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Commentary Why the Fifth Circuit Was Wrong About Tom DeLay
Why the Fifth Circuit Was Wrong About Tom DeLay
JURIST Staff
August 11, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Mark Brown, holder of the Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair at Capital University School of Law, says that the Fifth Circuit ruling blocking Texas Republicans - at the instance of Texas Democrats - from declaring Tom...

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Commentary The Draft UN Middle East Ceasefire Resolution
The Draft UN Middle East Ceasefire Resolution
JURIST Staff
August 6, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law explores the terms of the draft UN Security Council Middle East ceasefire resolution, but doubts that peace can be achieved without negotiations involving the key interested parties - not...

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Commentary Narrowing US War Crimes Law: Having Our Cake and Eating It Too?
Narrowing US War Crimes Law: Having Our Cake and Eating It Too?
JURIST Staff
August 4, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, a former judge advocate who helped develop and teach the US Department of Defense Law of War Program for almost 20 years, says that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...

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Commentary The Security Council on Iran: Fiddling While the Middle East Burns?
The Security Council on Iran: Fiddling While the Middle East Burns?
JURIST Staff
August 2, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Daniel Joyner of the University of Warwick School of Law in the United Kingdom says that the timing of the UN Security Council's passage of a Chapter VII resolution on Iran in the midst of an escalating...

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Commentary Qana, War Crimes, and the Pending UN Resolution on Lebanon
Qana, War Crimes, and the Pending UN Resolution on Lebanon
JURIST Staff
July 31, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the Israeli air strike on Qana that killed over 60 Lebanese civilians has set the stage not only for possible war crimes prosecutions but also for a...

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Commentary Israel v. Hezbollah: Article 51, Self-Defense and Pre-emptive Strikes
Israel v. Hezbollah: Article 51, Self-Defense and Pre-emptive Strikes
JURIST Staff
July 29, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that Article 51 of the UN Charter is probably broad enough to cover Israel's actions against Hezbollah in Lebanon following the kidnappings of its soldiers but would not...

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Commentary The Hezbollah-Israel War: Narratives and 'Legal Truth'
The Hezbollah-Israel War: Narratives and 'Legal Truth'
JURIST Staff
July 28, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist and Lebanese presidential candidate Chibli Mallat, professor of law and holder of the EU Jean Monnet Chair at St. Joseph's University in Beirut, says that the historical narratives of the sides in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict currently...

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Commentary The Targeting Framework of the Law of Armed Conflict
The Targeting Framework of the Law of Armed Conflict
JURIST Staff
July 26, 2006 08:01:00 am

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 use of force in...

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Commentary Stem Cells and Constitutional Duty
Stem Cells and Constitutional Duty
JURIST Staff
July 26, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Elizabeth Price Foley of Florida International University College of Law says that President Bush's veto of stem cell research legislation is an abuse of his constitutional authority antithetical to the rulings of the US Supreme Court... For...

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Commentary Keeping the 'Watch' in Terrorism Watch Lists
Keeping the 'Watch' in Terrorism Watch Lists
JURIST Staff
July 25, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Daniel Steinbock of the University of Toledo College of Law says that although watch lists may play a useful role in a broader terrorism prevention, their operation and consequences should be restricted and controlled in recognition of...

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