The Y's Hikers John Muir Trail hike, 1971   Kevin Anderson Chris Hughes Steve Seibert Chuck Ringrose Dean Ranger Rob Culbertson,  Dean Ranger, Bill Morse Itinerary: S  Toulumne Meadows to Rafferty Creek S  Rafferty Creek to below Lyell Creek M  Lyell Creek, over Donahue and Island Pass, to Thousand island Lake T  Layover Day W Thousand Island Lake to below Lake Ediza T layover day F lake Ediza to Trinity Lakes… [read post]

Only someone with Walter Murphy's immense learning could so effectively bridge the gap between constitutional law and political philosophy, and -- as a bonus -- provide a model of how material from other countries can be used to illuminate American law and politics. [read post]

That is not the issue of proportionality as such - proportionality as such is the situation where a commander, without any special or extra intent of wanton and depraved destruction, was nonetheless found liable under the laws of war for destruction because the court simply found it disproportionate as such.)The full declaration from which this is drawn can be found on SSRN, here, and the reply declaration to the plaintiffs experts (Michael Reisman and I were experts for the defendant corporations,… [read post]

:: FRONTLINE/World Fellow Mary Spicuzza traveled to Sicily to explore the storm building over the plans for a bridge across the Strait of Messina. [read post]