JURIST - Forum https://www.jurist.org/commentary/forum/ Op-eds on legal news by law professors and JURIST special guests Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:43:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Stuttering Law: A Manifesto on Play, Interpretation, and Artificial Intelligence https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/06/stuttering-law-a-manifesto-on-play-interpretation-and-artificial-intelligence/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:24:33 EDT AmirAli Maleki https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109663 Iran’s World Cup Team in Tijuana Shows How Borders, Not Bans, Now Define Sovereignty https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/06/irans-world-cup-team-in-tijuana-shows-how-borders-not-bans-now-fefine-sovereignty/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:47:16 EDT AmirAli Maleki https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109658 After Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology, the Harder Reckoning Begins https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/06/after-pope-leos-slavery-apology-the-harder-reckoning-begins/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:14:05 EDT Cecilia Akoko Attiogbe Atayi | U. Cape Coast Faculty of Law https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109645 Beyond ‘America First’: International Law and the Obligation of Global Unity https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/06/beyond-america-first-international-law-and-the-obligation-of-global-unity/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:44:40 EDT Louis Rene Beres https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109644 The Economics of Adult Migration and Birthright Citizenship: Who Really Pays the Price? https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/06/the-economics-of-adult-migration-and-birthright-citizenship-who-really-pays-the-price/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:23:06 EDT L. Ali Khan | Washburn University School of Law https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109639 Beyond Sovereignty: The Legal and Moral Case for Treating Hormuz as a Global Trust https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/05/beyond-sovereignty-the-legal-and-moral-case-for-treating-hormuz-as-a-global-trust/ Fri, 29 May 2026 23:56:12 EDT AmirAli Maleki https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109634 ‘This is Canada’s moment’ — Former Canadian justice minister, UN prosecutor call on Ottawa to lead on Ukraine war crimes accountability https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/05/this-is-canadas-moment-former-canadian-justice-minister-un-prosecutor-call-on-ottawa-to-lead-on-ukraine-war-crimes-accountability/ Fri, 29 May 2026 15:30:07 EDT Irwin Cotler | Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and David M. Crane | Founding Chief Prosecutor of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109621 Iran, Israel, and the US: When Governments Lose the Language of Diplomacy, War Follows https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/05/iran-israel-and-the-us-when-governments-lose-the-language-of-diplomacy-war-follows/ Fri, 29 May 2026 12:46:35 EDT AmirAli Maleki https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109627 ‘Forever Barred and Precluded’: Trump’s IRS Settlement and the Architecture of Federal Immunity https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/05/forever-barred-and-precluded-trumps-irs-settlement-and-the-architecture-of-federal-immunity/ Wed, 20 May 2026 12:05:30 EDT Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109616 From Tokyo to The Hague: How a 1946 Tribunal Continues to Shape the Laws of War https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2026/05/from-tokyo-to-the-hague-how-a-1946-tribunal-continues-to-shape-the-laws-of-war/ Wed, 06 May 2026 13:10:15 EDT David M. Crane | Founding Chief Prosecutor of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone https://www.jurist.org/commentary/?p=109607