Federal Communicable Disease Regulation: Balancing Civil Liberties and Public Health
JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr. and Sarah Wetter, of The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discuss forthcoming new regulations on controlling communicable diseases through the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... On...
JURIST Guest Columnist Don Resnikoff of Counsel to Rubin PLLC discusses the need for injunctive relief in the ATM anti-trust case ... JURIST previously reported that the US Supreme Court published an order stating that it would no longer hear...
Montenegro prosecutor accuses Russia nationalists of attempted coup
Milivoje Katnic, Montenegro's Chief Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime, on Sunday, accused a group Russian nationalists of attempting to stage a coup aimed at overthrowing the government on election day. On October 16, a group of 20 Serbian...
JURIST contributing editor Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law discusses new gun laws enacted in Missouri and proposed in Pennsylvania and how they reflect an insatiable appetite for enacting pro-gun legislation even when gun rights are well secured under...
Thailand's military-backed legislature, known as the National Reform Council, on Sunday rejected a draft of a new constitution. The draft was rejected by a vote of 135-105, with seven abstentions, which will likely delay elections planned for next year...
Articles 5 through 20 of the Rome Statute govern the jurisdiction of the ICC. There are four major factors to consider when assessing the court's jurisdiction. First, the specific crime committed has to fit the definition of one of the...
President Obama advocated for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and civilian trials for the alleged 9/11 conspirators since his election in 2008. Despite initial progress and attempts to release or transfer detainees to third party countries, as...
JURIST Guest Columnist Stuart Ford of the John Marshall Law School says that although the International Criminal Court has encountered numerous obstacles during the first ten years of its existence, its reputation will ultimately be decided over a longer period...
Second Circuit rules government must release photos of Iraqi, Afghan prisoners
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that the US Department of Defense must release certain photographs of alleged detainee abuse committed by US soldiers serving in Iraq and...
