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The Haspel Nomination and the Torture Question

To confirm Gina Haspel as the CIA director of a president who has stated his support for the use of torture would end the Obama administration's delicate bargain on the issue.

Daniel Baer

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Law Apr 12, 2018 Snapshot

The Haspel Nomination and the Torture Question

To confirm Gina Haspel as the CIA director of a president who has stated his support for the use of torture would end the Obama administration's delicate bargain on...

Daniel Baer

Law & Institutions March/April 2018 Essay

Just and Unjust Leaks

Revealing official secrets and lies involves a form of moral risk-taking. And drawing the line between the right and wrong kinds of disclosures has grown harder than...

Michael Walzer

Edward Snowden speaking via video link, May 2017

From the Archives Dec 18, 2017 Snapshot

How Europe's New Internet Laws Threaten Freedom of Expression

At every level, Europeans are moving to impose restrictions on the expression that Internet companies can permit on their platforms.

David Kaye

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Law & Institutions Sep 15, 2017 Snapshot

How the Opposition Is Silenced in Hong Kong and Thailand

Citizens in Hong Kong and Thailand are being silenced using laws interpreted in novel ways or applied in unprecedented circumstances.

Gina Tam and Tyrell Haberkorn

A protester holds a yellow umbrella, the symbol of the Occupy Central movement, in support of jailed Hong Kong student leaders Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, while officers from the Correctional Services Department stand guard outside a prison in

Law May 16, 2017 Snapshot

Has China Restored Private Land Ownership?

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made a remarkable—and remarkably unheralded—announcement which amounted to a declaration that full private ownership of land has been...

Donald Clarke

A woman walks past trees reflected on a lake in front of a construction site of a residential compound on a hazy day in Wuhan, Hubei province, China March 2015.

Law Mar 28, 2017 Snapshot

China's Path Toward the Rule of Law

China moved one step closer to instituting a unified civil code when the National People's Congress formally approved the General Principles of the Civil Law, which...

Rebecca Liao

Security officers prepare ahead of the closing session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 2017.

Economic Development Feb 7, 2017 Snapshot

Land Rights and Global Development

Secure land rights can help alleviate poverty, ease the causes of conflict, and prevent environmental destruction.

Chris Jochnick

A farm in Phyu Township, Myanmar, January 2013.

Law Feb 2, 2017 Snapshot

Judicial Reform in China

Beijing’s goal is to establish a robust legal system that can effectively govern China’s political and social life without ever challenging the Communist Party’s core...

Rebecca Liao

Police in front of a court in Jinan, China, August 2013.

Law Jan 27, 2017 Snapshot

Got Shorty

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera will stand trial in Brooklyn on a host of U.S. charges related to drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, torture, and intimidation...

Robert C. Bonner and Gillian Horton

Terrorism & Counterterrorism January/February 2017 Review Essay

The Lawyers’ War

How different was Barack Obama’s approach to national security law from George W. Bush’s—and how different will Donald Trump’s approach be from Obama’s? Two new books...

Dawn Johnsen

Law Nov 4, 2016 Snapshot

ICC on Ice?

The ICC does have flaws—such as limited political will and uneven membership—but it remains crucial to combatting impunity, especially among high-level officials that...

Theresa Lou

Law Oct 27, 2016 Snapshot

Winning on Anticorruption

The NAS has the potential to be the single most significant anticorruption development in Mexican history

Alejandro Aurrecoechea and Nick Panes

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto speaks in Mexico City, September 2016.

Law Sep 22, 2016 Review Essay

Justice Delayed

In his new book East-West Street, Philippe Sands investigates the origins of the concepts of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Michael Byers

From the Archives Aug 25, 2016 Snapshot

Poland's Constitutional Crisis

After simmering for nine months, the tension between Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, is...

R. Daniel Kelemen

Nationalist protestors in Warsaw, November 2015.

Food & Agriculture Jul 11, 2016 Review Essay

Toward Animal Personhood

Every year, humans inflict tremendous suffering upon other animals. They do this because they can—under the law, nonhuman animals are only “things.” Animals will...

Steven M. Wise

Energy Jun 3, 2016 Snapshot

How to End the Oil Curse

For the past 40 years, the greatest threats to the West have emerged from oil-exporting states. Oil provides rulers with a source of unaccountable power, which...

Leif Wenar

Oil well fires rage outside Kuwait City in 1991.

Law & Institutions Feb 21, 2016 Postscript

Rainbow India

The fight for gay rights in India has been turbulent. In December 2013, in a surprise judgment, India recriminalized homosexuality. Yet on February 2, a three-judge...

Ira Trivedi

Law & Institutions November/December 2015 Review Essay

The Law of the Lands

In Justice Stephen Breyer's new book, The Court and the World, he sets forth his views on the interaction between the U.S. legal system and the legal systems...

Richard A. Posner

Law September/October 2015 Essay

Withholding Judgment

Isolationists and internationalists have argued over the role of the federal courts in U.S. foreign policy since the founding. Today, U.S. statutes govern activity...

José A. Cabranes

Terrorism & Counterterrorism Jul 1, 2015 Snapshot

Pay the Price

Under its new hostage policy, the United States will attempt to strike a difficult balance: although Washington still continues to oppose ransom payments, it will now...

Tom Keatinge

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Just and Unjust Leaks

How Europe's New Internet Laws Threaten Freedom of Expression

How the Opposition Is Silenced in Hong Kong and Thailand

Has China Restored Private Land Ownership?

China's Path Toward the Rule of Law

Land Rights and Global Development

Judicial Reform in China

Got Shorty

The Lawyers’ War

ICC on Ice?

Winning on Anticorruption

Justice Delayed

Poland's Constitutional Crisis

Toward Animal Personhood

How to End the Oil Curse

Rainbow India

The Law of the Lands

Withholding Judgment

Pay the Price

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: October 13–19

Can The Oil Threat Spare Saudi Arabia from America’s Wrath?

Rolling Back Energy Regulations Will Not Work Any Wonders for America

Defining Diplomacy Down

The Link Between Foreign Languages and U.S. National Security

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

Creating a State Department Office for American State and Local Diplomacy

The Global Cost of the Eurozone’s 2012 Fiscal Coordination Failure

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