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Lawfare

Lawfare

Coveres actions taken or contemplated to protect the nation interact with the nation’s laws and legal institutions, including cybersecurity, Guantánamo habeas litigation, targeted killing, biosecurity, universal jurisdiction, the Alien Tort Statute, and the state secrets privilege. By Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith and Robert Chesney.

http://www.lawfareblog.com/
  • May 25

    The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

    The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
    The main topic on Lawfare this week was the President’s address at the National Defense University on counterterrorism policy.  We previewed the Thursday address in our early week coverage: Jack was the first to note the…
  • May 25

    Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey: Questions About New Targeting Rule

    Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey: Questions About New Targeting Rule
    Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey maintain that the new targeting framework announced by the President “raises some troubling questions and leaves important older questions completely unanswered.”  Their list is long, but here…
  • May 24

    Does the Armed-Conflict Model Matter in Practice Anymore?

    Does the Armed-Conflict Model Matter in Practice Anymore?
    This post draws on material from my current book project, the concluding chapter of which considers the legal architecture of counterterrorism in a “postwar” setting…and advances the argument that we already have largely…
Rank this Week: 12

Opinio Juris

Opinio Juris

International law and international relations by Chris Borgen, Peggy McGuinness et al.

http://opiniojuris.org
  • May 24

    Weekend Roundup: May 18-24, 2013

    Weekend Roundup: May 18-24, 2013
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen This week on Opinio Juris, drone strikes unsurprisingly took center stage. In anticipation of President Obama’s speech, Jonathan Horowitz contributed a guest post on their human rights…
  • May 24

    The US’s Retreat from IHL (or, the Triumph of Ryan Goodman)

    The US’s Retreat from IHL (or, the Triumph of Ryan Goodman)
    by Kevin Jon Heller In previous posts (here and here), I discussed the reasons why Obama will never actually enforce the "near certainty" standard regarding civilian casualties and noted that the standard is vastly more restrictive…
  • May 24

    One of the Things We Learned About Targeting

    One of the Things We Learned About Targeting
    by Deborah Pearlstein by Deborah Pearlstein There is now a set of important new documents regarding its targeted killing operations: (1) a letter from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to members of Congress describing the decision to target…
Rank this Week: 37

ICT for Peacebuilding

ICT for Peacebuilding

Exploring the use of technology for conflict transformation, focusing on the use of information communications technology (ICT) for peacebuilding. From Sanjana Hattotuwa.

http://ict4peace.wordpress.com
  • May 9

    Safety tips and security guidelines for Facebook

    Safety tips and security guidelines for Facebook
    Given the vituperative pushback of the BBS online against those who participated in the vigil in Colombo a few weeks ago, immediate measures to secure content posted on to web based social media platforms are essential to protect one’s…
  • May 9

    New media and citizen journalism: The case of Groundview

    New media and citizen journalism: The case of Groundview
    Presented the work I had done with Groundviews to a group of activists from South Asia recently, noting that using social media platforms on the web, combined with mobiles, it is increasingly possible to bear witness to and report on…
  • Mar 16

    Pitfalls of privacy online

    Pitfalls of privacy online
    The Ceylon Today newspaper quotes me in what is becoming a familiar story – identity theft and the unauthorised use of photos posted to various online social media fora for nefarious activities. Women and Media Collective‘s Sepali…
Rank this Week: 41

UK Human Rights Blog

UK Human Rights Blog

Covers UK and European human rights cases and laws. By 1 Crown Office Row.

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
  • May 24

    Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy

    Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy
    Re SB (A patient; capacity to consent to termination) [2013] EWHC 1417 (COP) 21 May 2013 – read judgment Sidney Chawatama of 1 Crown Office Row represented the husband of the patient in this case. He has nothing to do with the…
  • May 24

    High Court directs major overhaul of Iraq death and mistreatment allegations investigation

    High Court directs major overhaul of Iraq death and mistreatment allegations investigation
    Mousa & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Defence [2013] EWHC 1412 (Admin) (24 May 2013) – Read judgment Remember the Iraq War? Following the 2003 invasion Britain remained in control of Basra, a city in South…
  • May 23

    Can you decide who is to be your unpaid advocate? Eleanor Battie

    Can you decide who is to be your unpaid advocate? Eleanor Battie
    RE F (CHILDREN) 14 May 2013, Court of Appeal – extempore so currently only available as a Lawtel summary (£) A topical case, this, given legal aid cutbacks. It concerns the ability of unrepresented litigants to choose those…
Rank this Week: 51

Discourse.net

Discourse.net

By University of Miami law professor Michael Froomkin. Covers civil liberties, the Internet, Guantanamo, Iraq attrocities, politics and more.

http://www.discourse.net/
  • May 24

    A Georgian Grandmother’s Take on the TSA

    A Georgian Grandmother’s Take on the TSA
    A student I know writes, My grandmother and I have a unique relationship. We talk about the usual family gossip, but we really get into it when we talk about politics. Why is this unique? Because my grandmother is in … Continue reading…
  • May 20

    Crawford on Telco Monopolie

    Crawford on Telco Monopolie
    Nice profile of Susan Crawford, highlighting her campaign against telco internet monopolies, by David Carr in today’s NYT. A taste of Telecom’s Big Players Hold Back the Future: Susan Crawford, a professor at [Cardozo School of…
  • May 17

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again

    EFF Is Accepting Bitcoins Again
    EFF Will Accept Bitcoins to Support Digital Liberty. This follows a 2-year moratorium. One key difference from past practice: EFF will liquidate any Bitcoins it receives as soon as it gets them. EFF’s announcement pointed me to this…
Rank this Week: 68

IntLawGrrls

IntLawGrrls

Features voices on international law, policy and practice.

http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/
  • Mar 8

    We've revived!

    We've revived!
    Encouraged by our contributors and readers, we've revived IntLawGrrls on International Women's Day.  You can find us at a new website: www.ilg2.org.  Please visit us there, and don't forget to visit Diane Marie Amann at her new solo…
  • Dec 13

    All good thing

    All good thing
    All good things must come to an end, as they say. And so it is today with IntLawGrrls. After much discussion among ourselves, we editors have decided to close this forum – to take a break from daily blogging, and to pursue new…
  • Dec 12

    Go 'Grrl! Diane Marie Amann is Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on Children in Armed Conflict

    Go 'Grrl! Diane Marie Amann is Special Adviser to ICC Prosecutor on Children in Armed Conflict
    Exciting news!International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has appointed our own Diane Marie Amann, IntLawGrrls founder and editor-in-chief, to be her Special Adviser on Children in and affected by Armed Conflict. Bensouda announced…
Rank this Week: 69

International Law Reporter

International Law Reporter

Edited by Professor Jacob Katz Cogan.

http://ilreports.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 72

OFAC SDN Sanctions Removal Lawyers

OFAC SDN Sanctions Removal Lawyers

Covers the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and its Specially Designated Nationals list. By McNabb Associates, P.C.

http://ofac-sdn-list-removal.com/
Rank this Week: 86

International Economic Law and…

International Economic Law and Policy Blog

By WorldTradeLaw.net.

http://worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/
  • May 24

    CALL FOR PAPERS: Fall 2013 ASIL-IEcLIG Junior Scholars Research Forum

    CALL FOR PAPERS: Fall 2013 ASIL-IEcLIG Junior Scholars Research Forum
    From the ASIL-IEcLIG: The American Society of International Law’s International Economic Law Interest Group (ASIL IEcLIG) is pleased to issue a Call for Proposals for its inaugural Junior Scholars Research Forum, to be held at the…
  • May 24

    The EU Biodiesel Complaint

    The EU Biodiesel Complaint
    The latest WTO complaint, on various EU measures related to the biodiesel industry, is now available here: http://www.worldtradelaw.net/cr/ds459-1(cr).pdf There are some complicated measures involved, and I don't claim to fully understand it…
  • May 23

    In Other EU Investor-State News ...

    In Other EU Investor-State News ...
    Following up on the post from the other day, let's see what the EU member states think of an investment agreement with China: The European Commission decided today to ask the Member States for their agreement on a mandate to...
Rank this Week: 114

European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights

Covers court decisions and information.

http://ecohr.blogspot.com/
  • May 23

    Iraq Tells Turkey to Stop Pursuing PKK Terrorists Over Border

    Iraq Tells Turkey to Stop Pursuing PKK Terrorists Over Border
    Iraq asked Turkey on Tuesday to stop attacking terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) sheltering across the border in northern Iraq, as Turkey prepares to extend its internal mandate for the raids. The Baghdad government's power…
  • May 23

    Russia Calls for Calm on Tense Turkish-Syria Border

    Russia Calls for Calm on Tense Turkish-Syria Border
    Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has urged restraint between Turkey and Syria, calling for calm on the tense Turkish-Syrian border. “We believe both Syrian and Turkish authorities should exercise maximum restraint in this…
  • May 23

    ECHR; Ümit Diriöz Turkey (No: 38560/04)

    ECHR; Ümit Diriöz Turkey (No: 38560/04)
    The fact that the prosecutor stood on a raised platform in the courtroom did not infringe the principle of equality of arms. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case Diriöz v. Turkey (application no. 38560/04), which is not final1,…
Rank this Week: 125

Global Philanthropy

Global Philanthropy

Covers legal and ethical issues for Canadian charities. By Mark Blumberg.

http://www.globalphilanthropy.ca/index.php/blog/
Rank this Week: 169

Juris Diversitas

Juris Diversitas

An international, interdisciplinary community for the study of legal and normative mixtures and movements.

http://jurisdiversitas.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 208

International Extradition Blog

International Extradition Blog

Covers international extradition and transnational criminal defense. By McNabb Associates.

http://www.internationalextraditionblog.com
Rank this Week: 253

Cardozo Law Student Chapter -…

Cardozo Law Student Chapter - Children's Rights Institute

Cardozo law student division of CRI founded by 2010 Cardozo graduates Danielle Goldstein and Benjamin Ryberg. CRI-Cardozo has over 40 student members and is dedicated to raising awareness about human rights abuses against children.

http://www.childrensrightsinstitute.org/blog/
  • May 22

    Hamas textbooks to teach about 'liberation plans'

    Hamas textbooks to teach about 'liberation plans'
    Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry,…
  • May 22

    Hamas Training Tens of Thousands of Child Soldier

    Hamas Training Tens of Thousands of Child Soldier
    Among the classic, repeated Hamas slogans is the one in which the group's fighters declare that that they "love death" more than their declared Israeli enemies "love life." The Iran-backed terror organization has gone to enormous lengths to…
  • May 22

    Muslim Preacher Kills His 8-Year-Old Child Bride

    Muslim Preacher Kills His 8-Year-Old Child Bride
    According to war correspondent Mustafa Kazemi, an 8-year-old girl was recently murdered by her husband, a Muslim mullah, on the day of their wedding. Kazemi's source, a medical doctor, said there was nothing that could be done to save her…
Rank this Week: 262

International Law Prof Blog

International Law Prof Blog

By Professor Mark E. Wojcik and Cindy Galway Buys.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/international_law/
  • May 22

    British House of Commons Votes for Same-Sex Marriage

    British House of Commons Votes for Same-Sex Marriage
    The House of Commons in the United Kingdom has voted 366-161 in favor of same-sex marriage for England and Wales. The proposed legislation now goes to the House of Lords. (mew) Related articles UK House of Commons Votes To Allow...
  • May 22

    Human Rights in the European Union

    Human Rights in the European Union
    Greetings from Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy), where students from the University of Cagliari Faculty of Law are presenting summaries of significant human rights cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Italian students…
  • May 21

    ITLOS Judgment in M/V LOUISA Case To Be Announced

    ITLOS Judgment in M/V LOUISA Case To Be Announced
    The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has announced that it will deliver its judgment in the M/V LOUISA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines v. Kingdom of Spain) case on Tuesday, May 28. The judgment will be...
Rank this Week: 265

ByteLawyer Briefings

ByteLawyer Briefings

Covers current law and technology developments affecting business and society. By Nanyang Business School Professor Harry SK Tan.

http://bytelawyer.blogspot.com/
  • Aug 24

    Odex fails action against PacNet for disclosure of identity of downloader

    Odex fails action against PacNet for disclosure of identity of downloader
    In what appears to be a straightforward case of licensors of Animeware - ODEX - for illegal downloading of pirated copies by thousands, Odex filed suits against all the local commercial ISPs to obtain the identities of those who downloaded…
  • Aug 19

    How would the Singapore regulatory framework treat Eros LLC?

    How would the Singapore regulatory framework treat Eros LLC?
    Day 1 of State of Play Conference. Interestingly the latest case reported of the synthetic worlds is the case of EROS LLC suing Volkov Catteneo” who broke the sex program’s copy protection and sold unauthorized copies. So naturally…
  • Aug 19

    State of Play Conference BEGINS

    State of Play Conference BEGINS
    Finally the long awaited conference has begun. Last night at the opening dinner for participants, meeting all the thought leaders, academics and businesses involved in the building and use of synthetic environments is exciting. There was a…
Rank this Week: 270

East Timor Law and Justice…

East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin

Covers legal news from Timor-Leste.

http://easttimorlegal.blogspot.com/
  • May 25

    President proposes reactivation of traditional law in Timor-Leste

    President proposes reactivation of traditional law in Timor-Leste
    Image source: W. L. Wright 2006 ETLJB 25 May 2013 - According to an English translation of a report by Diario Nacional (DN) on 24 May 2013, the President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak, has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my…
  • May 23

    New web site for the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste

    New web site for the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste
    Taur Matan Ruak. Image: Twitter ETLJB - The President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has launched a new web site. Press releases, speeches, messages, visits, activities of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit…
  • May 23

    Suai District Court hands down suspended sentence in domestic violence case

    Suai District Court hands down suspended sentence in domestic violence case
    ETLJB 23 May 2013 - On 17 May 2013, the Suai District Court judged a case of domestic violence committed by the defendant against his spouse. The case occurred in Sub-district Balibo, District of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my…
Rank this Week: 278

Conflict of Laws .net

Conflict of Laws .net

Covers news and discussion on the conflict of laws in private international law cases. Editor is Martin George of the University of Birmingham. Published in association with the Journal of Private International Law.

http://conflictoflaws.net
  • May 24

    Science Po PILAGG Workshop Series Final Conference 2013

    Science Po PILAGG Workshop Series Final Conference 2013
    The Law School of the Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po) will hold the final meeting of its workshop series for this academic year on Private International Law as Global Governance on May 31st, 2013. This day long conference…
  • May 22

    First Issue of 2013’s Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale

    First Issue of 2013’s Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale
    (I am grateful to Prof. Francesca Villata – University of Milan – for the following presentation of the latest issue of the RDIPP) The first issue of 2013 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP,…
  • May 20

    Liber Amicorum Alegría Borrá

    Liber Amicorum Alegría Borrá
    On the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Alegría Borrás a collective book entitled “Entre Bruselas y La Haya. Estudios sobre la unificación internacional y regional del Derecho internacional privado. Liber…
Rank this Week: 297

SullivanLawNet

SullivanLawNet

Legal news and analysis, with an emphasis on international and domestic intellectual property developments. By Shawn Sullivan.

http://www.sullivanlaw.net
  • May 21

    Senate Tax Report Details Apple’s Offshore Profit-Shifting Tactic

    Senate Tax Report Details Apple’s Offshore Profit-Shifting Tactic
    The report of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Apple Inc.’s international tax strategy sheds light on how the company has exploited to maximum effect a number of gaps in the web of national tax jurisdictions.…
  • May 21

    Beware Trademark Invoice Scam

    Beware Trademark Invoice Scam
    Today a friend asked me about two invoices his company recently paid for “trademark registration” by very official-sounding entities in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. He essentially wanted to know how frequently the…
  • May 2

    Plant Variety Rights Case: Court Orders Claimant to Return Seized Item

    Plant Variety Rights Case: Court Orders Claimant to Return Seized Item
    In an opinion issued April 25, 2013, a Dutch court in the city of Roermond found no basis for plant variety rights infringement claims brought by the Anti-Infringement Bureau for Intellectual Property Rights on Plant Material (AIB), a…
Rank this Week: 319

Extradition and Cross Border…

Extradition and Cross Border Criminal Defense News

Covers extradition and foreign evidence cases for criminal defense attorneys. By Linda Friedman Ramirez.

http://obtainingforeignevidence.blogspot.com/
  • Aug 18

    Linda Ramirez's Feathered Serpent Gallery

    Linda Ramirez's Feathered Serpent Gallery
    Linda Friedman Ramirez has opened the  Feathered Serpent Gallery, which  features the works of  artists and artisans from the US and Latin America. The Gallery  is located in the heart of the art district of St Petersburg Florida. For…
  • Aug 17

    Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, Bible for Representing Immigrants and Foreign National

    Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, Bible for Representing Immigrants and Foreign National
    There has been a dramatic increase in the number of immigrants and foreign nationals prosecuted in US Courts.
  • Aug 10

    Going, Going...........................

    Going, Going...........................
    This blog will be deleted August 12, 2012 or any time thereafter without further notice. For additional information you can contact me directly at lindafriedmanramirez@gmail.com
Rank this Week: 413

Cultural Heritage Lawyer

Cultural Heritage Lawyer

Covers cultural heritage law and policy topics. By Ricardo A. St. Hilaire.

http://culturalheritagelawyer.blogspot.com/
  • May 23

    Discovery Delay Asserted by Government as Sotheby's Seeks Preliminary Court Hearing on Cambodian Ownership

    Discovery Delay Asserted by Government as Sotheby's Seeks Preliminary Court Hearing on Cambodian Ownership
    Sotheby's wants a preliminary hearing to argue the law, and the government wants more discovery from Sotheby's to argue the facts. That continues to be the posture in the case United States of America v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone…
  • May 18

    Roman, Byzantine and Other Conflict Antiquities from Syria

    Roman, Byzantine and Other Conflict Antiquities from Syria
    Antiquities from several Syrian cultural eras continue to appear on the art market. Since the last blog post describing this problem, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International produced the above May 17, 2013 report (not in English).…
  • May 12

    Government Petitions to Dismiss Charges in Korean Currency Case

    Government Petitions to Dismiss Charges in Korean Currency Case
    Prosecutors in Detroit, Michigan on Friday moved to dismiss the receiving and transporting stolen property charges against Wong Young Youn.  Earlier this year it was reported that the defendant was cooperating with…
Rank this Week: 419

Yale Law Library - Foreign and…

Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog

Covers international law, agreements and legal research resources.

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/foreign/default.aspx
  • May 3

    Is the united Nations Getting Away with Murder?

    Is the united Nations Getting Away with Murder?
    The search for accountability for the genocide of the Bosnian Muslims in July 1995 has gone beyond the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.    In 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina brought a case to the…
  • Apr 19

    Resources on Corporate Liability and Human Right

    Resources on Corporate Liability and Human Right
    This year’s Bernstein Symposium, Beyond Kiobel:  Human Rights and Corporate Liability in the 21st Century, held last week, explored how the legal framework of international human rights law has evolved to make possible holding…
  • Apr 4

    Comparing Human Rights System

    Comparing Human Rights System
    In addition to the United Nations' overarching human rights regime, Europe, Africa, and the Americas each have regional human rights systems.  They share similarities and also have significant differences and histories.  Below is a…
Rank this Week: 470

China Law Blog

China Law Blog

Covers China business, travel and news. By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson.

http://www.chinalawblog.com/
  • May 21

    Will the Real CIETAC Please Stand Up?

    Will the Real CIETAC Please Stand Up?
    For more than a year, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), China’s dominant arbitral institution since its founding in 1956, has been fighting a noisy and public civil war. The resulting chaos…
  • May 20

    How To Protect Your Trademark In China; How To Stop Your Distributer From “Stealing” Your Trademark

    How To Protect Your Trademark In China; How To Stop Your Distributer From “Stealing” Your Trademark
    As often as we write about the need to register your trademarks in China, we have never written about how common it is for your China distributer to take your trademark and of how easy it is to prevent that.  I thought of this last week…
  • May 18

    How To Change Your WFOE Legal Representative. It Ain’t Easy….

    How To Change Your WFOE Legal Representative. It Ain’t Easy….
    Over the years my law firm has been called in a number of times to try to get rid of an out of control Legal Representative of a WOFE.  Typically, the company calling us thinks that it ought to be able to rid itself of its WFOE Legal…
Rank this Week: 490

Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and…

Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and Just War Theory Blog

Covers international laws of war, international law, related human rights topics, international NGOs, and the theory of the just war. By Professor Kenneth Anderson.

http://kennethandersonlawofwar.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 511

SourcingSpeak

SourcingSpeak

Provides news and analysis of outsourcing, insourcing and beyond. By Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

http://www.sourcingspeak.com/
Rank this Week: 573

Korean Law Blog

Korean Law Blog

Updates on Korean law. By Sean Hayes.

http://www.thekoreanlawblog.com/
  • May 22

    One Korean Company in 2013 BrandZ Top 100: Samsung

    One Korean Company in 2013 BrandZ Top 100: Samsung
    Samsung was ranked in Millward Brown's 2013 BrandZ Top 100 as the 30th most valuable brand USD 21 billion) with Apple ranking in the top spot way ahead of Samsung (USD 185 billion).  Samsung... Korean Law and Business Updates by Sean…
  • May 22

    Required Traits of a Great Criminal Lawyer in Korea

    Required Traits of a Great Criminal Lawyer in Korea
    There are few great criminal lawyers working in Korea, because of the nature of the Korean criminal justice system and other realities. In Korea, in all cases, where you are accused of a crime... Korean Law and Business Updates by Sean…
  • May 17

    Korea Legal News for the Week of May 12

    Korea Legal News for the Week of May 12
    This Week's Legal News Reported by Media North Korea names another new armed forces minister  U.S. law aimed at helping North Korean orphans  U.S. Firms see opportunities in South... Korean Law and Business Updates by Sean Hayes.
Rank this Week: 582

Customs Law

Customs Law

Covers American customs law and international trade law. By Lawrence Friedman.

http://customslaw.blogspot.com/
  • May 20

    A Day Late and an Abomination Short

    A Day Late and an Abomination Short
    May 19 was Tariff of Abominations Day, a holiday I created for customs and trade compliance people. I hope you enjoyed yourself.If you are wondering what I am on about, please read this post from May of 2008. And, if you are sufficiently…
  • May 20

    A Laser-Like Focus on Questions of Law

    A Laser-Like Focus on Questions of Law
    The Court of International Trade's recent decision in EOS of North America v. United States has a few interesting bits of legal analysis in it.The underlying facts of the case are simple enough. The EOS imported devices called "laser…
  • May 10

    Ugg. A Decision on Boots.

    Ugg. A Decision on Boots.
    When last we considered the tariff classification of Ugg Classic Crochet boot, the Court of International Trade held that the boots are "of the slip-on type" and, therefore classifiable in HSTUS item 6404.19.35. Ugg appealed to the Court of…
Rank this Week: 607

Asian Law Blog

Asian Law Blog

Updates on Korean, Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Malaysian, Indonesian and The Philippines law. By Sean Hayes.

http://www.theasianlawblog.com/
  • May 15

    Steps to Protecting Your Brand, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property in Korea

    Steps to Protecting Your Brand, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property in Korea
    I just participated as a panelist for the United States Commercial Service Trade Winds-Asia Seminar for U.S. companies considering investing and/or exporting to Korea, China, the Philippines, Japan and Taiwan. The Seminar brought together…
  • May 9

    Corporate Governance of Korea Reported as One of the Worst

    Corporate Governance of Korea Reported as One of the Worst
    What is the cause of the Korean discount? An economist article hits the nail right on the head. So what is the source of the “Korea discount”, which means that the KOSPI has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of under ten, below…
  • May 7

    Court of Korea May Allow Annulment of Marriage

    Court of Korea May Allow Annulment of Marriage
    Annulments have been nearly impossible to obtain in Korea when parties have voluntarily married and the marriage was properly registered.  However,courts have been, recently, willing to entertain colorful arguments in some cases.…
Rank this Week: 628

Transnational Law Blog

Transnational Law Blog

Covers laws which regulates actions or events that transcend national frontiers, including human rights, environmental law, immigration, intellectual property and space law. By Derek Deavenport, John Dermody, Travis Hodgkins and Christine Ngo.

http://transnationallawblog.typepad.com/transnational_law_blog/
  • Apr 7

    The Lure of China and Economic Activism

    The Lure of China and Economic Activism
    I wonder what do you think about Google’s decision to confront China’s censorship by pulling out of the country entirely despite a potential lost of profit for not doing its business with now the second largest economy in the word? A…
  • Apr 2

    March's Winners and Loser

    March's Winners and Loser
    We are moving further away from the double dips danger! Last month the US economy added 162,000 jobs- a strong showing of a potentially more sustained recovery for US economy. Payroll gains are largely boosted by private sectors and much less…
  • Nov 18

    Behind President Obama’s Warning of “Double Dip” Danger

    Behind President Obama’s Warning of “Double Dip” Danger
    Today, in an interview with Fox News in Beijing, President Obama warned that “the US economy could head into a ‘double-dip recession’ unless urgent steps were taken to rein back America’s mounting level of public debt,” reported the…
Rank this Week: 636

IP Dragon

IP Dragon

Covers intellectual property in China.

http://ipdragon.blogspot.com/
  • Apr 24

    IP Dragon has found a new den: IPDRAGON.ORG

    IP Dragon has found a new den: IPDRAGON.ORG
    From now on, you can find new articles of IP Dragon on: ipdragon.org.So good bye to ipdragon.blogspot,com and hello ipdragon.org.All ipdragon.blogspot.com links will continue to be active, but will be redirected to ipdragon.orgAlso you…
  • Apr 7

    Constructed Knowledge Works Like a Red Flag To An Internet Intermediary

    Constructed Knowledge Works Like a Red Flag To An Internet Intermediary
     Shades of Red by Skram1 see ColourloversThe real question: "What shade of red will attract liability?"After publishing a draft of the copyright law, the National Copyright Administration comes now with a A Brief Explanation…
  • Mar 12

    Chinese Movie Posters Give You "Double Vision" Without The Alcohol

    Chinese Movie Posters Give You "Double Vision" Without The Alcohol
    Clone and OriginalThe silver screen is known to bring out the imagination of people. However, China's film industry has not given birth to a poster child of creativity, eyeing laboriously to any movie that has some measure of success, Chinese…
Rank this Week: 774

Chinese Law Prof Blog

Chinese Law Prof Blog

By George Washington University Law Professor Donald C. Clarke.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/
Rank this Week: 857

Letters Blogatory

Letters Blogatory

Covers international judicial assistance.

http://lettersblogatory.com/
  • Nov 29

    Case of the Day: Microsoft v. John Doe

    Case of the Day: Microsoft v. John Doe
    The case of the day is Microsoft Corp. v. John Doe (E.D.N.Y. 2012). Microsoft asserted claims against dozens of unknown defendants, the alleged creators, controllers, and users of the “Zeus Botnets” malware, a malicious computer…
  • Nov 28

    Argentina Seeks A Stay from the Second Circuit

    Argentina Seeks A Stay from the Second Circuit
    Argentina has moved for an emergency stay of Judge Griesa’s injunction. As we saw earlier this week, the judge had lifted the stay of his injunction in light of Argentina’s announced intention never to pay the owners of its…
  • Nov 27

    Case of the Day: Wultz v. Bank of China

    Case of the Day: Wultz v. Bank of China
    The case of the day is Wultz v. Bank of China (S.D.N.Y. 2012). In 2006, Daniel Wultz was killed, and Yekutiel Wultz injured, in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Members of the Wultz family sued the Bank of China, alleging that the bank had…
Rank this Week: 1087

European Court of Human Rights…

European Court of Human Rights News

Covers applications, decisions, judgments at the European Court of Human Rights, resolutions by the Committee of Ministers and violations of the European Convention of Human Rights with a focus on French speaking countries in the Council of Europe (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland).

http://echrnews.wordpress.com/
Rank this Week: 1159

One World International Practice…

One World International Practice Blog

Covers judicial and regulatory decisions as well as topics and trends in international litigation, international dispute resolution, and international investigations, regulatory compliance, and enforcement. By Cadwaladar.

http://blog.internationalpractice.org/
Rank this Week: 1231

Daniel W. Drezner

Daniel W. Drezner

Covers politics, economics, globalization, academia and pop culture. By Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University professor Daniel W. Drezner.

http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/
  • Nov 28

    Is the scholar-policy gap really so big?

    Is the scholar-policy gap really so big?
    MacArthur Foundation president Robert Gallucci has an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education on a topic that feels juuuuuust a bit familiar.  Here's how he opens it:
  • Nov 27

    Pssst.... China.... it's called the "security dilemma"

    Pssst.... China.... it's called the "security dilemma"
    So China has not been shy over the past few months in expressing its territorial aspirations, going so far as to imprint them in new passports.  Now on the one hand, this is a predictable reaction to the U.S. pivot from last year.  On the…
  • Nov 26

    The Broadwell Recognition

    The Broadwell Recognition
    As near as I can figure, the David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story is the ultimate pundit Rorschach Test. Whatever axe one had to grind against the foreign policy community prior to the story breaking, Petraeus and Broadwell merely sharpens…
Rank this Week: 1286

Atlantic Review

Atlantic Review

Press digest on transatlantic affairs. Edited by three German Fulbright Alumni.

http://atlanticreview.org/
  • Nov 21

    Be Afraid of Young European

    Be Afraid of Young European
    Wow, I did not realize the German and Italian Nazi leaders were so young when they came to power. Should I be worried about the political radicalization of youth in Europe today due to the economic crisis? Will some of them turn into Fascist…
  • Nov 11

    Remembering World War I

    Remembering World War I
    1. Today is Armistice Day. Americans celebrate it as Veterans Day, for the Polish it is Independence Day and quite a few Germans, who want to forget war, celebrate today instead as the beginning of the carnival season. What hedonistic,…
  • Nov 6

    Think Tanks as Tabloid

    Think Tanks as Tabloid
    Heather A. Conley, a senior fellow and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C, has a piece in Foreign Policy titled "The Transatlantic Test" with the subheading "Europe…
Rank this Week: 1385

Law Library of Congress: Global…

Law Library of Congress: Global Legal Monitor

Covers legal news and developments worldwide. By the Law Library of Congress.

http://www.loc.gov/law/
  • Nov 19

    United Arab Emirates: New Law Imposes Sanctions on Online Demands for Regime Change

    United Arab Emirates: New Law Imposes Sanctions on Online Demands for Regime Change
    Communications and electronic information - On November 13, 2012, the United Arab Emirates amended Federal Law 2-2006 on electronic crimes. The amended legislation includes provisions that punish anyone convicted of using digital means to…
  • Nov 15

    France: Approval of Same-Sex Marriage Draft Law

    France: Approval of Same-Sex Marriage Draft Law
    Family - France's Council of Ministers (Conseil des Ministres, Cabinet) approved a draft law on November 7, 2012, that legalizes marriage for same-sex couples. The proposal gives such couples the rights usually assigned to marriage, as... The…
  • Nov 9

    Egypt: Government Decides to Postpone Implementation of Real Property Tax Law

    Egypt: Government Decides to Postpone Implementation of Real Property Tax Law
    Taxation - On November 4, 2012, Egypt's Ministry of Finance decided to postpone the implementation of the real property tax law (Law 196-2008 of June 23, 2008) until January... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers…
Rank this Week: 1388

Asia Death Penalty

Asia Death Penalty

Provides information about the death penalty in Asia.

http://asiadeathpenalty.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 14

    Historical interest

    Historical interest
    I created the Asia Death Penalty blog in 2006 and actively posted on the site until late 2010. Throughout 2011, I did not have time to maintain posting, and this won't change in the forseeable future.However I am leaving the blog online for…
  • Jun 19

    Glimpse of Chan family pain

    Glimpse of Chan family pain
    Chan family appeal for Indonesian clemency19 June 2011AAP on The Sydney Morning HeraldThe brother of Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan has appealed to the Indonesian president to give him "a second chance at life".
  • Jun 19

    Australian PM backs Chan clemency

    Australian PM backs Chan clemency
    Gillard against Chan death penaltyBy Petrina Berry18 June 2011AAP on The Brisbane TimesPrime Minister Julia Gillard hasn't ruled out appealing to Indonesia's president personally to have the death penalty against convicted Bali Nine…
Rank this Week: 1387

Inter Consulta

Inter Consulta

Covers international criminal law. By Alberto Huapaya.

http://ahuapayao.blogspot.com/
  • May 9

    Unas líneas que deseaba escribir hace tiempo

    Unas líneas que deseaba escribir hace tiempo
    Una de las cosas que  he querido hacer estos últimos años y en forma oportuna ha sido escribir sobre el Día de la Madre. Lamentablemente una y otra cosa ha impedido que pudiera escribirlo antes del día,…
  • May 9

    Entrada en vigencia del "Tratado de Extradición entre la República del Perú y la República Oriental del Uruguay"

    Entrada en vigencia del "Tratado de Extradición entre la República del Perú y la República Oriental del Uruguay"
    Tomada de:monitorealo.blogspot.comEl día de hoy salió publicado en el Diario Oficial "El Peruano" la comunicación de la entrada en vigencia del "Tratado de Extradición entre la República del Perú y la…
  • May 4

    Prohibición de imágenes religiosas en el trabajo

    Prohibición de imágenes religiosas en el trabajo
    Tal vez a muchos haya parecido una noticia más dentro de lo variopinto de noticias con las que nos sorprenden cada día. Talvez para otros sea una cortina de humo para distraernos de otros temas mediáticos. Para…
Rank this Week: 1423

Anupam Chander Blog

Anupam Chander Blog

Globalization and digitization through the eyes of UC Davis School of Law Professor Anupam Chander.

http://www.chander.com/
  • Mar 4

    Preorder my new book: The Electronic Silk Road

    Preorder my new book: The Electronic Silk Road
    My new book, The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce, will appear in little more than a month from Yale University Press. Amazon is offering the cloth edition for an amazing $18.48! Here are...
  • May 30

    The next generation, smarter than our

    The next generation, smarter than our
    USA Today reports on the winning words in the National Spelling Bee over the last 8 decades.  It's clear that the last decade's students would have found many of the earlier winning words to be child's play. Here is the list, as compiled by…
  • May 17

    My New Paper, Just in Time for IPO: Facebookistan

    My New Paper, Just in Time for IPO: Facebookistan
    Most of Facebook's users lie outside the United States, its home jurisdiction. In a new paper published this week, I examine how Facebook has been regulated across the world. Download here.   Here is the abstract:
Rank this Week: 1538

David M. Ginsberg's Legal Blog

David M. Ginsberg's Legal Blog

Covers China, law, social causes, and domestic and foreign policy.

http://davidmginsberg.wordpress.com/
Rank this Week: 1660

ECHR-online

ECHR-online

Covers the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

http://echr-online.blogspot.com/
  • May 24

    Protocol 15 to the ECHR

    Protocol 15 to the ECHR
    On 16 May 2013, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted Protocol 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights. The Protocol is now open for signature by the Council of Europe member states and will enter into force…
  • May 15

    Clear regulation of requirements for assisted suicide under article 8 ECHR - Gross v Switzerland

    Clear regulation of requirements for assisted suicide under article 8 ECHR - Gross v Switzerland
    In Gross v Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights has once again dealt with an application alleging that article implied a right to an assisted suicide. The question, whether the right to private life also embraces the right of…
  • May 9

    Panteliou-Darne and Blantzouka v Greece

    Panteliou-Darne and Blantzouka v Greece
    In Panteliou-Darne and Blantzouka v Greece, the European Court on Human Rights has elaborated on the protection which entitlements or receivables enjoy under article 1 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights.The…
Rank this Week: 1711

Crime Free World

Crime Free World

Covers violations of international humanitarian law, and international attempts to end individual impunity for heinous crimes. Includes review of international tribunals such as ICC, ICTY, and ICTR.

http://crimefreeworld.wordpress.com
  • Jun 9

    SHELL SETTLES WITH WIWA FAMILY AND OTHERS

    SHELL SETTLES WITH WIWA FAMILY AND OTHERS
    On the eve of the beginning of jury selection in New York, it was reported yesterday that Royal Dutch Shell settled the law suit brought against it by the son of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and the families of the other activists killed…
  • May 23

    SUDAN REBEL LEADER TURNS HIMSELF IN TO ICC

    SUDAN REBEL LEADER TURNS HIMSELF IN TO ICC
    The International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted several people for the atrocities being committed in Darfur. The most famous of those wanted is of course, the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, who has mocked the tribbunal by…
  • May 23

    KEEPING THE WORLD’S EYES ON SRI LANKA

    KEEPING THE WORLD’S EYES ON SRI LANKA
    The Sri Lankan governement finally crushed the Tamil Tiger rebellion last week, killing the top three rebel commanders including their leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran The government ignored the pleaas of the U.N. and most of the Europeans…
Rank this Week: 1739

International Family Law

International Family Law

Covers international divorce law, international child custody, international child abduction and international prenuptial agreements. From attorney Jeremy Morley.

http://www.internationalfamilylawfirm.com/
  • May 22

    Status of Korea’s Accession to the Hague Abduction Convention

    Status of Korea’s Accession to the Hague Abduction Convention
    As has been recently reported by the U.S. State Department: ·        The Republic of Korea is one of only a handful of East Asian countries that has acceded to the Hague Abduction Convention. …
  • May 10

    How to Win a Hague Convention Child Abduction Case

    How to Win a Hague Convention Child Abduction Case
    For the family law practitioner looking for more information on the Hague Abduction Convention, I recommended that you seek out my book: The Hague Abduction Convention: Practical Issues and Procedures for the Family Lawyer,…
  • May 8

    Argentina Not Compliant with Hague Abduction Convention

    Argentina Not Compliant with Hague Abduction Convention
    Argentina has been declared “Not Compliant” with the Hague Abduction Convention in the U.S. State Department’s latest annual report on compliance with the Convention.  In the previous year it was merely listed as a…
Rank this Week: 1777

INTERPOL Red Notice Removal…

INTERPOL Red Notice Removal Lawyers

By McNabb Associates, P.C.

http://interpolnoticeremoval.com/
  • May 13

    “INTERPOL Washington: When Transnational Crime Comes to Our Communities”

    “INTERPOL Washington: When Transnational Crime Comes to Our Communities”
    policechiefmagazine.org released the following: “Shawn Bray, Director, INTERPOL Washington, United States National Central Bureau In a small town in central Missouri, newly married and recently graduated from Truman State University, I…
  • May 10

    “Palestine Seeks Full Interpol Membership”

    “Palestine Seeks Full Interpol Membership”
    International Middle East Media Center (imemc.org) on May 10, 2013 released the following: by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies “The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is seeking a full membership with the International…
  • May 10

    “Interpol closes file on Zambian ex-president’s son”

    “Interpol closes file on Zambian ex-president’s son”
    capitalfm.co.ke on May 10, 2013 released the following: By AFP “JOHANNESBURG, May 10 – Interpol has cancelled a demand for the arrest of the son of former Zambian president Rupiah Banda, his lawyer said on Friday. The…
Rank this Week: 1845