[This was cross-posted over at Huffington Post] Now I am alone. O what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit, That from her working all his visage wann'd, Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect,...
Now here is a novel argument about "economic torture" from a recent Second Circuit case of Savchuck v. Mukasey: An alien is entitled to protection under CAT when he or she is “more likely than not [to] ...
The remedy for VCCR violations took another interesting twist last month. A state appeals court in Minnesota has addressed the question of the relationship between a VCCR violation and Miranda protections. Interpreting Sanchez-Llamas, the court in State v. Morales-Mulato essentially subsumed VCCR violations within remedies available under Miranda. Here is the key excerpt: Appellant was … arrested and...
The New York Times Magazine has a great story on celebrity philanthropy. The good news is that, as we all know, celebrities can do a tremendous amount of good in promoting important causes. Publicity and access to power guarantees that their sponsorship of causes can make a difference. But the story also highlights just how self-absorbed and...
The Southern District of Florida last week rendered an interesting case involving alleged international trafficking of Cuban aliens to Curaçao where they were slave laborers. The case of Licea v. Curacao Drydock Co. focused on whether the case should be dismissed on the grounds of forum non conveniens. Plaintiffs are three Cuban nationals who are now residents of Florida. The...
The Yale Pocket Part has republished a great student note from 1988 by Jill Pryor (now a partner at a law firm in Atlanta) defining the phrase "natural-born citizen." It only took twenty years, but given the uncertainty about John McCain's constitutional eligibility, the topic is now timely. Here is the conclusion: If the eligibility of a presidential candidate...
This conference at UCLA on March 11 addressing the topic of U.S. foreign policy toward rogue states looks really interesting. On March 11, 2008, the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA will convene a conference featuring Governor Bill Richardson, Burkle Center Senior Fellows General Wesley Clark (ret.) and Former Foreign Minister to Thailand Kantathi Suphamongkhon and leading scholars,...
Last year the British media entered into a voluntary agreement with the British Ministry of Defence to have a news blackout of Prince Harry's deployment in Afghanistan. Harry had been serving there about ten weeks when the news broke on the Drudge Report of his whereabouts. The BBC is now defending the news blackout. From the sounds...
If you are thinking about an LL.M., I strongly recommend you check out the website LLM Guide. It provides you wonderful details of all the major LL.M. programs in the world. There also is a nice, handy discussion board for each school. Say you are thinking about doing an LL.M. in International Legal Studies at NYU. ...
It's been in practice since the 16th century. The practice is general, consistent and uninterrupted across the decades. There is a strong sense that every nation must do it. There used to be consistent objectors, but they slowly came on board such that by the Second World War every nation in the world adheres to the practice....
In Europe, a woman was near death from a very bad disease, a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times...
[John Paul Jones is Professor of Law at Richmond Law School and is an expert in maritime law.] I’ve been invited to call your attention to the case of Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, for which a writ of certiorari went to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Oral argument before the Supreme Court is scheduled...
