This article provides a comprehensive doctrinal analysis and critique of the Japanese Supreme Court's treatment of separation of religion and the state in post-war Japan. After
placing the development of the doctrine in its proper historical and political context, the article argues that the Court's construction of the doctrine threatens [...]
With prison populations increasing rapidly, more and more states are turning to privatization to trim their corrections budgets. Riding the crest of this trend are the private
sector prison providers, whose combined business has grown more than fifty percent since 1996 and currently generates revenues of over a billion dollars a year. [...]
The article presents discussions on the situation in Poland which took place at the forum of the Third National Council. The Council was appointed by the president of Poland
in Exile August Zaleski in 1949. It was vicariously performing some of the functions of the Parliament and as such it was an advisory body to the president and to [...]
This article presents the issue of performing feldsher activities in the Second Polish Republic. The profession of a feldsher existed in the territories of reborn Poland which
had been a part of the Russian Empire before World War I. The Polish authorities made attempts to limit the activities of people who were involved in feldsher activities. [...]
This report argues that a comprehensive framework for climate-induced displaced persons forced to cross international borders to be considered “climate refugees” is necessary.
This report advances the notion that “persecution” is built into our global dependence on fossil fuels and the global investment patterns behind this dependence, [...]
More than 25,000 LGBT workers in West Virginia continue to face widespread and persistent employment discrimination absent state or federal legal protections. Charleston, Morgantown,
Lewisburg, Harpers Ferry, and Buckhannon have local ordinances that prohibit employment discrimination against LGBT people, but they do not provide as much protection [...]
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the creation of art, literature, and music—challenging the boundaries of intellectual property law. To date, scholars
have primarily focused on AI’s authorship/entity status and the regulation of its use, overshadowing a critical issue: how AI’s involvement in creative processes [...]
This article explores the phenomenon of unlicensed, “barefoot” weiquan lawyers in China. Although these unorthodox lawyers play an integral role in the protection of rights
in China’s legal system today, surprisingly little academic literature has been devoted to their study, and knowledge of what they are like and how they operate [...]