Tag: Law
104 Articles
- Business & Economics
The End of Petrodollar Recycling and the Future of Islamic Finance
What Islamic Finance Does Not, But Should Muslims account for a disproportionate share of the world’s poor. Not only are Muslim majority countries likely to have…
November 6, 2020
- Science & Technology
PART II: COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Why South Korea’s Success is Hard to Replicate
As it currently stands, the legal impediments to centralized contact tracing have essentially reduced EU countries to adopt non-centralized alternatives. Most have involved…
October 19, 2020
- Science & Technology
The Lungs of the Earth: Shifting a Metaphor from Superstition to Science
“Save the plankton, breathe freely.” “Try to live for an hour missing every other breath and see how well you do.” Such statements are becoming more common, but they are…
October 13, 2020
- Science & Technology
PART I: COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Why South Korea’s Success is Hard to Replicate
It often surprises many to know South Korea and the United States both reported their first COVID-19 cases on the same day: January 20, 2020. Despite the early exposure, South…
October 12, 2020
- Society & Culture
Law 3.0: A Conversation for the New Decade
However, with the progressive industrialization of the common law world, and with its countries becoming ever more technologically sophisticated, Law 1.0 was joined and partially…
July 21, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Same-Sex Narratives and LGBTI Activism in the Muslim World
Same-Sex Narratives and the Sharia In the Arab-Muslim world, homosexuality is typically perceived as forbidden, or haram. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex ) …
May 18, 2020
- Science & Technology
A Proposed International Human Rights Law Framework for Facebook and Its Pending Oversight Board’s Content Regulations
The ICCPR is the primary multilateral treaty concerned with freedom of expression and currently has 173 states parties. Since Facebook is a worldwide platform and information on…
May 14, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Same-Sex Marriage Development in Taiwan: Constitutional Ruling or Putting Equality to A Vote?
The initial challenge to Taiwan’s Civil Code was by activist Chi Chia-wei, whose application to register a marriage with his partner in 2013 was denied. In a ground-breaking…
April 29, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Constitutional Courts, Democracy, and Judicial Independence in Europe
Although the first constitutional court was created in Austria in 1920, these institutions did not begin to disseminate across the European continent until after the Second World…
April 28, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Frameworks for Dissent and Principled Resignation in the US Military: A Primer
The Crozier affair should prompt senior military officers to contemplate situations in which ethics may demand a leader to express dissent, to resign, or even to disobey orders.…
April 17, 2020