Nov

19

Mainstreaming International Law in Legal Education

Posted by: Lisa J. Laplante | November 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

This week is “International Education Week”, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote “programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.”  Schools and other educational institutions around the country [...]

Nov

13

Feingold: Sept. 11 Prosecutions Will Advance Justice and American World Standing

Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | November 13, 2009 | 8 Comments

The decision to prosecute five people accused of involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in federal court in New York drew support Friday from US Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) in comments at a one-hour discussion at Marquette University Law School.
“That’s the way to go,” said Feingold, who has been highly critical of [...]

Nov

11

Take Down This Wall

Posted by: Andrea K. Schneider | November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

With the twentieth anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall yesterday, I have been reflecting a lot on divides.  I was lucky enough to spend a year working in Germany, from August 1988 to May 1989, in Cologne for the year between college and law school.  And, although it killed me not to get [...]

Nov

2

Is Health Care a Human Right?

Posted by: Lisa J. Laplante | November 2, 2009 | 10 Comments

As Congress enters the final stretch in pushing forward a health care reform bill, I have been struck by the fact that during the ongoing debate very few people seem to pose the question of whether access to health care constitutes a human right.  Yet, in many countries around the world, this perspective forms the [...]

Oct

29

Truth and Reconciliation, Stories from the Diaspora

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

Several months ago I blogged about the situation of Liberians who fled their country for the United States (but who did not receive official status as refugees) and who have lived here for years in a “temporary” status, while it remained unsafe to return to Liberia. As I explained in those posts, these US residents face [...]

Oct

12

Roman Polanski and the Rule of Law

Posted by: David R. Papke | October 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

I’ve been struck by the differing views in Europe and the United States regarding whether filmmaker Roman Polanski should be extradited. Polanski drugged and raped a thirteen-year-old girl in Los Angeles, and he then fled the United States in 1978, just before being sentenced. He lived openly in Paris and traveled and worked in Europe [...]

Sep

3

FIRED FOR ALL CAPS EMAILS IN NEW ZEALAND!!!!!

Posted by: Paul M. Secunda | September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

Christoper Null: The Working Guy, who has a Tech blog over on Yahoo!, has this interesting story about a New Zealand worker fired for sending confrontational emails:
WHAT COULD BE MORE ANNOYING THAN THIS? MAYBE IF IT WAS BOLD? AND RED? . . . .
And if you worked for New Zealand’s ProCare Health, it could [...]

Aug

28

Papal Encyclical – Caritas in Veritate

Posted by: Paul M. Secunda | August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Mitch Rubinstein from Adjunct Law Prof Blog writes to me that, “this is a bit different, but I think readers may be interested in this posting about the Pope’s encyclical supporting unions.”  Here’s the post and a taste of Caritas in Veritate, issued on June 29, 2009:
While reflecting on the theme of work, it [...]

Jul

24

How Do You Avoid Malpractice When Representing Clients in Foreign and International Matters?

Posted by: Michael P. Waxman | July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Many attorneys representing domestic clients extend their legal advice to foreign and international matters.  Unfortunately, some of these attorneys are ill-prepared to provide this advice. Not only are they not familiar with the basic operation of other legal systems, such as those derived from the Civil Law tradition, they are unfamiliar even with the Common Law [...]

Jul

15

The Sotomayor Hearings: Supreme Court Citations to International and Foreign Law

Posted by: Michael P. Waxman | July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As the Senate hearings addressing the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court proceed through the thickets of legal concerns, one issue that appears to be rather arcane to the average American may be among the most significant. Indeed, it reflects a philosophical dispute that underlies many of the questions at [...]

Jul

7

The New China Syndrome

Posted by: Michael P. Waxman | July 7, 2009 | 3 Comments

Since last month China has been on an economic rampage that could have serious long- term effects on the United States and Europe. While Americans have been inundated with a vast and steady diet of “news” focused on personalities (the ongoing deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett and the death-like experiences of Governor Mark [...]

Jun

16

Berlusconi in the United States

Posted by: Irene Calboli | June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

I am an Italian citizen (and very proud of it), so I read the Italian news every day.  This is not really ”legally relevant,” but  the BBC has a very funny article on the current Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Belusconi, visiting President Obama: “Oh no, Silvio! Will Italian PM avoid offending anyone on US visit?”  So far, Silvio [...]

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