One major lesson from the political catastrophes of the 20th century appears paradoxical: Democracies sometimes must pursue seemingly undemocratic measures against those who would cynically exploit the system to gain power and then abolish democracy altogether.
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Delhi HC Restrains 30 Rogue Websites From Streaming HBO Content, Frames Rule On Blocking Mirror Sites
New position paper by the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrived in Bamako today to conduct talks with Malian junta leader Colonel Assimi Goïta. The bilateral discussions focus on regional security coordination and the diplomatic rift caused by Mali’s withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States.
Legora has acquired the litigation startup Wexler, whose software helps lawyers reconstruct cases from thousands of documents. Lawyers can then trace something a witness or another attorney says back to thedeal were not disclosed
Australian-headquartered mining company Sundance Reapproximately USD 616 million against Cameroon after the companies accused the Central African state of failing to implement a crucial exploitation permit for Sundance’s flagship Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project
The legal systems of the world have long been led by Eurocentric ideas, but in the UK, there’s a law school that aims to change that: SOAS University of London’sCollege of Law.
I did not expect to leave Islamabad thinking about the future of international law. I went to speak. I came home with something harder to shake: a conviction that what is happening on the Indus river is not just a bilateral water dispute between two nuclear-armed neighbours. It is a test of whether the global…
It is no exaggeration to say that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recently concluded term was one of the most consequential for our democracy and the rule of law. The 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship guarantee survived a narrow 5-4 ruling, and the Court preserved the authority of states, granted by the Constitution, to set the rules…
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