Are Anti-BDS Laws an Assault on Free Speech?
Pluralism has been curiously absent from the BDS debate, which is currently gridlocked over the more narrow question of state neutrality.
Aaron Sibarium
· 8 min read
Law
A collection of 74 posts
Upholding the Jihadist's Veto
The Court’s decision therefore constitutes a clear and present danger to the emerging consensus that blasphemy laws are incompatible with international human rights law.
Jacob Mchangama and Flemming Rose
· 7 min read
Previously Unrecognized Rights: Climate Change Lawsuits and the Rule of Law
Environmental advocates are asking courts to halt allegedly harmful private and public initiatives on the basis of ancient Roman law, common law doctrines, international agreements and norms, and innovative interpretations of constitutions.
James Huffman
· 12 min read
Privilege and Double Standards at the Kavanaugh Hearings
One would hope that senators could have worked together to examine the available evidence in a manner that showed respect for all parties involved.
Gideon Scopes
· 10 min read
When "Believe the Victim" Backfires
In this charged atmosphere, and with the national press looking on as well, two members of the UM football team—one of them none other than the quarterback and team captain—were charged with sexual intercourse without consent.
Stewart Justman
· 10 min read
On the Fallibility of Memory and the Importance of Evidence
As individuals making personal judgments about the truthfulness of Kavanaugh and Ford, we are not held to the same standards as our justice system.
Tyler Watkins
· 18 min read
What Is the Law?
How can we base any stable conception of law on moral notions about which reasonable people are bound to disagree?
Matt McManus
· 11 min read
In Defence of Combat Robots
Human weaknesses in combat are well-documented and largely consistent. Technology, by contrast, improves with every passing week.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read
Inducing People’s Employers to Fire Them Should Be a Civil Wrong
While social media inflames tensions, the law aims to remove emotion and passion from disputes.
Katy Barnett
· 18 min read
The Folly of a Racialized Criminal Justice Reform Debate
America has the highest rate of incarceration in the world and—in state prisons—blacks are incarcerated at five times the rate of whites."
Joshua Hunter
· 7 min read
Portugal Poised to Write Gender Fluidity into Law
It’s difficult to say if it was really created to advance the rights of these people, or if it was simply cobbled together on some sort of whim.
Ricardo Lopes
· 8 min read
Unpopular Speech and the Shaping of the First Amendment
Schenck and Masses provided opportunities for two judges to set the foundations of First Amendment doctrine for many years to come.
Jak Allen
· 9 min read
Pursuit of Injustice: Further Adventures Under Title IX
So, how did the Dear Colleague Letter turn universities into star chambers? It lowered the burden of proof for a guilty finding in sex cases, and stripped the accused of due process.
Nicholas Wolfinger
· 7 min read
FBI Director Comey: Straight Shooter or Feckless Careerist? How About Neither
FBI Director Comey's call not to charge Hillary Clinton aimed to avoid political turmoil in a charged climate.
Deion Kathawa
· 5 min read