List of Law articles
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gestures with a slight smile in front of an American flag at a Heritage Foundation luncheon in New York in 2007. Americans Need to Acknowledge Their Unwritten Constitution
Understanding how politics and law work requires facing the realities of power.
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Military members guard the outside of Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 14, the scene of one of Ecuador's worst prison massacres in years. China Is Exploiting a U.S. Police Void in Latin America
Washington is the region’s top military partner but lags on civilian security.
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer sifts through pills in a parcel looking for fentanyl in New York. U.S.-Mexican Relations Fray Over Fentanyl
Republicans are hammering the Biden administration over the spike in fentanyl trafficking.
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People demonstrate in Tel Aviv on Feb. 27. Why Palestinians Aren’t Joining Israel’s Protests
A state that considers equality an existential threat can never be a democracy.
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Protesters call for climate justice and loss and damage payments during the COP27 U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 12, 2022. The U.N. Could Have a Secret Legal Weapon to Fight Climate Change
An obscure 1978 treaty may grant the ICJ jurisdiction over the world’s largest emitters.
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A protester walks down a street at night holding an Israeli flag. Israel Is Somewhere It’s Never Been Before
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to weaken Israel’s democracy—and the public’s stunning resistance—has unsettled the country.
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Georgian opposition supporters rally calling for the government to follow a pro-Western path, outside the parliament in Tbilisi on March 9. Georgia’s Protesters Won the Battle but Not the War
The government backed down, much to Russia’s chagrin, but it could reintroduce a reviled law.
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A photograph is seen near the memorial commemorating the Jedwabne pogrom in Jedwabne, Poland on July 29, 2021. How Poland Distorts Its Holocaust History
The Polish government’s ongoing war on historians documenting Poles’ complicity in massacres has led to a politically motivated distortion of the past.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. It’s Easy But Wrong to Be Cynical About Putin’s Indictment
The charges may be an important step in pushing global justice forward.
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People protest Russian war crimes in Ukraine while in Vienna. Putin Wanted by ICC Over Alleged War Crimes
The court has issued arrest warrants for the Russian president and another senior official over the forcible deportation of Ukrainian children.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is seen before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Jan. 12. Ethiopia Is Not Ready for Transitional Justice
Washington should not engage with the country’s government unless it pursues accountability for war crimes.
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Officials of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) address the crowd during a protest they called for over worsening economic woes and the arrest of a top union official, in Tunisia's second city of Sfax, on Feb. 18. Arab States’ Rigid Economies Are a Ticking Time Bomb
Regimes are rewarding economic insiders and ignoring outsiders at their peril.
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This picture taken on November 10, 2016 inBerlin shows front pages of German newspapers the day after the victory of Donald Trump in US presidential elections. U.S. Conservatives Are Threatening Global Free Speech
Republican attacks on domestic media are undermining legal protections around the world.
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A dove flies to its nest in Cundinamarca, Colombia, on Jan. 31, 2016. When Transitional Justice Falls Short
The abrupt end of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia and the ongoing proceedings in Colombia show how the process doesn’t always serve the victims.
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Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the government's controversial justice reform bill, in Tel Aviv on March 1. Why Israel’s Establishment Is Revolting
Centrist Israelis ignored the occupation and settlements for years, but they are up in arms about judicial reforms that threaten the economy—and their self-image.
