Commentaries by Judith Koffler

Where Are They Now? A Dispatch from JURIST’s First China Correspondent, 25 Years Later

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Where Are They Now? A Dispatch from JURIST’s First China Correspondent, 25 Years Later

June 29, 2023 05:45:00 pm

This is a dispatch from your former JURIST China correspondent, twenty-five years later. The early dispatches I sent to Hibbitts from Wuhan University roughly at the turn of the millennium when the Web was young are now so antiquated that finding one required an archival deep dive. Indeed, it was a very different time – [...]

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Scopes 'Monkey Trial' began in Tennessee

On July 10, 1925, the Scopes "Monkey Trial" on the teaching of evolution began in Dayton, Tennessee, pitting Clarence Darrow and John Scopes against William Jennings Bryant. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

French agents sink Greenpeace vessel off New Zealand

On July 10, 1985, French agents bombed the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, off the coast of New Zealand, causing it to sink. The incident led to litigation between France and New Zealand in the International Court of Justice. Learn more about New Zealand v. France from the Institute for International Law and Justice.