JURIST Dateline Editor Kristine Long, Pitt Law '11, lived in the Philippines with her family for 5 years...Filipino women currently face a reproductive health care battle for the right to obtain contraception. In 2008, a group of legislators drafted House...
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JURIST Staffer Eric Linge, Pitt Law '10, studied for a year in Singapore...In the Western media, the tiny island nation of Singapore is typecast as conservative. In January, a man and woman attracted the attention of the international news media...
Guest commentator Vicheka Lay, a legal consultant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, reflects on the Khmer Rouge trials...In February, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) began the trial of one of the Khmer Rouge's former leaders, Kaing Guek...
Guest commentator Mike McNerney, Washington College of Law American University JD '09, is a former US Air Force officer who recently visited the US base at Guantanamo Bay...European Union (EU) nations have been intensely debating whether to accept convicted and...
Guest commentator Sara Burhan Abdullah, Pitt Law LL.M. '08 and JD '12, writes about an experience in her native Iraq...While living in Iraq, my husband Haider Hamoudi and I began working for the Iraqi Jessup moot court team. We instructed...
JURIST Staffer Eric Linge, Pitt Law '10, interned in Addis Ababa last summer...Will membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help Ethiopia's agricultural sector? Indeed, would the agricultural sector of any least-developed country (LDC) be helped by membership?Not surprisingly, these...
JURIST Staffer Necia Hobbes, Pitt Law '11, volunteered in Chiang Rai before starting graduate school:In the United States, citizenship is granted to those born within US borders or to US citizen parents, and can be obtained through naturalization. The Kingdom...
Gunesh Bakgalova, Pitt Law LLM '09, compares "right to rest" laws in her native Turkmenistan with American labor regulation:When I came to the United States I was very surprised to hear that employers are not required to give employees paid...
Carrie Cecil, Pitt Law '10, files from Kiev:In countries with stable legal systems, it would be nearly unthinkable to choose foreign law for a contract between two parties from the same country, but in Ukraine, this is common practice. Due...
Elisa Mari, Pitt Law '10, files from Athens:The term lesbian comes from the Greek name of the Aegean Island of Lesvos. The island, known for its beautiful beaches and unspoiled landscapes, is also famous for being the island of the...
