Advice and Consent': How the Senate Should Vet Obama Cabinet Picks
William G. Ross, Cumberland Law School, Samford University; February 4, 2009
- Fighting the Somali Pirates: The 'Shipriders Agreement' Breakthrough
S.R. Subramanian, Hidayatullah National Law University (India); January 29, 2009
- Closing Time: Presidential Power and Emergencies
Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; January 28, 2009
- President Obama: New Hope for International Law?
Mary Ellen O'Connell, University of Notre Dame Law School; January 26, 2009
- Banning Torture is Not Enough
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; January 23, 2009
- Guantanamo is Closing: Now What?
Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law; January 22, 2009
- Torture and Timing: Explaining the Crawford Concession
Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights; January 22, 2009
- 'Smart Power' and the Rule of Law
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; January 20, 2009
- No Room Left for Doubt: New Revelations About Guantanamo
Marc Falkoff, Northern Illinois University College of Law; January 17, 2009
- Gaza: Not a War of Self-Defense
Victor Kattan, Schl. of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; January 15, 2009
- After Bush: Taking Meaningful Steps Towards Accountability
Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman, New England School of Law; January 14, 2009
- Legal Aspects of 'Operation Cast Lead' in Gaza
Amos Guiora, University of Utah College of Law; January 11, 2009
- Compensation and Immunity: Germany v. Italy at the ICJ
Stefan Kirchner, Georg-August-University Faculty of Law (Germany); January 9, 2009
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