Approximately three decades ago, two of us, Terrell Carter and Kempis Songster, were
sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The US Supreme Court has said …

In The Work of Rape Rana M. Jaleel argues that the redefinition of sexual violence within
international law as a war crime, crime against humanity, and genocide owes a disturbing …

Are human rights to be found in living instruments and practices that adapt to changing
circumstances, or must they be interpreted according to their original meaning? That …

Notwithstanding the well-known differences that run through cultures and traditions, the
West has never stopped trying to export its own law into the rest of the world. During and …

Free speech has positive dimensions of enablement and negative dimensions of non-
restraint, both of which require protection for democracy to have substantial communicative …

The administrative law of deportation depends on criminal charges and convictions to
determine who is removed from the United States. President Obama vowed to deport"[f] …

ABSTRACT A healthy environment is an important precondition for the enjoyment of human
rights. When framed in this way, environmental protection serves human interests rather …

If the right-remedy gap is an inevitable feature of constitutional law, it is all the more so for
constitutional economic and social rights. Yet such rights–to have access, for example, to …

In India, the world's largest democracy, the right to express dissenting opinions has come
under increasing pressure due to governmental reactions to violent and non-violent …

Scholars have criticized the gap between judicial work and the realities of prison life. In this
article, drawn from qualitative findings from Supreme Court Judges in Israel, we analysed …