August 2008 - Posts

• Are We Forgetting the Kurds?

  Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 11:49 AM from JURIST - Forum Comment Here: (Comments Off) JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that amidst all the attention focused on security problems likely to be associated with an eventual US withdrawal from Iraq, the legal and practical impact of withdrawal Read More...

• Disability and Prejudice: A Case for Extended Protections

  Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 5:48 AM from JURIST - Forum Comment Here: (Comments Off) JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Waterstone of Loyola Law School Los Angeles says that recent prejudiced comments about autistic and other disabled persons by American talk radio host Michael Savage reflect too-common misunderstandings of disability that Read More...

• Arresting Radovan Karadzic: Euphoria and Reality

  Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 7:40 AM from JURIST - Forum Comment Here: (Comments Off) JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Montgomery , US Ambassador to Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro) from 2001-2004, says that as the euphoria over the arrest of Radovan Karadzic fades and reality sets in, it's clear that his case poses continuing Read More...

• Taking Environmental Laws Seriously: North Carolina v. EPA

  Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 8:11 PM from JURIST - Forum Comment Here: (Comments Off) JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Flatt of the University of Houiston Law Center says the recent D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to vacate the EPA’s implementation of the Clean Air Interstate Rule reminds us that the statutory mandates of our environmental Read More...