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Seeking a Better Life: Asylum Law, the Migration Crisis and Available Legal Remedies

Audrey Cialdella - Between 2012 and 2017, the number of asylum applications from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—countries collectively known as the Northern Triangle—increased by eight hundred percent[1]. The Trump administration has responded by increasing deportations... Keep Reading »
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Theoretical Utilisation of Biological Warfare from Aquatic Invasive Species

Richard J. Neale - This research project focuses on invasive aquatic species and their potential usage as biological weapons. It’s a cross disciplinary study which utilises a comprehensive literature review on invasive aquatic species, biological warfare, maritime and environmental... Keep Reading »
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Eminent Domain in the United States and China: Comparing the Practice Across Countries

Simon K. Zhen - Regardless of which side of the Pacific individuals reside on, the idea of the government taking property and uprooting citizens tends to evoke a considerable amount of backlash. In examining the eminent domain practices of the United States and China, this paper will... Keep Reading »

Fetal Homicide Laws: The Policing of Women's Bodies

Chancey B. Herbolsheimer - Over the last few decades, fetal homicide laws have become the topic of fierce debate. Some argue they are necessary to protect pregnant women from violence and provide for restitution in cases of assault that result in the loss of the fetus. Others contend it is simply... Keep Reading »
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The Right to Privacy in a Digital Age: Reinterpreting the Concept of Personal Privacy

Alyssa M. Brumis - The right to privacy dates back farther than 1890, when Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis penned The Right to Privacy: “In the very early times, the law gave remedy only for physical interference with life and property, for trespasses vi et armis” [by... Keep Reading »
 
 

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Immigration
2020, Vol. 12 No. 02
Seeking a Better Life: Asylum Law, the Migration Crisis and Available Legal Remedies
By Audrey Cialdella
Between 2012 and 2017, the number of asylum applications from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—countries collectively known as the Northern Triangle—increased by eight hundred percent[1]. The Trump administration has responded by... Read Article »
Immigration International Relations American Politics Asylum Seekers International Law Immigration Policy
Restorative Justice
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
Restoring Justice: An Alternative to the School-to-Prison Pipeline
By Daisy Morales
The school-to-prison pipeline, a "partnership” between juvenile courts and the school system, "developed through a punitive and harmful framework to the detriment of many vulnerable children and adolescents,” is a phenomenon of the... Read Article »
Restorative Justice Juvenile Offenders School Discipline Criminal Justice Policy Vulnerable Youth Education Policy
Environmental Policy
2018, Vol. 10 No. 05
Wind Energy Legislation Strategies for the Lone Star State
By Elizabeth A. Weis
Texas introduced Senate Bill 277 as its first wind energy siting law during the 2017 Legislature. The bill combats radar interference between wind and military equipment by exempting any wind farm within thirty nautical miles of a military base... Read Article »
Wind Energy Environmental Policy Renewable Energy Texas Property Law Public Policy
Biological Warfare
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Theoretical Utilisation of Biological Warfare from Aquatic Invasive Species
By Richard J. Neale
This research project focuses on invasive aquatic species and their potential usage as biological weapons. It’s a cross disciplinary study which utilises a comprehensive literature review on invasive aquatic species, biological warfare, maritime... Read Article »
Biological Warfare Invasive Species Maritime Pollution Environmental Policy Environmental Economics Public Health International Law
Land Use
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Eminent Domain in the United States and China: Comparing the Practice Across Countries
By Simon K. Zhen
Regardless of which side of the Pacific individuals reside on, the idea of the government taking property and uprooting citizens tends to evoke a considerable amount of backlash. In examining the eminent domain practices of the United States and... Read Article »
Land Use Law China Eminent Domain Chinese Politics Land Use Policy
International Law
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Libya 2011: Exploring the Implementation of the 'Responsibility to Protect'
By Andrew R. Aubuchon
This article explores the role that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) played in the 2011 intervention in Libya. It examines the R2P legal framework in coordination with events on the ground in Libya during the early part of 2011 in order to thoroughly... Read Article »
Libya United Nations International Law Responsibility To Protect R2P Humanitarian Intervention Human Rights NATO
Neuropsychology
2017, Vol. 9 No. 02
Bilingual Episodic Memory and Eye-Witness Testimony
By Ketaki A. Tongaonkar
The human memory system comprises multiple components. The focus of this paper is on the encoding and decoding process of episodic memories. Events that catch the attention of individuals either consciously or sub-consciously are stored in a... Read Article »
Memory Neuropsychology Language Court Proceedings Eyewitness Misidentification Episodic Memory Memory Recall
Socioeconomics
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
Latin America's Female Prisoner Problem: How the War on Drugs, Feminization of Poverty, and Female Liberation Contribute to Mass Incarceration of Women
By Gretchen Cloutier
Published by Clocks and Clouds
According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the number of women in prisons in Latin America has almost doubled since the 1990s. Most women in prison are incarcerated for drug related crimes, and although women are still a minority... Read Article »
Latin America War on Drugs Poverty Imprisonment Mass Incarceration Non-Violent Crime Socioeconomics
Comparative Politics
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
New Methods Of Democratic Consolidation: The Application Of Citizenship Laws In Ethnically Fractured States
By Adam Goldstein
Published by Clocks and Clouds
The consensus in scholarly circles regarding democratic consolidation stipulates the importance of a cohesive demos, or population, that is also congruent with a representative polity, or political class. One of the main inhibitors of this goal... Read Article »
Comparative Politics Democracy Democratization Citizenship Nationality Ethnic Conflict Federalism
Reproductive Rights
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
Fetal Homicide Laws: The Policing of Women's Bodies
By Chancey B. Herbolsheimer
Over the last few decades, fetal homicide laws have become the topic of fierce debate. Some argue they are necessary to protect pregnant women from violence and provide for restitution in cases of assault that result in the loss of the fetus. Others... Read Article »
Reproductive Rights Women's Rights Civil Rights Abortion Pregnancy Fetus Personhood
Privacy Rights
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
The Right to Privacy in a Digital Age: Reinterpreting the Concept of Personal Privacy
By Alyssa M. Brumis
The right to privacy dates back farther than 1890, when Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis penned The Right to Privacy: “In the very early times, the law gave remedy only for physical interference with life and property, for trespasses vi... Read Article »
Privacy Digital Privacy Privacy Laws Public Relations Privacy Rights Social Media Legal Standards
Human Rights
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
Depoliticizing and Deconstructing Human Rights: Changing the Lens Through Which We View Universal Human Rights
By Uday V. Garg
This paper is an attempt to navigate through existing theories of universalisation of human rights and existing justifications thereof. It is premised on several cultural and political notions that it takes as starting points, not as truisms, but... Read Article »
Human Rights Political Theory Universalism Multiculturalism International Law Liberal Democracy Gandhi
Public Policy
2016, Vol. 8 No. 01
Addressing the Gender Wage Gap in the United States: Shortcomings of Federal Legislation
By Nikita Mehandru
The most commonly cited statistic for the gender wage gap in the United States is that women earn seventy-eight cents to every dollar men earn. A great deal of contention however, surrounds the interpretation of this measure as well as others seeking... Read Article »
Gender Wage Gap Wage Inequality Workplace Discrimination Equal Pay Women's Rights Employment Practices
Ethics
2015, Vol. 12 No. 1
Virtue Ethics and its Potential as the Leading Moral Theory
By Alexandra M. Sakellariouv
Published by Discussions
There has been a modern revival of interest in virtue ethics as a plausible moral theory. There has been dissatisfaction with the way many modern moral theories emphasize moral obligation and law at the expense, some argue, of the individual (Slote... Read Article »
Philosophy Ethics Virtue Ethics Moral Theory Aristotle Virtue Agency
Cosmopolitanism
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
What was the Influence of Cosmopolitan Law on the Permanent Court of International Justice?
By Melissa S. McHugh
When speaking to a lay person, the concept of international justice may conjure a perception of impartiality rising above national interests and biases. This view lends itself naturally to the concept of cosmopolitan law, which David Held characterized... Read Article »
Cosmopolitanism International Law Globalism International Community Human Rights International Justice
 
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