The Galactic Empire: Lessons in Geopolitics from a "Galaxy Far, Far Away"
JURIST Guest Columnist Roy Lee discusses the applications of principles from the Star Wars film series to contemporary issues in international relations... In the ever-popular Star Wars series, the Jedi and the Rebel Alliance are pitted against the Sith and...
The US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Thursday sanction against the Iranian prison company Tehran Prisons Organization and one of its senior officials, Sohrab Soleimani, for human rights abuses...
Mississippi Supreme Court rules drugs used in executions can remain undisclosed
The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled to keep the identification of drugs used in executions a secret in a 7-2 ruling Thursday. The lawsuit was brought against the Mississippi Department of Corrections by the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Ohio's lethal injection process. The court ruled that the only question before them was whether the lower court abused its...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases on Monday. In US Bank National Association v. Village at Lakeridge , a bankruptcy case from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [opinion,...
Federal appeals court allows student prayers at Texas school board meetings
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling allowing a Texas school board to open their meetings with a student-led public prayer. By affirming the lower court ruling, the...
Pakistan Assembly votes to continue use of military courts on terrorism suspects
The Pakistan National Assembly voted Tuesday to renew an amendment to the country's constitution that allows military tribunals to oversee civilians accused of terrorist-related crimes. Pakistan first made the amendment following an attack [Al Jazeera...
The efficiency of the Chinese court system has been improved by 20 percent since 2013, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) announced Monday. The court released two white papers on judicial reform and court...
Impact of the New Abortion Act Passed by the US House of Representatives
JURIST Guest Columnist, Yvonne Lindgren, of Indiana Tech law School discusses the implications of the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017" and how it will affect poor women and women of color...On January...
NCAA and conferences agree to $208.7 million settlement in antitrust suit
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and 11 conferences agreed Friday to a $208.7 million settlement in a class action suit brought by former college athletes alleging their scholarships were illegally capped. The lawsuit ...
