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  • 18 May 2026
    Cover of One Nation Under Law: The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence
    Carlton F. W. Larson

    The History of the Declaration of Independence

    This year marks the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. Few documents in world history have been as extensively studied and analyzed, and it is fair to ask if there is anything new to be said about the Declaration. There certainly is. Much of the scholarly and popular writing on the Declaration has […]

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  • 12 May 2026
    Cover of Lawmaking under Authoritarianism
    Alejandro Bonvecchi, Emilia Simison

    Legislating with the autocrat?

    In March 1979, the government of dictator General Jorge Rafael Videla, submitted a law proposal to overhaul Argentina’s revenue-sharing regime. Following the rules of this regime, the bill was duly presented to the Legislative Advisory Commission, a legislative body created by the dictatorship and staffed by military officers. The provincial governors, who were also appointed […]

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  • 30 Apr 2026
    Cover of American Factions: How the U.S. Constitution Can End Extreme Partisanship by James L. Huffman
    James L. Huffman

    How the U.S. Constitution Can End Extreme Partisanship

    American politics is characterized by extreme partisanship and government stalemate.  The two dominant political parties marshal reliably partisan interest groups with the objective of controlling both houses of Congress and the Presidency. Embracing the simplistic idea that the majority rules, the prevailing party then governs with little regard for the interests of the minority party […]

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  • 15 Apr 2026
    Kimberly A. Yuracko

    Sex and Sports: Transgender Rights and the Culture War Over Girls’ Sports

    In recent years, few issues have been as socially and politically fraught and divisive as the question of whether transgender girls should be permitted to participate in girls’ sports. In the United States, the political left and right have staked out opposite though equally absolutist positions. The left argues that transgender girls are girls and […]

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  • 10 Apr 2026
    Oluwakemi A. Ayanleye, Erum K. Sattar, Saba Kareemi, Nadia B. Ahmad

    What Climate Law Has Been Missing for 1,400 Years

    The United Nations Climate Conference (COP 31) will convene in Antalya, Turkey. Muslim-majority countries have hosted two recent COPs in Sharm el-Sheikh and Dubai and are now set to host in Antalya. That continuity reflects that the communities bearing the heaviest burden of climate change are disproportionately Muslim, disproportionately in the Global South, and disproportionately […]

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  • 26 Mar 2026
    Olha O. Cherednychenko

    Piecing Together Market Regulation and Private Law: The Reconciliation Puzzle

    We live in an age of grand challenges, from climate change and the digitalisation of markets to rising inequality. Yet legal systems struggle to respond effectively, constrained by entrenched disciplinary boundaries. Law and regulation, public and private law, and European Union (EU) law and national law often operate in separate silos, limiting meaningful dialogue. My […]

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  • 19 Mar 2026
    Marco Giacalone

    Not a Robot Judge: What AI Is Really Doing to Civil Justice

    When people hear about artificial intelligence in justice, they often imagine a dystopian future in which a “robot judge” decides cases, replaces lawyers, and turns justice into a cold, automated process. That image is dramatic, but it is also misleading. What is actually happening is both more interesting and more important. AI is already beginning […]

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  • 16 Mar 2026
    Nathan Derejko

    Armed Violence and International Law: Identifying Non-International Armed Conflict

    A Non-International Armed Conflict (NIAC) is a limited manifestation of the broader concept of armed violence. The factual and legal criteria for determining when a situation of armed violence reaches the of NIAC threshold remain complex and contested. The absence of a definition of NIAC in international law, coupled with the lack of any formal […]

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