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2007 Archive [click for current columns]
- Perfidy in Pakistan: Understanding the Bhutto Assassination
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; December 31, 2007
- A Modest Proposal on Kirkuk
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; December 20, 2007
- Summoning Caesar to Trial in Pakistan
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; December 16, 2007
- Senator Leahy, Executive Power, and the Rule of Law
Peter Shane, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University; December 11, 2007
- Congress, Torture and Romain Gary's 'Chien Blanc'
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; December 10, 2007
- The Cambodian Genocide Court: Lessons for the ICC in Uganda?
Wes Rist, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; December 3, 2007
- 'Clarifying' the Geneva Conventions: A Ploy to Limit US Culpability
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; November 30, 2007
- Iraq's Parliament: A House (Even More) Divided
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; November 28, 2007
- Pakistan Elections and the Lawyers' Movement
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; November 27, 2007
- Pakistan in Emergency: A Cluster of Misfortunes
Faisal Naseem Chaudhry, Advocate, Lahore High Court (Pakistan); November 21, 2007
- Restore the Rule of Law in Pakistan
Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja et al., Lahore U. Management Sciences (Pakistan); November 18, 2007
- Pakistan: Rights in the Absence of Law?
Sadaf Aziz, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); November 13, 2007
- Lawyers and Great Expectations in Pakistan
Shubhankar Dam, Singapore Management University School of Law; November 12, 2007
- Blackwater, Garrity, and Immunity: What Does It All Mean?
Byron Warnken, University of Baltimore School of Law; November 12, 2007
- Pakistan: Mock Trials, Kangaroo Courts and Court Jesters
Moeen Cheema, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); November 9, 2007
- Soldiers and Citizens: Dictatorship and Democracy in Pakistan
Sadaf Aziz, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); November 8, 2007
- Solidarity With Pakistan's Lawyers: If Not Now, When?
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; November 7, 2007
- Musharraf's Real 'War on Terror' in Pakistan
Moeen Cheema, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); November 6, 2007
- Mukasey Nomination Requires Robust Scrutiny on Senate Floor
William G. Ross, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University; November 4, 2007
- Pakistan's Lawless Plight: Prescription for Another Coup?
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; November 4, 2007
- Pakistan in Emergency: Resisting the Enemy Within
Faisal Naseem Chaudhry, Advocate, Lahore High Court (Pakistan); November 4, 2007
- Pakistan's 'Proclamation of Emergency', the Judiciary and Other Stories
Syed Umair Javed, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); November 3, 2007
- Martial Law by Another Name in Pakistan
Moeen Cheema, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); November 3, 2007
- Mukasey's Letter: Not Good Enough
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; November 2, 2007
- Politics at Guantanamo: The Former Chief Prosecutor Speaks
Marc Falkoff, Northern Illinois University College of Law; November 2, 2007
- Domestic Surveillance and the Decline of Legal Oversight
Fred Cate, Indiana University Bloomington School of Law; October 30, 2007
- Travel Advisory: War Criminals Beware, Justice Ahead
Amy Ross, U. Georgia; Chandra Lekha Sriram, U. East London Schl. of Law (UK); October 29, 2007
- Canada's New Terrorism Bills: Slow Down and Debate
Kent Roach, University of Toronto Faculty of Law; October 29, 2007
- Extraordinary Rendition and the State Secrets Privilege: A Self-inflicted Wound?
William Weaver, University of Texas El Paso Political Science Department; October 25, 2007
- Waterboarding: The Key Question for Mukasey
Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University Law School; October 19, 2007
- Mukasey on Torture: Of Sins, Mistakes and Crimes
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; October 18, 2007
- Supreme Challenge: Pakistan's Presidential Election Goes to Court
Moeen Cheema, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); October 18, 2007
- Pakistan's Constitutional Mess
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; October 15, 2007
- The Armenian Genocide Resolution and the Perils of State-sponsored History
Laurent Pech, National University of Ireland (Galway); October 11, 2007
- 'Had I Only Known...': Introducing Impunity Watch
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; October 11, 2007
- Torture Endorsed, Torture Denied
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; October 8, 2007
- Torturing Law to Death
Nancy Rapoport, University of Nevada Las Vegas; October 8, 2007
- Endgame on Torture: Time to Call the Bluff
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; October 8, 2007
- Prosecuting Blackwater Personnel
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; October 5, 2007
- Doctors in the Death Chamber: Where Ethics and the State Collide
Dr. David Nicholl, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (UK); October 5, 2007
- The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Towards Re-empowerment
S. James Anaya, U. Ariz. Coll. Law; Siegfried Wiessner, St. Thomas U. Schl. Law; October 3, 2007
- Murky 'Blackwater' and the Direct Participation Dilemma
Geoffrey S. Corn, South Texas College of Law; October 2, 2007
- A Day at Chautauqua: Justice for a Better World
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; October 2, 2007
- Staying Pakistan's Presidential Election
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; September 30, 2007
- Pausing the Machinery of Death: The Supreme Court Takes Baze
Alison Nathan, Fordham University School of Law; September 27, 2007
- Erwin Chemerinsky and the Post-9/11 Attack on Academic Freedom
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; September 15, 2007
- The Hunt Oil Dispute and the Future of Iraqi Federalism
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; September 13, 2007
- Justice for All: Automatically Restoring the Rights of Ex-Felons
S. David Mitchell, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law; September 13, 2007
- Sharif's Lawless Deportation from Pakistan
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; September 12, 2007
- 9/11 and the Road Not Taken
Brian Foley, Drexel University College of Law; September 11, 2007
- The Jordan Abu Ghraib Verdict: Command Responsibility in the UCMJ
Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; September 1, 2007
- Suing Gonzales
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; August 29, 2007
- Gonzales' Troubling Legacy
Peter Shane, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University; August 27, 2007
- A Citizen's Demand of His Government: Release the ICRC Torture Report
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; August 18, 2007
- Getting Away With Murder: Delay Chemical Ali's Execution
Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law; August 14, 2007
- FISA Revised: A Blank Check for Domestic Spying
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; August 9, 2007
- Gutting the Geneva Conventions in the 'War on Terror'
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; July 25, 2007
- Shi'ism, Sunnism and State Authority in Iraq
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; July 20, 2007
- The Morality of Race Factoring in Public School Assignment
Leonard Baynes, St. John's University School of Law; July 17, 2007
- Pakistan Needs a Bold Decision on Chaudhry
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; July 15, 2007
- Momentum for a National Security Court
Glenn Sulmasy, US Coast Guard Academy; July 13, 2007
- Against a US 'Terrorists' Court'
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; July 12, 2007
- The US Attorney Subpoenas: Avoiding Constitutional Confrontation
Carl Tobias, University of Richmond School of Law; July 8, 2007
- Suppressing Dissent: FBI Spying on the National Lawyers Guild
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; June 26, 2007
- Justice for Freetown: The Sierra Leone War Crimes Verdicts
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; June 25, 2007
- The Taguba Revelations: Lessons(?) from Abu Ghraib
Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman, New England School of Law; June 22, 2007
- The Missing Civil Rights Murders: Justice Delayed in Mississippi
Margaret Burnham, Northeastern University School of Law; June 11, 2007
- An Empty Chair at The Hague: Trying Charles Taylor
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; June 8, 2007
- No Unlawful Enemy Combatants at Guantanamo
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; June 6, 2007
- DNA Evidence and the Death Penalty
William S. Sessions, Holland & Knight LLP, FBI Director 1987-93; May 30, 2007
- A Lawyers Mutiny in Pakistan
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; May 17, 2007
- The Anticlimactic Trial of Jose Padilla
Stephen Vladeck, University of Miami School of Law; May 15, 2007
- The Case Against Restricting Lawyers at Guantanamo
Jonathan Hafetz, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School; May 14, 2007
- Confirming the CIA's Legal Eagle
A. John Radsan, William Mitchell College of Law; May 11, 2007
- Ending US Involvement in Iraq: Is a War Powers Fight Coming?
Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law; May 7, 2007
- The Death Penalty for Child Rape: Why Texas May Help Louisiana
Adam Gershowitz, South Texas College of Law; May 2, 2007
- The US, Australia and David Hicks: Abandoning the Rule of Law
Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia (1975-83); April 30, 2007
- Carhart, Casey, and the Supreme Court's Catholics
Richard Garnett, University of Chicago Law School; April 25, 2007
- The Pakistan Chief Justice Story: A Personal Narrative
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; April 15, 2007
- Firing Gonzales For All the Right Reasons
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; April 11, 2007
- David Hicks' Guilty Plea: Another Blow to US Moral Authority
Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; April 9, 2007
- Coming Up Short on Habeas for Detainees
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; April 3, 2007
- Safeguarding Judicial Independence in Pakistan
Moeen Cheema, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); April 2, 2007
- Kosovo: The UN Plans a Human Rights Disaster
Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University Law School; March 27, 2007
- The EU at 50: Dancing in the Streets?
Laurent Pech, National University of Ireland (Galway); March 22, 2007
- Say No to a Canadian No-Fly List
Faisal Kutty, CAIR-CAN; March 20, 2007
- True Confessions? The Amazing Tale of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University Law School; March 16, 2007
- Justice Derailed in Pakistan: The Sacking of the CJ
Moeen Cheema, Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan); March 13, 2007
- No One Is Above the Law: New DOJ Leadership Needed
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; March 12, 2007
- Dangerous Discretion: State Secrets and the El-Masri Rendition Case
Aziz Huq, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School; March 12, 2007
- The Un-American Way: The Kafkaesque Case of Khalid El-Masri
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; March 5, 2007
- Two Approaches to Detention Policy
Jonathan Hafetz, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School; February 28, 2007
- Why Boumediene Was Wrongly Decided
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; February 27, 2007
- Rethinking Rule of Law Efforts in Iraq
Kevin Govern, US Military Academy West Point, Department of Law; February 26, 2007
- Northern Rights: Canada's Supreme Court Rules on Indefinite Detentions
Kent Roach, University of Toronto Faculty of Law; February 23, 2007
- Military Commissions: War Crimes Courts or Tribunals of Convenience?
Geoffrey S. Corn, STCL; Victor Hansen, NESL; February 21, 2007
- Russian Harassment of Defense Lawyers Must Not be Tolerated
Robert Amsterdam, Counsel for Mikhail Khodorkovsky; February 19, 2007
- The Legal Case Against War With Iran
Mary Ellen O'Connell, Notre Dame Law School; February 13, 2007
- Putin Lays Down the Law But Misses the Point
Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law; February 10, 2007
- Rising Sun? Amending the 'Pacifist' Japanese Constitution
Kenneth Port, William Mitchell College of Law; February 7, 2007
- Apologizing to Maher Arar: A Beginning, Not an End
Faisal Kutty, CAIR-CAN; February 2, 2007
- China, Human Rights and the Sudan
Chandra Lekha Sriram, University of East London (UK) School of Law; January 30, 2007
- The Responsibility to Protect in Iraq: Re-deploying to Save Lives
David Scheffer, Northwestern University School of Law; January 30, 2007
- Instrument of Justice: The ICC Prosecutor Reflects
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court; January 24, 2007
- FISA and Terrorist Surveillance: Building a Better Policy
Wendy Keefer, Charleston School of Law; January 23, 2007
- The White House Retreat on NSA Surveillance: Puzzles Remaining
Peter Shane, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University; January 18, 2007
- Guantanamo Pro Bono? Atticus Finch Meets Charles Stimson
Nancy Rapoport, University of Houston Law Center; January 13, 2007
- Representing Adel: The Case of Guantanamo Detainee 940
William Teesdale, Federal Public Defenders Office, Oregon; January 11, 2007
- Federal Judicial Selection: A Fresh Start
Carl Tobias, University of Richmond School of Law; January 11, 2007
- Executive Power, Congress and Iran
Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; January 10, 2007
- Passion and Law in Iraq: Reflections on Saddam Hussein's Execution
Chibli Mallat, Princeton University; January 5, 2007
- The Saddam Hussein Hanging: A Spectacle of Vengeance
Lawrence Douglas, Amherst College, Department of Law; January 4, 2006
- A Gallows in Baghdad: International Justice in 2006
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; January 3, 2007
- Et Tu Steve? New Year's Resolutions for Corporate Board Members
Nancy Rapoport, University of Houston Law Center; January 3, 2007
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