Suspending The Constitution for Terrorists

Should alleged terrorists be given a fair trial and a reasonable opportunity to confront witnesses and challenge evidence against them? If so, should they be compensated with reduced sentences if the government violates international law in their prosecution and detainment? Attorney Andrew Cohen reported today for CBS News that the U.S. Supreme Court conferred Friday […]

UN Security Council – 1st Referral to ICC

In an update to the earlier post on the Sudan, the UN Security Council voted 11-0 to refer the war crimes of Darfur in western Sudan to the International Criminal Court (ICC) located in The Hague in the Netherlands. The 15-member council adopted Resolution 1593 just before midnight on 31 March 2005, more than two […]

Iraq – Another Opportunity?

Yesterday, the Iraq Council of Representatives voted 127-0 (148 absent) in favor of reexamining the constitution, an important and symbolic step towards Jonathan Morrow’s prediction of an “inevitably federal Iraq.” The vote comes after a crucial constitutional compromise on Sunday. In closed-door negotiations among the major political parties, the Sunni Arabs, who previously opposed federalism […]

Author Submission Deadlines for July 2008

Upcoming submission deadlines in July 2008 for journals, conferences, symposiums, and student writing competitions.

New Barriers for Native American Indian Youth

While other high school teens in the U.S. encounter Fourth Amendment lessons on what constitutes “unreasonable searches and seizures” of lockers and “invasions of privacy” from random drug tests, the 320 high school students at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon discovered an unexpected and unwelcome invasion on campus, a barbed-wire fence, courtesy of the […]

Scholarships for Lawyers: Study the Implications of Climatic Changes in the Arctic

The International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg will be awarding six Ph.D. scholarships for a two-year period beginning October 2008. Funded scholars will write a dissertation in German or English on the legal implications of climatic changes in the Arctic. Applicants must have a law degree or other […]