Featured articles by staff, students, guests, professors, and any posts that are not "daily news digest"
Discarded Women: Gender Based Violence in Mexico
December 20, 2022 December 20, 2022 by Kirsten Fetrow
Mourners singing hymns and carrying caskets is a common sight in Mexico. The rate of violence against women in Mexico is staggering; on average, ten women are murdered every day while tens of thousands of women go missing.[1] In the city of Ciudad Juárez alone, over four hundred women have been brutally murdered in the … Read more
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Disaster at Downing Street: The United Kingdom is in Disarray Post-Brexit
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Barrett Johnson
The United Kingdom has a new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, who is the third British Prime Minister to hold office in just the last two months.[1] The UK has now had five different Prime Ministers in the six years since the Brexit referendum, which is "the fastest turnover in a … Read more
The Conflict Over the Northern Ireland Protocol & Irish Sea Customs Border
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Jack Sheffield
The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union and the EU's single market system introduced a need for a customs border on the island of Ireland, since the Republic of Ireland remains an EU member.[1] Given the history of violent conflict over a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, a unique … Read more
Combatting Racism Through International Law & Policy: A Paradox?
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Mikayla Lee
One must recognize the daunting role racism has historically and currently plays in international law and policy formation and research. In the United States, recent movements by civic organizations animate links between domestic and international politics; human rights restrictions for minority individuals in the U.S. resonates globally.[1] While the United Nations has recognized their intention … Read more
Investigating War Crimes: Are U.S. Officials Hypocrites?
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Claire Smith
Since the Russian invasion and subsequent war in Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden has called for an investigation into Vladimir Putin, calling him a war criminal.[1] President Biden asked for evidence to be gathered on Putin's army in Ukraine and that the Russian president stand trial for these war crimes. [2] This raises concerns and … Read more
Commercial Remote Sensing: The National Security Dilemma
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Hannah Le
In the advent of the "space race," when the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, Lyndon Johnson declared that "control of space means control of the world."[1] The U.S. quickly followed suit with Explorer I.[2] Having started the space race in second place, domestic providers are pushing … Read more
Does Privatization Require Policy for Reform?
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Jessica Grove
Introduction Governments are controlled by people, and where there are people, there is a human tendency toward self-preservation. This can influence people to prioritize agendas that achieve specific individual goals over those that more broadly support society. The extent of such influence on government action is evident in numerous instances of privatization. While privatization can … Read more
Global Tax Accord: Economic Diplomacy or Imminent Sanctions?
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Alex Lemmel
In October 2021, Janet Yellen championed the Global Tax Accord ("GTA"), aimed at multinational corporations and tax avoidance, calling the occasion a "historic day for economic diplomacy."[1] In August 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA22"), which included a minimum tax. Though the IRA22's minimum tax appears like the global minimum tax, … Read more
The Path to Legal Personhood for Rivers
December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 by Bryan Stacy
The Rights of Nature Framework poses the idea that aspects of our ecosystem, such as rivers and forests, are entitled to certain fundamental rights in the same way as humans.[1] The Rights of Rivers organization has suggested to government officials across the globe to adopt the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Rivers, which guarantees … Read more
Global Climate Change: Collapse of Property Law
December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 by Cristofer Kelman
With the increasing amount of climate catastrophes occurring around the world daily, it is easy to wonder how global climate change impacts property law. In Pakistan, cataclysmic flooding, triggered by unprecedented monsoon rainfall and glacial melting, has killed over 1,000 people.[1] The monsoon continued destroying hundreds of thousands of homes and millions of acres of … Read more