Race to Death: A Critical Look at the Death Penalty as Arkansas Executes Eight
JURIST Guest Columnist Valena Beety of West Virginia University College of Law, discusses the impending Arkansas execution of eight people in ten days ... The state of Arkansas plans to execute eight people across ten days this April. Arkansas...
Federal court dismisses lawsuit against rival of Turkish President
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Muhammed Fethullah Gulen, a prominent Muslim cleric and rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , saying the court...
JURIST Guest Columnist Steven Schwinn, of The John Marshall Law School, discusses the growing problem in states to ban the use of foreign and international law...There is a growing trend in the states to ban the use of foreign and...
Unprecedented Notice of Warrantless Wiretapping in a Closed Case
Ramzi Kassem, CUNY School of Law
Agencies Behaving Badly: Government Surveillance and Privacy Act Violations
Khaliah Barnes, Electronic Privacy Information Center
The US on Thursday became the first country to ratify the Minamata Convention , which seeks to bring down emissions and releases of mercury, prompting praise from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) . There are...
Supreme Court hears arguments on affirmative action, suing foreign corporations
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases Tuesday, including an affirmative action case and a case on suing foreign corporations in US courts. In Daimler AG v. Bauman [transcript, PDF; JURIST...
What Exactly is "Extraterritorial Application" of a Statute?
Kenneth Gallant, William H. Bowen School of Law
Supreme Court takes case on suing foreign companies, denies tobacco advertising case
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in one new case on Monday. In DaimlerChrysler AG v. Bauman the court will consider "whether it violates due process for a court to...
