Written by Hugo Cahueñas* With devastating effects across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a “slow-onset disaster” [1] and warrants analysis through a disaster risk reduction framework. [2] Several countries, including Ecuador, have already...
Written by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik* and Ingunn Ikdahl** Introduction COVID-19 lockdowns have had momentous impact on children’s lives worldwide and in particular on the right to education. Save the Children reports that more than...
Written by Rachael Stryer* Over the past three and a half years, the Trump administration has sought to radically restrict access to asylum in the United States through administrative decision-making and rulemaking. Two recent...
Written by Mehdi J. Hakimi* Following the Taliban’s announcement of their annual spring offensive, violence has ratcheted up across Afghanistan. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the Afghan conflict resulted in...
Written by Jonathan Worboys* and Laura Edwards** Introduction The first half of 2018 saw a welcome de-escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. In particular, two unprecedented events heightened the anticipation for an official...
International Law in a Transcivilizational World by ONUMA Yasuaki, Cambridge University Press, 2017. Reviewed by Richard A. Falk On Civilizational Perspective Professor ONUMA Yasuaki, long considered among the most eminent of international law scholars...
Written by Gustavo A. Gelpí* Is the U.S. Congress under a constitutional obligation to admit Puerto Rico as the fifty-first state of the Union if this is the ample preference of U.S. citizen voters therein?...
Written by Erin F. Delaney & Christina D. Ponsa-Kraus When it comes to the status of Puerto Rico, sides have been staked out, factions formed, lines drawn. For many decades, Puerto Ricans have been...
Written by David Landau Florida State University College of Law It is an honor to respond to Richard Albert’s provocative Article on Constitutional Amendment and Dismemberment. Albert’s Article brings together a range of recent...
Written by Yaniv Roznai† Radzyner Law School I am delighted to offer some brief observations following Professor Richard Albert’s fascinating study of “constitutional amendment and dismemberment.”[1] At the outset, I must state that Professor...