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Public Perception and the Law in Arizona v. United States
JURIST Columnist Kevin Johnson, writing a special edition of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that despite public concerns over racial profiling, the Supreme Court is focusing on issues of (More) |
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Is EU Membership the Best Option for Croatia?
JURIST Guest Columnist Ann Eisenberg, Cornell University Law School Class of 2012, is an Articles and Symposium Editor for the Cornell International Law Journal. She questions whether EU membership is the best decision for Croatia given the current d (More) |
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ACLU files suit against US Border Patrol
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Thursday alleging that US Border Patrol agents are routinely stopping vehicles to check t (More) |
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Accepting Responsibility for the Displacement of the Chagos Islanders
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Landriscina, American University Washington College of Law Class of 2012, is a student attorney at the school's UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic. Here she discusses the expulsion of the Chagos Islanders from Di (More) |
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SB 1070 and Racial Profiling in the Supreme Court
JURIST Guest Columnist David Harris of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that Arizona's immigration enforcement law, and others modeled after it, have already achieved their true goal of intimidating Latinos into leaving these states... (More) |
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Amending Title VII: Labor Organizing as a Civil Right (Part II)
JURIST Guest Columnists Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, and Moshe Marvit, a labor and employment discrimination lawyer, say that it is time to amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to include the individual's right to (More) |
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ICC closely monitoring situation in Mali
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor said Tuesday that they are monitoring the situation in Mali for potential crimes under the ICC's jurisdiction. The statement notes that Mali has ratified the Rome Statute giving the (More) |
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UN experts welcome US report on criminalizing homelessness
The UN Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday welcomed a report published by the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) which found that ordinances criminalizing homelessness (More) |
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Historical and Current Barriers to Russia's WTO Membership
JURIST Guest Columnist Anna Heatherington, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the fourth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Heatherington an (More) |
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Amending Title VII: Labor Organizing as a Civil Right (Part I)
JURIST Guest Columnists Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, and Moshe Marvit, a labor and employment discrimination lawyer, argue that it is time to amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to include the individual's right (More) |
Acts of Union creates Great Britain
On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act.
Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
