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Prosecute the Lawyers Too
May 8, 2008
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says in this excerpt from her recent testimony [PDF] to the US House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties that not only the high officials of the US government, but also.... [more] 
Pakistan's Constitutional Shenanigans
May 7, 2008
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that Pakistan's "establishment" of generals, intelligence chiefs, and top bureaucrats may yet preserve its longtime hold on power by effectively playing off restored Supreme Court judges against its own retained.... [more]
Previously in JURIST's Forum:
- Protecting Vulnerable Minorities in Canada: Muslims in the Mass Media
Faisal Joseph, Lerners LLP (London, Canada); May 6, 2008
- Ramush Haradinaj: War Hero or War Criminal?
Abigail Salisbury; May 5, 2008
- The DOJ and the Geneva Conventions: Getting Rights Wrong
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; April 29, 2008
- Don't Kick Contractors Off the Battlefield: Just Hold Them Accountable
Tara Lee; April 24, 2008
- The EU Lisbon Treaty: Old Wine, New Bottle?
Laurent Pech, National University of Ireland, Galway; April 14, 2008
- Will the Universal Periodic Review Save the UN Human Rights Council?
Ophélie Namiech, UN Watch; April 11, 2008
- Military Jurisdiction Over Civilians: Opening a Can of Worms?
Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; April 9, 2008
- The Yoo Torture Memo: Break the Silence of the Lambs
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; April 8, 2008
- Flag of Convenience? Bush Administration Toutings of International Law
John Cerone, New England School of Law; April 7, 2008
- Torture From the Top Down: Of Memos and Rotting Fish
Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights; April 7, 2008
- The 'Toronto 18' Terrorism Case: No Trial By Media
Beenish Gaya, sister to one of the accused; April 4, 2008
- Middle Ground: The Supreme Court's Opportunity in DC v. Heller
Allen Rostron, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law; April 2, 2008
- FISA Fight: The Congressional Battle Over Warrantless Surveillance
Christina Wells, University of Missouri School of Law; March 31, 2008
- Guantanamo's Uighurs: No Justice in Solitary
Seema Saifee, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; March 28, 2008
- No Refuge from Habeas: Protecting US Citizens Held by US Forces
Sharon Bradford Franklin, The Constitution Project; March 24, 2008
- Iraq Five Years On: An Iraqi Legislative Perspective
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; March 20, 2008
- Learning from the Iraq War: The Wisdom of International Law
Mary Ellen O'Connell, Notre Dame Law School; March 19, 2008
- Democracy Day in Pakistan: No Pardon for Musharraf
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; March 16, 2008
- Giving up the Ghost: Detainees, Doctors and Torture
Dr. David Nicholl, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham UK; March 15, 2008
- The Torture of Sami Al Arian
Peter Erlinder, William Mitchell College of Law; March 11, 2008
- The UN-Rwanda Prisoner Agreement: The ICTR Replies
Roland Amoussouga, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; March 10, 2008
- The California Marriage Case and the Mainstreaming of Gay Rights
Douglas NeJaime, UCLA Law School; March 10, 2008
- Different Justice at the UN Rwanda War Crimes Court
Peter Erlinder, William Mitchell College of Law; March 6, 2008
- The GOP Candidates' Judicial Selection Views
Carl Tobias, University of Richmond School of Law; March 3, 2008
- Arctic Ocean Seabed Rights: The Last Great Land Grab?
Don Rothwell, Australian National University College of Law; March 1, 2008
- Societe Generale: Keeping it French, in Spite of EU Law?
Larry Eaker, American University of Paris; February 25, 2008
- Pulling Rank: Reinforcing an Independent JAG Corps
Victor Hansen, New England School of Law; February 24, 2008
- Kosovo as a Complex Case
John Cerone, New England School of Law; February 22, 2008
- Arresting Pakistan's Musharraf
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; February 21, 2008
- The "Rwanda Genocide" Cover-up
Peter Erlinder, William Mitchell College of Law; February 19, 2008
- Kosovo as Precedent and Pretext: New Debates and Old Lessons
Timothy Waters, Indiana University School of Law Bloomington; February 18, 2008
- Just Following Orders? DOJ Opinions and War Crimes Liability
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; February 18, 2008
- Kosovo Independence Will Succeed Despite Russian Legal Opposition
Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law; February 17, 2008
- Injustice at Guantanamo: Torture Evidence and the Military Commissions Act
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; February 15, 2008
- The Kurdish-Shi'i Alliance and New Legislation in Iraq
Haider Ala Hamoudi, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; February 13, 2008
- Children as Terrorists: Wrong to Train, Wrong to Charge
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; February 12, 2008
- Resist Torture or Acquiesce? A Question for Americans
Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo College of Law; February 7, 2008
- The Pakistan Lawyers' Movement: A Lost Cause?
Shubhankar Dam, Singapore Management University School of Law; February 6, 2008
- Law and Lawyers in the National Security Process
Geoffrey S. Corn, South Texas College of Law; February 1, 2008
- NATO Genocide in Afghanistan
Ali Khan, Washburn University School of Law; January 29, 2008
- Khodorkovsky Case Update: Politics Increasingly Transparent
Robert Amsterdam, Counsel for Mikhail Khodorkovsky; January 23, 2008
- No Shelter for War Crimes 'Within the Scope of Employment'
Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center; January 22, 2008
- From Dreams to Laws: The Legacy of Dr. King
Rebecca Zietlow, University of Toledo College of Law; January 21, 2008
- Linking Rights and Foreign Aid for Ethiopia: The Case of HR 2003
Abigail Salisbury, Mekelle University Law Faculty (Mek'ele, Ethiopia); January 16, 2008
- Breaking the Code: A Call for Candor at the CIA
A. John Radsan, William Mitchell College of Law; January 15, 2008
- Getting Away with Murder: Ghadaffi's West African Legacy
David Crane, Syracuse University College of Law; January 10, 2008
- Burma: The Guillotine is No Solution for Despair
Basil Fernanado, Asian Legal Resource Centre; January 8, 2008
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