JURIST Guest Columnist Micah Berman of New England School of Law says that by bringing attention to the issue of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes, the US Supreme Court's ruling in Altria v. Good may prompt state attorneys general to...

Ken Gude : "The news Thursday that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is preparing for the closure of Guantanamo early in the Obama administration is more confirmation that the notorious...

Julien Ball : "The State of Tennessee wants to execute Gary Cone on a technicality. It is beyond dispute that the prosecution withheld crucial evidence in the case. Cone argued that he suffered...

Pui-yin Lo : "The judgment of Mr. Justice Andrew Cheung of the Hong Kong Court of First Instance on December 8, 2008, held that: "the disenfranchisement provisions...

On the eve of a long-anticipated ruling in the Bagosora "Military I" genocide trial, JURIST Special Guest Columnist Roland Amoussouga, Spokesperson and Senior Legal Adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), reviews the Tribunal's challenges and achievements as...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Materneau Chrispin, PhD candidate in International Law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, says that Pakistan's refusal to extradite two of its citizens to India where they are wanted in connection with the November terrorist attacks...

JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Maria Alvanou of the Hellenic Police Officers Academy says that the riots that followed the recent police shooting of a Greek teenager in a troubled district of Athens highlight major problems facing Greek police forces and...

JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Margulies of Roger Williams University School of Law says that the cases of Arar v. Ashcroft, heard en banc by the Second Circuit last Tuesday, and Iqbal v. Ashcroft, argued before the US Supreme Court last...

Richard C. Dieter : "Death penalty cases are taking longer to resolve. In 2007, the average time between sentencing and execution was 12.7 years, the third year in a row in which the time was...

Rania Atalla : "Women in eastern Congo know exactly what it takes to end the conflict: They want the fighting to stop. They want to make a living for their families. And they want...