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Commentary Tyrants, Dictators, and Thugs: Fearing the Bogeyman
Tyrants, Dictators, and Thugs: Fearing the Bogeyman
Jeremiah Lee
July 1, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law and Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2002 to 2005 says that in responding to post-electoral unrest Iran's Supreme Leader is utilizing a method...

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Commentary Coming to America? Obama's Limited Options for Holding Guantanamo Detainees
Coming to America? Obama's Limited Options for Holding Guantanamo Detainees
Jeremiah Lee
June 30, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Andrew J. Puglia Levy, an attorney in Washington D.C. who served in the US Department of Homeland Security from 2006-2009, most recently as deputy general counsel, says the risks of bringing some Guantanamo detainees to the United...

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Commentary Preserving Spain's Universal Jurisdiction Law in the Common Interest
Preserving Spain's Universal Jurisdiction Law in the Common Interest
Jeremiah Lee
June 26, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnists Olga Martin-Ortega of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London (UK), and Jordi Palou-Loverdos, a lawyer who has represented Rwandan, Congolese and Spanish victims of crimes against humanity before the Spanish courts, say...

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Commentary New 'Diversity' Needed for Supreme Court Nominees
New 'Diversity' Needed for Supreme Court Nominees
Jeremiah Lee
June 25, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnists Renée Landers of Suffolk University School of Law and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that unless US Presidents embrace a broader view of "diversity" in future Supreme Court nominations, they may deprive the...

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Commentary The Ghailani Terrorism Case: Military Lawyers in Federal Court?
The Ghailani Terrorism Case: Military Lawyers in Federal Court?
Jeremiah Lee
June 22, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says that Department of Defense approval of military defense counsel's participation in Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's federal court terrorism case would underline the Department's core commitment to the rule of...

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Commentary SEC v. Mozilo: Repairing the Financial Services Industry
SEC v. Mozilo: Repairing the Financial Services Industry
Jeremiah Lee
June 17, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Macchiarola, an adjunct professor at CUNY Law School and Seton Hall University School of Law, says that the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent complaint against Countrywide Financial offers several lessons for those who would repair our...

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Commentary Obama's Military Commission and International Law
Obama's Military Commission and International Law
Jeremiah Lee
June 15, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that a reconstituted military commission at Guantanamo Bay set up to only prosecute aliens would necessarily violate bilateral treaties, create a "denial of justice" for aliens under...

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Commentary Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability Under International Law
Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability Under International Law
Jeremiah Lee
June 15, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the closest precedent to the Israeli position on the Gaza war is justification, an international law doctrine that has been a dead letter since the end of...

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Commentary Resettling Guantanamo Detainees: Reluctance and Responsibility
Resettling Guantanamo Detainees: Reluctance and Responsibility
Jeremiah Lee
June 11, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Don Rothwell of Australian National University College of Law says that until the United States is prepared to acknowledge that it has a continuing responsibility for some of the Guantanamo detainees once they have been released and...

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Commentary Somalia at the Crossroads: Options for the World Community
Somalia at the Crossroads: Options for the World Community
Jeremiah Lee
June 8, 2009 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Zeray Yihdego of Oxford Brookes University School of Social Sciences and Law says that the UN and the world's powers must act to help stabilize Somalia, too long plagued by clan infighting, lawlessness, regional conflict involving Ethiopia...

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Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

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