http://www.opiniojuris.org/ en-us 2008-06-29T17:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1214760889.shtml The NY Times Week in Review has an article written by Graham Bowley on the effect of recent attacks by Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on... Chris Borgen 2008-06-29T17:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1214191362.shtml We at Opinio Juris want to thank once again Haider Hamoudi for guest-blogging with us this past week. For more on the issues he has raised, be sure to visit... Chris Borgen 2008-06-23T03:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213896613.shtml I have been particularly interested in Haider Hamoudi's observations in his book on cultural differences within Iraq. In two contratsing examples, Haider describes his visit to Basra in Southern Iraq and... Chris Borgen 2008-06-19T17:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213743101.shtml First of all, my thanks are due to Professor Borgen, and to all of the editors of Opinio Juris, my favorite law blog (aside from my own, of course), for giving... Haider Hamoudi 2008-06-17T22:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213722218.shtml We are pleased to welcome guest blogger Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Professor Hamoudi is a prolific scholar on Islamic and comparative... Chris Borgen 2008-06-17T17:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1213287684.shtml As our Boumediene instant symposium gets underway, I thought it might be interesting to note that the Israeli Supreme Court has just upheld the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law, which... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-06-12T16:06+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1211902004.shtml ... Roger Alford 2008-05-29T14:05+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1210113760.shtml I'm sorry, I just can't let this one go:... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-05-06T22:05+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1209606884.shtml As a brief follow-up to Sonya's post, it's worth noting that the IHT began trying Tariq Aziz, Saddam's deputy prime minister and the highest ranking Christian in Saddam's regime, earlier... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-05-01T01:05+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1209598721.shtml The following article was written by Sonya Sceats, Associate Fellow in International Law at Chatham House in London. It first appeared in The World Today, Chatham House's journal. I am... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-04-30T23:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1208820261.shtml [Professor Elihu Richter teaches at Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine and Public Health and heads the Program on Genocide Prevention. This post follows up on last week's discussion of... Elihu Richter 2008-04-22T04:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1208274110.shtml Our hope for those who are working to promote the legal concept of odious debt—whatever their political stripe or ecumenical affiliation—is that our exploration of Sack’s life will serve to lessen... Sarah Ludington and Mitu Gulati 2008-04-15T16:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1208237171.shtml I am very grateful to Professors Mitu Gulati and Sarah Ludington for the wealth of information they have gathered about the life of Alexander Sack, the Russian legal scholar... Patricia Adams 2008-04-15T14:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1208197877.shtml Those of you who follow the literature and debate about odious debts forgiveness have probably noted the frequent mention of Alexander Sack, who is credited with authoring the doctrine of odious... Sarah Ludington and Mitu Gulati 2008-04-15T11:04+00:00 http://www.opiniojuris.org/posts/1207776279.shtml Finally, some good news out of Iraq:... Kevin Jon Heller 2008-04-09T21:04+00:00