Under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s leadership, the Sri Lankan civil war reached a brutal conclusion on May 18, 2009, ending a 25-year-long conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist rebel group. Rooted in longstanding grievances, including discriminatory policies against Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority, the conflict saw the [...]
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Explainer: The Israel-Hamas War and the International Criminal Court
The current conflict engulfing Israel and Palestine raises significant issues of international law and policy. This is part one in an anticipated two-part series that will discuss some of the relevant legal questions before the International Criminal Court (ICC; Part I) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ; Part II). With both courts located in [...]
Analyzing Pakistan's Domestic Violence Bill: A Delayed Agenda
Domestic violence cases have spiked worldwide during the pandemic. The situation is no different in Pakistan, where cultural and social factors further aggravate the crisis. Several studies show a substantial rise in domestic violence cases in Pakistan during the pandemic. Recently, Noor Mukadam, the daughter of Pakistan’s former ambassador to South Korea, was recently brutally [...]
The Call for a National Emergency in Response to the Opiate Epidemic
JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University and Sarah A. Noe of the University of Pennsylvania Law School discuss the recent national call for a Presidential state of emergency...
Connecticut Supreme Court upholds ruling abolishing death penalty
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-2 to uphold the state's ban on capital punishment. The decision, which rested upon the court's previous decision against capital punishment, stated once again that allowing...
What the Kraft and Heinz Merger Teaches Us About Protecting American Jobs
JURIST Guest Columnist Christina Alam of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses the negative effect corporate mergers have on preserving American jobs... While some public figures paint horror stories of how immigrants steal American jobs, subtler, but yet...
Washington Redskins ask Supreme Court to review trademark ruling
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) on Monday filed a petition with the US Supreme Court asking it to review a ruling that upheld the cancellation of the...
Federal appeals court rules government cannot reject offensive trademarks
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal circuit ruled Tuesday that the government cannot refuse to register trademarks that might be considered disparaging or offensive. The ruling sided with the Asian-American rock band The Slants,...
California Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law a ban on the use of "Redskins" as a team name, nickname or mascot, making California the first state to do so. The ban, called the...
A Sino-American Cyber Security Agreement: Crisis Composed of Danger and Opportunity?
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law discusses the latest cyber security agreement between China and the US... It is a longstanding fiction that the Chinese word for "crisis" is composed of elements that signify "danger"...
