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One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance

This Remonstrance presents a counter-cultural narrative and analysis of Maine’s legal, political, economic, and social interactions with the Wabanaki people. Although contemporary indicia of abuses ... historico-legal perspective. Presenting its analysis through an historic, legal, political, economic, and social nexus, this Remonstrance traces the ontogeny of control exerted by the State of Maine over the

The Growing List of Reasons to Amend The Maine Indian Jurisdictional Agreement

future federal laws benefiting tribes and native peoples. And, it did so without the consent of the tribes located within Maine. In addition to recognizing how economic and political realities influenced ... 1970s negotiations, as well as useful understandings into the larger political, social, legal, and economic context of the time.20 This Article seeks to build upon these reports, studies, books, hearings

China Informs A 21st Century Definition of the Rule of Law

law compels the integration of formal and procedural aspects with substantive political ideals, which are often democratic. These definitions can and often are easily applied to Western democracies, but ... , Louisiana State University, 2018. I would like to thank my family and friends for their support in drafting this note. 1 Jeremy Waldron, The Rule of Law, STAN. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY (Mar. 9, 2022, 10:13

Radical Overhaul of Hong Kong's Governance Regime: Likely Implications for Prosperity and Stability

turn of events have so far been narrowly examined, with the impact on the twin strategic goals of prosperity and socio-political stability largely overlooked. This is an issue that deeply concerns Hong ... Taiwan have had no notable impact on the breadth, depth, and pace of political reform in firmly executive-led Hong Kong.3 While not factually and normatively flawed, this common portrayal of the evolution

Indirect Sovereignty through Property Rights

, one realizes that the classical understanding of sovereignty in political philosophy and in public law needs to be broadened. In particular, the forms of exercising de facto sovereignty are no longer ... SOVEREIGNTY IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ..............................73 A. Bodin..........................................................................................................73 B. Hobbes

Gun Control: Political Fears Trump Crime Control

?” Is there a hidden political dynamic? But “hidden” means hard to find. So maybe we should look for the answer in a related jurisdiction that keeps more extensive records of its government’s

National Security Rules: America's Constitution of Law and War

Contemporary debates over the appropriate allocation of war powers between the political branches overemphasize the rigidity of the Constitution’s framework. This style of academic discussion ... presidential supremacy, we should instead look to text, history, and structure for guidance on how the political branches can legitimately and affirmatively negotiate their emergent responsibilities. This

Why the U.S. Supreme Court is More Politicized than its U.K. Counterpart

Ann Caldwell described the time between Justice Gorsuch’s nomination and his confirmation as “weeks of brutal political fighting which deepened congressional divides and changed the nature of high court ... While even the British seem to be keenly interested in the U.S. Supreme Court, there is comparatively little such interest in the political nature of the newly-created Supreme Court of the U.K. Although

The Long Term-Failings of Internally Displaced Person Status: a Case Study of the Êzidi People

Civil and Political Rights.8 This paper argues that IDP status is not a viable long-term solution to internal displacement and that the international community should intervene to adopt the laws ... -in-isisfight#:~:text=Thousands%20of%20women%20were%20taken,or%20too%20poor%20to%20return. 6 Id. 7 See International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, OHCHR, https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments

Digital Court Records Access: Social Justice and Judicial Balancing

important in our democracy, and it is critical that we take measures to preserve both. The purpose of writing this essay is to show that Judge Coffin’s judicial philosophy and rights-sensitive balancing ... philosophy and using his rights-sensitive balancing process as a guide in managing the transition to electronic records. It offers a glimpse into how Judge Coffin, if asked, might go about the task of

Decolonizing Legal Influence: China's Role in the Changing Landscape of the Ethiopian Legal Profession, 2000-2018

Front (EPRDF), a coalition of political parties that ruled the country from 1991 to 2018, declared that Ethiopia was to be a freemarket economy and liberal democracy, the country had a population of about ... and revoked the licenses of those who had been practicing without a certificate of formal legal education in the early 2000s, elite lawyers have become a powerful economic and political class in the

More than a "Drop of Justice:

limitation (“SOLs”) and makes it possible to start cases decades after the Holocaust. ● The American civil justice system. That system historically has promoted groundbreaking cases of political and social ... uniquely enables litigants to bring tough cases that affect social and political policy. No other nation has a justice system, substantive and procedural law, and legal tradition that makes such cases

Election SLAPPs: Effective at Suppressing Political Participation and Giving Anti-SLAPP Statutes the Slip

potential labyrinth of litigation. A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is a lawsuit that typically has no merit, but is filed to prevent the defendant from participating in a political ... School of Law Digital Commons. For more information , please contact , USA - ELECTION SLAPPS: EFFECTIVE AT SUPPRESSING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND GIVING ANTISLAPP STATUTES THE SLIP I. II. III. IV

Lecture by John Tasioulas: Just Global Health: Integrating Human Rights and Common Goods.

Oxford’s Institute for Ethics and Artificial Intelligence. His intelligence, however, is anything but artificial. His work spans broadly in moral, legal, and political philosophy. He has written widely ... of Ethics and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Notre Dame London Law Program. The lecture was given virtually on November 5, 2020 as part of a global lawyering webinar series organized

Whiteness in Political Rhetoric: A Discourse Analysis of Peruvian Racial-Nationalist “Othering”

an antagonism is constructed in contemporary Peru. By understanding how whiteness operates in political rhetoric, we will be able to visualize more clearly how even the most common, widely accepted ... further developed in his edited book Peru in Theory (2014 ). Part of Drinot's latter work focuses on analysing the way political agents during Peru's “neoliberal «revolution»”, since the beginning of the

Five Times More Likely: Haaland v. Brackeen and What It Could Mean for Maine Tribes

their motions.158 First considering the question of equal protection, the court determined the definition of Indian child was a racial, rather than political, classification.159 The court reasoned that ... families.194 To determine the constitutionality of these provisions, the court’s first question was whether they are based on political or racial classifications.195 Political classifications need only to

Cracking the Toughest Nut: Colombia's Endeavour with Amnesty for Political Crimes under Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions

, contains a strong and nuanced focus on political amnesty for rebel forces. The scope and nature of the agreement has garnered international attention and praise. Of particular interest is whether the amnesty ... . PROTOCOL II AND THE COLOMBIAN CONFLICT................................................33 III. AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL CRIMES UNDER PROTOCOL II IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE ROME STATUTE

The Dark Matter of Federal Indian Law: The Duty of Protection

relationship was almost always ignored and belittled. In recent decades, with the rise of the federal policy favoring tribal selfdetermination, that narrative is changing to some extent as a political matter ... that the judiciary undermines federal Indian affairs policy at will, just as tribal nations have begun to successfully assert political power in Congress and governmental capabilities at home.34 This is

Internationalization Legacies and Collaboration Challenges: Post-Imperial Hybrids and Political Fallouts in Russian Higher Education

remained confused about the roles and values of internationalization in higher education (Yudkevich, 2014, see p. 1469) . Indeed, the Russian transformational context was littered with political ... , 1985; Graham & Dezhina, 2008) . Hesitations and ambiguities are understandable if one looks into the historical legacies of Russian higher education. Russian scientists confronted numerous political

Constructing the "Lawless Other

consistently weaponized to cultivate and justify a sense of superiority, colonization, and political, economic, and social control where the backward periphery exist as satellites to the core and are subject to ... (Ghàidhealtachd: the place of the Gaels), a remote, mountainous region characterized by a unique socio-political system—the clan system (clann: children), were regarded as “lawless,” despite not being markedly more