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Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement

2008-07-02T11:47:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country requires a Read More......(read more)

Bombs Away? The Dublin Cluster Bomb Ban

2008-07-01T00:19:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnists Steven Solomon of the World Health Organization and David Kaye of the UCLA School of Law say that while the recently concluded Dublin Cluster Bomb Treaty represents a major advance in the law of war, it is not a clear victory or Read More......(read more)

Getting Back on Track after Boumediene

2008-06-29T15:07:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham (US Army, ret.), formerly assigned to the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants, says that the US Supreme Court's opinion in Boumediene v. Bush is the consequence of mistaken Read More......(read more)

The Yoo and Addington Hearings: A Citizen's Right to Know NOW

2008-06-27T19:40:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that in the face of disconcertedly-vague and incomplete recollections by Cheney chief of staff David Addington and former DOJ lawyer John Yoo, other officials who witnessed Read More......(read more)

US Duties to Detainees During a Withdrawal from Iraq

2008-06-23T19:57:00Z

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that so long as the United States is an occupying power or exercises effective control in any part of Iraq it must ensure that it is meeting its obligations to detainees Read More......(read more)

Boumediene's Uncertain Aftermath

2008-06-23T14:58:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist David Kaye of UCLA School of Law says that instead of the Supreme Court's habeas solution to the detentions problem in Boumediene v. Bush , Congress and President might better have engaged in a good faith legislative process to Read More......(read more)

Habeas Affirmed: Judicial Review of Detentions after Boumediene

2008-06-19T17:08:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnists Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham and Judge William S. Sessions say that the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush not only restores the delicate balance of power between the three branches of government but ensures Read More......(read more)

The Last Extension of Emergency Law in Egypt?

2008-06-19T16:14:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Tamir Moustafa of Simon Fraser University says that although the Egyptian government's recent extension of the emergency law may be the last in a string of renewals over the past half-century, this does not have pro-democracy activists Read More......(read more)

After Ireland's 'No': Long Live the Lisbon Treaty?

2008-06-18T14:44:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Laurent Pech , Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Union Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, says that Ireland's recent "No" vote in its referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty means that Ireland could find Read More......(read more)

Supreme Court Checks and Balances in Boumediene

2008-06-16T13:40:00Z

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that by upholding habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo detainees in Boumediene , the US Supreme Court has fulfilled its constitutional duty to check and balance the other two Read More......(read more)

Guantanamo 'Court' Besmirches Nuremberg

2008-06-05T13:21:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the processes and procedures of the United States military commission system being used to try alleged terrorists at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) are a betrayal of the Read More......(read more)

Why Uganda's New War Crimes Court Is a Victory for the ICC

2008-05-29T20:39:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Wes Rist of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the recent creation of a Ugandan war crimes court to deal with alleged war crimes committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army is not a challenge to the International Criminal Read More......(read more)

Same-Sex Marriage/Same-Sex Family

2008-05-27T18:11:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Douglas NeJaime of UCLA School of Law says that the California same-sex marriage ruling is not merely about the right to marry the person whom one loves, but it is also about accommodating the demographic reality of lesbians and Read More......(read more)

Memorial Day Memo: Honor Those Who Stood Up Against Torture

2008-05-25T16:14:00Z

JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that instead of excusing the Bush administration lawyers who enabled torture as a tool of American policy, we should press for their prosecution and celebrate the efforts Read More......(read more)

Pakistan's Proposed Constitutional Amendment: An Exercise in Futility

2008-05-24T21:19:00Z

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the proposed 18th Amendment to Pakistan's constitution limiting presidential power and punishing judges who might support military coups and constitutional subversions Read More......(read more)