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The Viability of a Habeas Challenge to Extraterritorial Immigration Detention: A Case Study of Camp Bondsteel, Vol. 56

Ammar Inayatali

In the 1990s, the Bush Administration changed how industrialized countries process refugees. Instead of allowing refugees to enter their territories and afford them ostensible substantive and procedural asylum protections, industrialized countries began offshoring and externalizing their refugee processing to third-party countries. Today, families who sought refuge in Australia now sit indefinitely confined in Papua New…

May 2024

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Drugs, Death, and Deterrence: A Critical Discussion of Singapore’s Use of the Death Penalty in Drug Trafficking Cases, Vol. 56

Kaitlyn Greening

Over the course of the past half century, the topic of the death penalty had been hotly contested. The late 1980s marked the beginning of a movement against the imposition of mandatory capital punishment sentences. Various governing bodies, tribunals, protocols, and conventions have since established that the death penalty is no longer a legitimate punishment…

May 2024

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A False Promise? The Right of Establishment for East Africa Community Legal Persons, Vol. 56

Priscah Nyotah, Edwin Abuya, & Francis Situma

The right of establishment (ROE) is fundamental in any regional block. Under this right, community citizens and firms (rights holders) are entitled to leave their countries and establish commercial ventures, on a self-employed basis, in the territory of other partner states.

May 2024

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False Spring: Deep Corruption and Protecting the Regime, Vol. 56

Mohamed 'Arafa

What do a shrimp farm in Saudi Arabia, fish-luring buoys for local fishermen in ‘Oman, and a domestic airline in Kazakhstan have in common? In 1976, the United States Supreme Court inaugurated an era of nearly unlimited political spending with Buckley v. Valeo. After the Watergate scandal cratered a popular presidency and sent shockwaves through…

May 2024

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Can Output Produced Autonomously by AI Systems Enjoy Copyright Protection, and Should It? An Analysis of the Current Legal Position and the Search for the Way Forward, Vol. 55

Catherine O'Callaghan

The debate as to whether output produced autonomously by Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) systems can, and should, benefit from copyright protection is evolving from a topic of largely theoretical discussion to a question with which courts and legislators can no longer avoid grappling.

Jan 2024

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The Extra-Territorial Scope of Non-Refoulement, Vol. 55

Ned Hirst

The core principle at the heart of international law’s scheme for the protection of refugees is the principle of non-refoulement – that is, the obligation on the part of States not to return those with a well-founded fear of persecution to a territory where their life or freedom is threatened by reason of a protected…

Jan 2024

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Merger Reviews in Labor Markets: How Antitrust Merger Review Divides Labor, Vol. 55

Heonjun Park

Labor markets have historically been considered irrelevant with antitrust merger reviews. However, recent developments suggest that this may change. The complaint by the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) against the merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster was the harbinger of such change.

Jan 2024

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Bollywood: The Unexpected Virtue of Copying Hollywood, Vol. 55

Samir Srivastava

The name itself suggests something treading the fine line between cinematic inspiration and a Frankensteinian creation gone wrong. Bollywood coined the name following Hollywood’s success, minting the goldmine of California’s neighborhood that had become synonymous with the domestic film industry.

Jan 2024

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North American Energy in the Crossfire, Vol. 55

Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez & James W. Coleman

North America is the beating heart of global energy markets undergoing a terrible energy crisis that threatens to upend both the economy and global security. The clearest path out of this global crisis is increasing energy supplies from North America, which can restore energy security and drive a transition to cleaner energy sources.

Jan 2024

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Call Me By [My] Name: Gender-Fair Language Under German Civil and Constitutional Law, Vol. 55

Tala Brewster

“If everyone knows that the male includes the female, what’s the harm?” There have been many advances in gender equality over the last century; however, women and non-binary individuals still face on key disadvantage: language.

Jan 2024