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Note: Coast Guard should adopt rules governing private contractors who defend ships from pirates
By Sean Mahard, Editor in Chief Sean’s article will appear in the journal’s January issue. Keep an eye on our website for updates, and...
Aug 27, 2013
Is Seasteading the High Seas a Legal Possibility? Filling the Gaps in International Sovereignty Law
Seasteading––homesteading of the modern era––is a desire to develop above-water settlements in international waters known as seasteads....
May 29, 2013
Solving “The Gravest Natural Resource Shortage You’ve Never Heard Of:” Applying Transnational New Go
Experts believe that global reserves of phosphates, an essential and irreplaceable ingredient in fertilizers, will only last another...
May 29, 2013
A Behavioral Economic Approach to Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy
Nuclear disarmament advocates have provided a strong moral voice for the total disarmament of nuclear weapons, but if they are to remain...
May 29, 2013


Losing the Forest for the Trees: Syria, Law, and the Pragmatics of Conflict Recognition
The situation in Syria has the potential to become a pivotal moment in the development of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The ongoing...
May 29, 2013
Proportionality in Military Force at War’s Multiple Levels: Averting Civilian Casualties vs. Safegu
To what lengths may a state go to protect its soldiers in war? May it design its military operations to further that goal if this...
May 29, 2013
Civil Actions for Acts that Are Valid According to Religious Family Law but Harm Women’s Rights: Leg
This Article analyzes the implications of legal pluralism when religious family law conflicts with state civil tort law. Refusal to grant...
May 29, 2013
International Student Athletes and NCAA Amateurism: Setting an Equitable Standard for Eligibility af
The United States is often called the land of opportunity. In many ways it has proven so, but this is not always the case. International...
Apr 11, 2013
Towards a Declaratory School of Government Recognition
Recognition of governments has historically been a political matter. Governments could choose to recognize or not to recognize any other...
Apr 11, 2013
First Amendment and “Foreign-Controlled” U.S. Corporations: Why Congress Ought to Affirm Domestic
Political spending in the modern-day, prolonged election cycle continues to exceed historic proportions. With money equated to speech,...
Apr 11, 2013


Hate Speech and Persecution: A Contextual Approach
Scholarly work on atrocity-speech law has focused almost exclusively on incitement to genocide. But case law has established liability...
Apr 11, 2013


Stateless in the United States: Current Reality and a Future Prediction
Statelessness exists in the United States—a fact that should be of concern to advocates of strict immigration control as well as those...
Apr 11, 2013


Lexis Nexus Complexus: Comparative Contract Law and International Accounting Collide in the IASB–FA
U.S. and international accounting-standard setters plan to launch a new, global revenue accounting standard, Revenue from Contracts with...
Apr 11, 2013


Beyond Regulation: A Comparative Look at State-Centric Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law i
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is often understood as the voluntary actions firms take beyond legal compliance. However, in recent...
Apr 11, 2013
The Point of a Points System: Attracting Highly Skilled Immigrants the United States Needs and Ensur
In a globalizing world, labor is an increasingly mobile and competitive resource. Responding to this changing labor market, countries...
Feb 12, 2013
Liberalizing the Law in the Land of the Lord: Limits to the Americanization of Israeli Religious Jur
This Note presents an analysis of American and Israeli constitutional jurisprudence concerning matters of religion. Recently, there has...
Feb 12, 2013
Returning Sovereignty to the People
Governments across the world regularly invoke sovereignty to demand that the international community “mind its own business” while they...
Feb 12, 2013


Jurisdictional Standards (and Rules)
This Article uses the jurisprudential dichotomy between two opposing types of legal requirements—“rules” and “standards”—to examine...
Feb 12, 2013
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