Victor Comras : "Classified information and court rooms usually just don't mesh. And, this factor is at the very heart of the continuing dilemma we face in using our judicial system to deal with terrorism and...
INFORMED ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Judge finds proper balance between due process and national security in Al-Haramain wiretapping case
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Europe leads on ending death penalty with Protocol 13 to European Convention on Human Rights
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Italy’s complete abolition of death penalty is evidence of growing international trend
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KindHearts Islamic charity asset freezing case pits politics against national security
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CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Trials Set Precedent for Justice
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ICC arrest warrant for Sudan’s Al Bashir has both humanitarian and strategic consequences
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China’s new food safety law must provide courts with real enforcement authority
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The Supreme Court and Al-Marri: No Virtue Now in Judicial Passivity
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National Security Courts and Preventive Detention: A Bad and Unnecessary Idea
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Hayes case reaffirms Congressional intent to keep guns away from domestic abusers
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Elizabeth Zitrin : "To the United States, Europe often represents our past. Our social and cultural institutions are a large, diverse melting pot, but were built on a European base. Our legal system...
Christopher Hill : "Italy's decision on March 3 to completely abolish capital punishment is yet more proof that the world is moving away from this ineffective and unjust system. There has not...
Steven Emerson : "The University of Texas School of Law National Security Clinic, joined by several other advocacy organizations, has filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development, Inc. (KindHearts)...
Guest commentator Vicheka Lay, a legal consultant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, reflects on the Khmer Rouge trials...In February, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) began the trial of one of the Khmer Rouge's former leaders, Kaing Guek...
J. Peter Pham : "The decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week to issue a warrant of arrest for Sudan's President...
Bill Marler : "China's recently enacted "Food Safety Law" is, at least on paper, a significant leap forward in terms of proactive food safety measures designed to prevent crises before they happen. Provisions contained in...
JURIST Guest Columnist Bruce Miller of Western New England College School of Law says that despite the Obama administration's intent to criminally charge Ali Al-Marri in a US court, his challenge to his detention as an "enemy combatant" continues to...
JURIST Special Guest Columnists Representatives David Skaggs (D-CO) (1987-1999) and Mickey Edwards (R-OK) (1977-1993), members of the Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee, say that despite the Obama administration's welcome new approach to handling terrorism cases, the US government could...
Daniel R. Vice : "The Supreme Court in United States v. Hayes rejected arguments by a convicted wife beater that federal law allowed him to possess firearms, upholding the broad federal ban on...
