Both international and domestic law take as a basic premise the notion that it is possible,
important, and usually fairly straightforward to distinguish between war and peace …

Rule of law in some form may be traced back to Aristotle and has been championed by
Roman jurists; medieval natural law thinkers; Enlightenment philosophers such as Hobbes …

In recent years, the practice of" extraordinary rendition" by the US government has garnered
strong critique by human rights advocates, the United Nations, and other governments …

By any standard of measurement, the trial involving O'Keefe and Loewen was a disgrace....
By any standard of evaluation, the trial judge failed to afford Loewen the process that was …

The US response to 9/11 was exceptional. The'war on terror'went against the norm in the
sense of being unusual and it challenged certain international norms as articulated in …

Is the use of torture ever justified? This article argues that torture cannot be justified, even in
so called ticking bomb cases, but that in such extreme situations it may be necessary. In …

In this article the authors address the impact which post-September 11 counter-terrorist
legislation has had on human rights and civil liberties in a number of common law …

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LAW REVIEW domestic and international law has been
explored exhaustively in scholarship3 and has been the subject of extensive litigation. 4 …

The criminal procedure code is the backbone of any criminal justice system. This is
particularly true in civil law countries where it is the code, rather than judicial precedent and …

In a regional, national and global response to terrorism, the emphasis necessarily lies on
preventing the next terrorist act. Yet, with prevention comes prediction: the need to identify …