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...
INFORMED ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Congolese women want violence to end and human rights abusers to be punished
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Power, Parliament and Prorogation: A Canadian Political Drama
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Swiss vote on legal heroin program underscores need for policy reform in UK
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Wearing Religious Symbols in Public: From Principles to Practice
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Blagojevich case shows corrupting influence of campaign contributions on legislation
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Military death sentence case may head back for Supreme Court certiorari decision
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Ruling on management of roadless wilderness areas will cause more destructive forest fires
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Heroin prescription for addicts is not a viable long-term treatment option
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Thai high court ruling dissolving parties in coalition government imperils country
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India’s ethnically diverse and multi-party state inhibits anti-terrorism legal reforms
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JURIST Guest Columnist A. Wayne MacKay of Dalhousie Law School in Halifax, Canada, says that while Governor General Michaelle Jean's decision early this month to grant Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to suspend the Canadian parliament until January to avoid...
Danny Kushlick : "The same week that saw the 75th anniversary of the repeal of alcohol prohibition also coincided with recent moves towards legally regulated production (as well as supply) of cannabis...
JURIST Guest Columnist Malcolm D. Evans of the University of Bristol School of Law (UK) says European Court of Human Rights rulings responding to growing calls to prohibit the wearing of clothing which is of religious significance in public places...
Melanie Sloan : "Federal prosecutors face some difficult hurdles in making a criminal case against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The first half of the criminal complaint against the governor involves allegations of a "pay to play" system. Forty...
Michelle M. Lindo McCluer : "For the first time in half a century, the President approved a military death sentence this summer. Army Private Ronald Gray was sentenced to death by a military court-martial panel...
Mike Dubrasich : "With her most recent decision, Magistrate Laporte is playing a game of judicial chicken, perverting NEPA, and causing catastrophic harm to the environment. Background: the Clinton (Dombeck) Roadless Rule...
David Raynes : "Observing from the US, what is happening in relation to drugs policy in Europe must seem truly confusing. Lurid headlines...
Awzar Thi : "The verdict to dissolve three parties in Thailand's coalition government and ban the prime minister and his party executives from politics for five years is the latest in a series of...
Bahukutumbi Raman : "From the night of November 26 to early morning on November 29, 160 Indians and 25 foreigners were killed in an unprecedented terrorist strike...
