John Esposito : "Despite our increasingly globalized world and the need to strengthen religious pluralism as well as to transform an outmoded notion of tolerance based simply on co-existence to one...

Alan Reinach : "When we were children, we used to have play fights. "I dare you," one would say, only to hear in response, "I double dare you!" Sadly, the culture wars have...

Anna Kavalauskas, Pitt Law '12, attended a talk on the impact of Mexicans' migration in the US, given by Witness for Peace spokesperson Paola Gutierrez Galindo...Tension surrounding Mexican immigration is growing, and I think almost everyone involved in the debate...

JURIST Guest Columnists Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen of New England School of Law say that while there are risks associated with trying Guantanamo detainees suspected of terrorism in civilian courts in the United States, those risks can and should...

Marina Ottaway : "The new election law approved by the Iraqi parliament on November 8 has both positive and negative features. On the positive side, it will allow the voting to take...

JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse College of Law and Guest Columnist Leila Sadat of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law say that after the failure of American legislative and diplomatic initiatives opposing the International Criminal...

Elizabeth Hill : "Arizona is beginning to embrace the electronic world in which we conduct our public business. On October 29, 2009, in Lake v. City of Phoenix , the Arizona Supreme Court held that...

David Cortman : "Over the last several years, the government has increasingly restricted pro-life speech, particularly when it occurs on public sidewalks outside abortion clinics. These restrictions are, at best, highly suspect under the First...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham (US Army, ret.), formerly assigned to the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants and the first officer to publicly criticize the Combatant Status Review Tribunals at Guantanamo,...

Stephan Kinsella : "A recent lawsuit filed by Nokia against Apple alleges that the iPhone infringes 10 of Nokia's patents. Nokia is probably "seeking between $200 and $400 million in damages...