Chimène Keitner on International-Law Immunities in Civil Cases

Published on Author Naomi Roht-Arriaza

In a forthcoming book chapter entitled Immunities of Foreign Officials from Civil Jurisdiction, Professor Chimène Keitner takes on one of the more perplexing issues in international law: the immunity of state officials from civil suit. Does the sovereign equality of states—a fundamental rule of the international system—require that state officials be treated like the state… Continue reading Chimène Keitner on International-Law Immunities in Civil Cases →

Karen Musalo and Eunice Lee on a Rational Response to Refugees in the Region

Published on Author Richard Boswell

In their article, Seeking a Rational Approach to a Regional Refugee Crisis: Lessons from the Summer 2014 “Surge” of Central American Women and Children at the US-Mexico Border, Professor Karen Musalo and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) co-Legal Director Eunice Lee examine refugee policy and regional conditions in the Obama era. Although rhetoric… Continue reading Karen Musalo and Eunice Lee on a Rational Response to Refugees in the Region →

Naomi Roht-Arriaza on Measures of Non-Repetition After Atrocity Crimes

Published on Author Chimene Keitner

Distinguished Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza, author of the pathbreaking monograph The Pinochet Effect: Transitional Justice in the Age of Human Rights and a recently appointed amicus curiae for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia, examines the question of Measures of Non-Repetition in Transitional Justice: The Missing Link? in a forthcoming book chapter. The chapter begins… Continue reading Naomi Roht-Arriaza on Measures of Non-Repetition After Atrocity Crimes →

Scott Dodson on Personal Jurisdiction over Aliens

Published on Author Rick Marcus

Professor Scott Dodson is the rising star of his generation in civil procedure; he is one of two professors under the age of 55 who are among the top ten in the field in terms of frequency of citation. He has particularly distinguished himself in examining various aspects of the law of jurisdiction. In a… Continue reading Scott Dodson on Personal Jurisdiction over Aliens →

Jodi Short on Globalization, American Firms, and Human Rights

Published on Author Jared Ellias

Globalization brings tremendous benefits to developed countries, but it also creates ethical dilemmas. For example, American firms can often reduce their production costs by purchasing inputs from foreign suppliers. Problematically, the comparative advantage of some foreign suppliers might be their ability to avoid the costs associated with protecting their workers from injuries and protecting the… Continue reading Jodi Short on Globalization, American Firms, and Human Rights →

Jaime King et al. on Freestanding Emergency Departments and the Healthcare Game

Published on Author Emily Murphy

The fragmented nature of the U.S. healthcare system creates many targets for criticism. Innovations such as freestanding emergency departments (EDs) have recently drawn fire from payers, policy makers, and professional organizations. In a new article in the Annals of Emergency Medicine titled “Don’t Hate the Player; Hate the Game,” Professor Jaime King (writing with physician… Continue reading Jaime King et al. on Freestanding Emergency Departments and the Healthcare Game →

Rick Marcus on the Future of the American Class Action

Published on Author Scott Dodson

My colleague Rick Marcus, one of the current “greats” in the world of civil procedure, recently wrote a paper called “Bending in the Breeze: American Class Actions in the Twenty-First Century.” In the paper, Professor Marcus appraises the future of the federal class action.   Professor Marcus is in a good position to do so; he… Continue reading Rick Marcus on the Future of the American Class Action →

Jared Ellias on Bankruptcy Forum Shopping

Published on Author Jodi Short

What drives forum-shopping? Is it that sophisticated litigants seek jurisdictions that offer judicial expertise and predictable application of the law, or is it that sophisticated litigants seek to game the system by seeking out judges more likely to be biased in their favor? In “What Drives Bankruptcy Forum Shopping? Evidence from Market Data,” Professor Jared… Continue reading Jared Ellias on Bankruptcy Forum Shopping →

Veena Dubal on Employee Status in the Gig Economy

Published on Author Joan Williams

I have been thinking a lot about my brilliant colleague Veena Dubal’s work on the underbelly of the gig economy or (as Dubal prefers to call it) the precariat. Professor Dubal’s two articles, Wage Slave or Entrepreneur? and The Drive to Precarity combine sophisticated doctrinal analysis with deep ethnographic research to raise some big questions… Continue reading Veena Dubal on Employee Status in the Gig Economy →

Joan Williams on Building Interracial Economic Justice

Published on Author Veena Dubal

“How could this have happened?” Every day, for the past 200 days or so, I have heard a friend, colleague, or acquaintance mutter some version of this question. As many of us continue to grieve the election of Donald Trump, we ask—rhetorically—why our fellow Americans thought this man was fit to be president. What “we”… Continue reading Joan Williams on Building Interracial Economic Justice →