On January 29, 2010, ten religious folk were taken into custody after trying to smuggle a gaggle of Haitian children (nearly three dozen) across the DR border.  Just two days later, several men were arrested in Periamet, India, for stealing panchaloha idols.  No connection worth mentioning, really, ...

In the month of February we celebrate Presidents Day in honor of two great United States Presidents; George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both were heroes of wars fought on U.S soil for freedom and unity of our great country. The United States has fought many wars throughout the world since that ...

In South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, the Florida Supreme Court exercised its all writs jurisdiction, provided by the Florida Constitution, and took jurisdiction of two cases pending before the Third District.  The issues in the case as state ...

My people were entirely Nordic, which is to say they were idiots. Every wrong idea which has ever been expounded was theirs. Never once had they opened the door that leads to the soul; never once did they dream of taking a blind leap into the dark. --Henry Miller (1891–1980), Tropic of Caprico ...

This site has commented previously on cultural issues arising from the blockbuster film Twilight and its recent sequel New Moon. This week the New York Times features commentary by Angela R. Riley regarding the economic impact of the film and book series on the Quileute Nation, whose members are por ...

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I would like to highlight the Legal Research India blog recently started by Arjun Sheoran, student at the National Law School of India University. Essentially, the blog allows readers/users to search the web for relevant legal materials. The search is a Google custom search; with the advantage that ...

Now that word has spread that the works and sources of the International Panel on Climate Change are neither “peer reviewed” nor based on “peer reviewed” publications, here come the consequences and loss of credibility. India is quitting the IPCC, and the quote from Indian En ...

Ensayamos un género infrecuente(*) la crítica crítica de obras jurídicas. Dividido en tres partes, con abundancia de aclaraciones culposas.Por qué un escrutinio estrictoLas credenciales académicas del autor (profesor titular de derecho constitucional en la UBA), el formato y la extensión de la obra ...

Here is the list of new titles the Law Library acquired in January 2010: Law Library Acquisitions.pdf The list is also available on the Library's home page. In addition, here are a few highlighted titles of particular interest: Austin, Raymond Darrel. Navajo courts and Navajo common law : a trad ...