LEX LATA, LEX FERENDA
The law as it is, the law as it should be
The Case for Preventing Sexual Assault in India Through Empowerment Education
By: Rickpaul Singh Vander In 2012, a horrific case of rape put India on the front page of the New York Times and inspired me to understand and write about the issue of sexual assault in India. Now that I am given the platform to share my thoughts, I wonder if this...
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From Paris to Missouri: Taking Action on Climate Change
By: Tamara L. Slater In the finals weeks of 2015 under the auspices of the UNFCCC, 195 nations adopted a global climate change agreement in Paris, France that has the potential to save humanity from the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change. The so-called...
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Balancing Religion and Human Rights in Israel
By: Joshua Sills I am fortunate to be spending this semester as a Foreign Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem through Washington University School of Law’s International Justice and Conflict Resolution Externship. The Israeli Supreme Court is one of...
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WashU Expert: ISIS genocide declaration key step on road to prosecution
By: Neil Schoenherr (Originally posted on The Source) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry this week said that the United States has determined ISIS’ actions against Yazidis and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria constitute genocide. The allegations of genocide by...
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The Legal Status of Current Sanctions Against Russia
By: Ihor Stratan The current sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the military crisis in Ukraine have an unusual legal status under international law because they were not introduced by an international organization but rather by individual countries. The...
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WashU Expert: Congress should work with Obama to close Gitmo
By: Neil Schoenherr (Originally posted on The Source) President Barack Obama this week announced his intention to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The decision to open the facility in the first place was a bad idea in theory, made even worse in...
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“What’s Fair: Street Art, Appropriation Art, and the Law”: A Talk by Kevin Ray
By: Tamara L. Slater Earlier this month, alumnus Kevin Ray (PhD ’98, JD ’01), Of Counsel at Greenberg Traurig, LLP in Chicago, gave a public lecture entitled “What’s Fair: Street Art, Appropriation Art, and the Law” to an overflowing classroom in the law school. His...
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Access to Health, Access to Justice
By: Teresa Yao GlobeMed, various campus groups, and the Harris World Law Institute brought Dr. Paul Farmer, a leading physician and anthropologist, to Washington University on November 6, 2015. He issued an urgent call to increase access to healthcare in the most...
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A Look at Presidential Term Limits in Central Africa ahead of Elections
By: Madaline George Constitutional term limits on a president’s tenure are common features in modern democracies. Seventy three percent of all presidential regimes at the end of 2009 used some form of presidential term limits, and in Africa two-thirds of countries...
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Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity and Statements at the UN General Assembly
By: Tamara L. Slater Over the last three years, there has been an increasingly robust discussion within the United Nations about a new global convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity. A few weeks ago the UN General Assembly (UNGA)...
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