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Controversial British lawyer Philippe Sands criticized the Bush administration’s attitudes on international law and warned officials that they could be liable before international courts, at a Law School forum last night. Sands is in the midst of a tour to promote his recent book, Lawless World, which describes the United States’ historical contributions to, and recent attacks against, international law and covenants. The Atlantic Charter of 1941, signed by President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened a “golden age” of international law, Sands said last night...
...Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals criticized the use of foreign precedents in American jurisprudence—an issue that has been thrust into the spotlight by a recent court decision on juvenile execution—at the Harvard Law Review’s (HLR) annual Supreme Court Forum yesterday evening. In the case, Roper v. Simmons, the justices decided that the execution of juveniles violates the Eighth Amendment, relying in part on foreign law to justify their decision. Vicki C. Jackson of Georgetown University and Ernest A Young of the University of Texas also participated in the panel. Philip...
Professors and students criticized the Report on General Education for its lack of specific curricular requirements at an open forum last night.While speakers generally endorsed the “flexible” new program intended to replace the current Core Curriculum, many expressed concern that the proposed program offered too little direction for students and failed to live up to its potential as a seminal statement of education principle.The event, which filled the Faculty Room of University Hall, represented the first formal opportunity for response to the report since its release earlier this month.Comments echoed the internal debates...
College students are more politically active but less confident in the current political establishment than in the past, according to a national survey carried out by students at the Institute of Politics (IOP) and published yesterday. Speakers last night at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School of Government cited optimistic trends in the data. “This is very much a youth-driven survey which shows that young people do care about politics,” said IOP Director Jeanne Shaheen, who moderated the event. The survey found that only 41 percent of college students...
...wants to serve as a ‘campus-wide’ forum for student ideas and opinions," the Republican’s statement said. "But, the UC made no effort to find out what students actually think about the issue before it voted for the resolution, and campus opinion is clearly split...