Jun 28, 2012Ambivalence and Activism: Employment Discrimination in ChinaChinese courts have not vigorously enforced many human rights, but a recent string of employment discrimination lawsuits suggests that, given the appropriate...
Jun 28, 2012Green Jackets in Men’s Sizes Only: Gender Discrimination at Private Country ClubsOn November 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ireland held that the Portmarnock Golf Club could maintain its rule prohibiting female membership free from the san...
Jun 28, 2012The Double-Helix Double-Edged Sword: Comparing DNA Retention Policies of the United States and the UForensic scientists have used DNA profiling technologies to link suspects to crimes since Alec Jeffreys first proposed the idea in the 1970s. Recognizing th...
Jun 28, 2012Forced to Flee and Forced to Repatriate? How the Cessation Clause of Article 1C(5) and (6) of the 1The purpose of refugee law is to provide international protection for vulnerable people who are denied state protection. In fulfilling this purpose, the Uni...
Jun 28, 2012Space Debris and Its Threat to National Security: A Proposal for a Binding International Agreement tIn 2007, a Chinese anti-satellite missile destroyed an aging weather satellite, creating millions of pieces of space debris. In 2009, the collision of two s...
Jun 28, 2012Building a Latin American Coalition on Forests: Negotiation Barriers and OpportunitiesReducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is one of the most important and most contentious issues in global climate talks. Defore...
