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2009 Archive [click for current columns]
- Questionable Precedent: The First Ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Roland Adjovi, Arcadia University (Arusha, Tanzania); December 21, 2009
- Falling Short: Justice in the New Military Commissions
Andrea Prasow, Human Rights Watch; December 8, 2009
- The Lisbon Treaty: Who is Europe Still Trying to Impress?
Virginia Keyder, Bogazici University/ Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey); November 27, 2009
- International Law and Palestinian Independence: A View from Palestine
Curtis Doebbler, An-Najah National University Faculty of Law (Nablus); November 27, 2009
- Lynne Stewart: Casualty of the 'War on Terror'
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; November 24, 2009
- A Risk Worth Taking: Civilian Trials for Guantanamo Terror Suspects
Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; November 16, 2009
- Simple Justice: Time for the US to Support the ICC
David Crane, Syracuse U. Coll. Law; Leila Sadat, Washington U. in St. Louis Schl. Law; November 13, 2009
- Beyond Guantanamo
Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham (US Army, ret.); November 6, 2009
- Goldstone, Gaza and (Dis)Proportionality: Three Strikes
Laurie Blank, Emory Law; Gregory Gordon, University of North Dakota School of Law; November 4, 2009
- Kirkuk: The Danger of Delay
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; November 3, 2009
- The Use of Force After the 'War on Terror': A Call for an Obama Doctrine
Christian Henderson, Oxford Brookes University (UK); October 29, 2009
- Closing the Loophole: Private Military Contractors and Rights Violations
Margaret Maffai, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies; October 13, 2009
- Our Socialist Founding Fathers
Mark Brown, Capital University School of Law; October 12, 2009
- Pittsburgh's Police State: Giving the First Amendment a Beating at the G-20
Witold ("Vic") Walczak, ACLU-PA; October 6, 2009
- What Obama Should Have Said: US Compliance with International Law
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; October 2, 2009
- A Proposal for Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
Anthony D'Amato, Northwestern University School of Law; September 28, 2009
- Obama's Terrorism Policy: Change If Necessary, But Not Necessarily Change
Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; September 25, 2009
- The ICC and the Middle East: A Needed Relationship
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, International Criminal Court/Global Affairs; September 24, 2009
- Torture Tales: Calling John Durham
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; September 18, 2009
- When Criminal Justice Systems Collide: Improving the European Arrest Warrant
Reneta Lawson Mack, Creighton University School of Law; September 16, 2009
- Reconsidering the 'Rule of Law' in Iraq
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; September 8, 2009
- Reforming Criminal Procedure in France
Judith Sunderland and William Bourdon, Human Rights Watch; September 4, 2009
- Fair or Foul? Inheritance-Driven Adult Adoption Within Same-Sex Partnerships
Terry Turnipseed, Syracuse University College of Law; August 24, 2009
- Jury Trials in Japan: Off to a Good Start, But...
Reneta Lawson Mack, Creighton University School of Law; August 21, 2009
- Risky Business: An International Tribunal for Guantanamo Detainees?
Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law; August 20, 2009
- Kenya's Dangerous Dance with Impunity
Charles Jalloh, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; August 18, 2009
- The Geneva Conventions Between War and Peace: Sixty Years and Counting
Kevin Govern, Ave Maria School of Law; August 17, 2009
- Italian Immigration Law: For the Common Good?
Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People; August 14, 2009
- Nuremberg and the Torture Memos: An American Dilemma
James Friedman, University of Maine School of Law; August 13, 2009
- Judging Gaza: The Israeli Government Report
Dr. Robbie Sabel, Hebrew University Faculty of Law (Israel); August 7, 2009
- Civilians Can Keep Secrets Too: Trying Terror Suspects in Federal Courts
Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman, New England School of Law; August 4, 2009
- Strong-arm Rule or Rule of Law? Prospects for Legal Reform in Russia
Pamela A. Jordan, University of Saskatchewan (Canada); July 31, 2009
- Abortion Parental Notice Laws: Irrational, Unnecessary and Downright Dangerous
Caitlin Borgmann, CUNY School of Law; July 27, 2009
- Overturning India's Anti-Sodomy Law: A Tumultuous Path to Victory
Anand Grover, Lawyers Collective ; July 21, 2009
- Right and Wrong on Sotomayor
Laura Gómez, University of New Mexico School of Law; July 20, 2009
- Fighting Terrorism in Greece: Prevent Attacks But Respect Rights
Maria Alvanou, Hellenic Police Officers Academy; July 17, 2009
- The Sotomayor Confirmation, So Far
Michael Olivas, University of Houston Law Center; July 16, 2009
- Gay Rights: The Ups and Downs of Going Mainstream
Douglas NeJaime, Loyola Law School Los Angeles; July 14, 2009
- Judicial Review and the Executive: Lessons from Israel
Amos Guiora, University of Utah College of Law; July 13, 2009
- Tyrants, Dictators, and Thugs: Fearing the Bogeyman
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; July 1, 2009
- Coming to America? Obama's Limited Options for Holding Guantanamo Detainees
Andrew J. Puglia Levy, Esq.; June 30, 2009
- 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 U. 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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