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2009-2010 |
Iraqi
refugees: Mobilizing for Lana and the rights of abused women
IRAP helps escapees navigate maze of interviews, document reviews,
security and medical procedures,
Chibli Mallat
21 October 2010 |
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The Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the staring
abyss and what must be done about it,
Chibli Mallat
07 October 2010 |
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Stand up for rule of law in Tunisia: Support
Judge Yahyaoui and colleagues,
Kamel Labidi |
A federal Israel-Palestine: Ending 100 years
of civil war in the Holy Land?,
Chibli Mallat
23 September 2010 |
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A federal Israel-Palestine: Ending 100 years
of civil war in the Holy Land?, Chibli Mallat
17 September 2010 |
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Madhat al-Mahmood, chief justice of Iraq:
Portrait of the judge as hero,
Chibli Mallat
The constitutional crisis in Iraq: What can
the Federal Supreme Court do?,
Chibli Mallat
02 September 2010 |
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Jaafar al-Sadr : A confluence prime minister
for Iraq,
Chibli Mallat
Federalism and Islam: New scholarly
perspectives,
Chibli Mallat
Tamara Chalabi's Late for Tea at the Deer
Palace
19 August 2010 |
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After Kosovo: Secession in the Middle East, Chibli Mallat
Serbia's legal council says court verdict
opened Pandora's Box,
Sebastien Malo ICJ
ruling on Kosovo: Excerpts
29 July 2010 |
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The return of presidential intolerance and
impunity, Chibli Mallat
The case for Hugo
Arce: presentation, Gabriela Arce
Osman's
deadly article lambasting Barzani,
Zardasht Osman
A disguised
assasination in long-suffering Guatemala, Karen Fischer
The Guatemala
president's connections to the drug cartel,
Hugo Arce
8 July 2010 |
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Law, war and Petraeus doctrine: How to take democracy seriously in
Iraq and the AfPak theater,
Chibli Mallat
Aid flotilla and legal remedies: Can
the world court rescue the rule of law?,
David Beatty
24 June 2010 |
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Iraq in search of leadership: JMBS,
SM, FM, Chibli Mallat
Iraqi
Political Theology: A stay with the Najaf marja‘iyya,
Jihad al-Zein
18 June 2010 |
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Obama's Security strategy: Frustration, not
hope, Chibli Mallat
However
utopian, president's virage has merits, Robert Fossaert
'We promote our values by living
them'
US administration's report
3 June 2010 |
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Saving the Euro: No Exit for Greece?,
Chibli Mallat
Excerpts of UN Security Council's draft on new
Iran sanctions
20 May 2010 |
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Disappearing Christians: The Vatican Synod for
the churches of the Middle East, John Donohue
Reversing
Christian disappearance from the Middle East: three legal proposals
to consider, Chibli Mallat
6 May 2010 |
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Democracy in Iraq beyond the elections,
Chibli Mallat
Supreme Court's
opinion on Article 76 of Iraqi Constitution
Sequence of top
appointments based on Constitution, Andrew Allen
The elusive
proportionality in Iraq, Muayyad al-Chalabi
1 April 2010 |
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The law has teeth: building on judicial
decisions, Chibli Mallat
Europe's highest
court rejects preferential EU treatment for products made in
Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory, Christopher Lund
European Court of
Justice: Goods manufactured in West Bank settlement cannot be
considered 'made in Israel', Court of Justice of the
European Union
18 March 2010 |
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Middle East democracy and the empty dialogue
with Europe, Chibli Mallat
Obstacles to presidential change in Egypt: what ElBaradei and others
face, Marina Ottaway
11 March 2010 |
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Barack Obama's 'just war': international law
or unilateral action?, James Rowles
The Islamic
Republic invites the United States to a mad tea-party,
Solmaz Copeland
The perils and
repercussions of Kosovo's independence, Sebastien Malo
25 February 2009 |
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Fighting for
rule of law in Iraq: Why Iraqis should uphold judiciary's decision
on polls, Chibli Mallat
The Abd
al-Amir decision: Iraq Cassation Chamber rules that disqualified
candidates can run, but cannot sit in Parliament before their
'democratic credentials' are confirmed,
Special Cassation Chamber, Iraq
The DS law page in full
11 February 2010 |
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Mallat on Supreme Court striking down campaign
finance reform, Chibli Mallat
The court's
decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
The DS Law Page in full
28 January 2010 |
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Was it a
historic breakthrough in Israel when Jews and non-Jews marched
together for rights?, Chibli Mallat
New
human rights horizons for Israel and Palestine,
Noam Sheizaf
The
difficulty with setting a new course for the American Ship of State,
James Rowles
14 January 2010 |
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Why hold Israeli democracy to higher
standards?, Joel Zinberg
Restoring
philosophy of law to its rightful place, George Saad
Imprisonment without trial: The continuing
Guantanamo injustice,
Owen Fiss
31 December 2009 |
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Obama's just
war speech: Three questions for 'the Middle East in the United
States', Chibli Mallat
Obama's Nobel
speech [Part II]
'A
conversation to be had' on war and law: Obama's Nobel Speech,
Chibli
Mallat
17-24 December 2009 |
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Is Israel a
democracy?, Chibli
Mallat
Association for
civil rights in Israel - Report on human rights and democracy,
Report
10 December 2009 |
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UK Iraq Inquiry:
The march to war in Iraq: Human rights on
weapons of mass destruction?, Chibli Mallat
"Not
a court, but lessons to be learnt",
John Chilcot
No justice from
America for torture plaintiff, Arar decision in US Court
of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
See also DS Lawpage 7 July 2009,
Restoring the full rule of law to America:
indemnify torture victims,
Owen Fiss
3 December 2009 |
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New
York trial of September 11 mastermind: On law and terror,
David Feige
Backroom presidential 'polls' underline
European Union's democratic deficit, Chibli Mallat
26 November 2009 |
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Fighting corruption: Identifying foundational obstacles and new
directions, Hiram Chodosh
Iraq at a crossroads: Constitutional Review
Committee fills in crucial gaps,
Haider Hamoudi & Chibli Mallat
19 November 2009 |
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Postmortem Afghanistan: The iron law of a world-class election farce,
Chibli Mallat
Lebanese Council of State:
Post-hoc modification of exam rules violates equality principles
12 November 2009 |
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Without
identifying the underlying causes, we cannot combat corruption,
Hiram Chodosh
The Golan Heights
between violence and law: reporting from Syria, Franklin
Lamb
Navigating the
Najaf mantra with the four grand ayatollahs, Haider
Hamoudi
5 November 2009 |
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Spotlight
on Richard Murphy- A protrait of Murphy, with an exclusive interview,
Chibli Mallat
29 October 2009 |
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Run-off presidential election in Afghanistan
is ill--advised, Chibli Mallat
Combatting
world's corruption is a slippery business, Hiram Chodosh
22 October 2009 |
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Heuristics and Loya Jirga for the Afghan
morass, Chibli Mallat
Widespread
election fraud was easily preventable: Former UN official,
Peter Galbraith
EU observation
mission concerned over election fraud, Report
15 October 2009 |
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Saving the
special Tribunal for Lebanon from failure: a response to Jamil al-Sayyed
and Antonio Cassese, Chibli Mallat
Neither Sri
Lanka nor Israel should have impunity in their 'wars on terrot',
Antony Loewenstein
Mapping
corruption: why words make a difference, Hiram Chodosh
8 October 2009 |
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Embracing the ICC? US moves back toward
international law, Chibli Mallat
Reform from the
bottom: How judiciary, civil society can loosen the sectarian grip
from Lebanese citizens, Georges Assaf
A state which
claims its supreme leader is 'discovered' has a very difficult time
running itself by and through law, Haider Hamoudi
1 October 2009 |
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Talabani, Barzani and institution-building in Iraq, Chibli Mallat
Corruption and
its challenges: the battle to stop a universal problem,
Hiram Chodosh
25 September2009 |
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The failures of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon are lessons to be
learned, Chibli Mallat
Excerpts from the report of the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza
conflict, Human Rights Council
17 September 2009 |
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The 'Elders' see growing support among Palestinians for one-state
solution, Jimmy Carter
Islamic and/or
Middle Eastern Law?, John Donohue
Engaging Carter
on the 'one state' solution in Israel-Palestine, Chibli
Mallat
10 September 2009 |
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Mystery
still shrouds imam's disappearance,
Patrick Galey
Sadr's words have as much resonance today as they did over 30 years
ago, Patrick Galey and
Carol Rizk
Outcry over Megrahi release marks stark contrast against recent
deals, Chibli
Mallat
01 September 2009 |
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Jalal Talabani: from Kurdish villager to Iraqi president,
Chibli Mallat
From law
student to president, Jalal Talabani refuses to abandon the moral
high ground, Interview
Megrahi
debacle: The darker corners of the scottish criminal justice system,
Andrew Allen
27 August 2009 |
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For a Federal Israel-Palestine: A human rights
response to Benjamin Netanyahu
by S. Al Zaeem, M. Aburdaini, C.
Mallat
20 August 2009 |
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Children of foreign father declared Lebanese,
Lebanese Civil Status Court
Prisoner of
opinion: Mohammad Ali Abtahi,
Chibli Mallat
How did
academic freedom make US universities the best in the world?,
Chibli Mallat
13 August 2009 |
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Victory for
people of the law in Pakistan, Chibli Mallat
Pakistan
Supreme Court v. Pervez Musharraf
Top British
Lord Bingham on the rule of law, Droms
6 August 2009 |
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Introduction:
Whither Iran? Keeping the Green Revolution
non-violent, Chibli Mallat
Saeed Hajjarian:
the brain of reformists, Gareth Smyth
How to
confront the allegations of organized fraud in the Iranian
elections?, Chibli Mallat
Excerpts from
Presidential Candidate Mousavi's statement about fraud in the
Iranian presidential election
30 July 2009 |
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Introduction.
US policy in the
Middle East: The rights-based views,
Chibli Mallat
America’s
current stance on Israel-Palestine: Old wine in not even new bottles,
Noam Chomsky
Rights at heart:
The Obama phenomenon in world political discourse,
Jihad el-Zein
Obama’s Middle
East citizen: the missing link in US policy,
Chibli Mallat
23 July 2009 |
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Reconciliation in Iraq: taking the Constitution seriously
Chibli Mallat
'Food
ration' criteria for parliamentary seats violates Iraqi Constitution,
Iraq - Federal Supreme Court
Decision clarifying the date for the next Iraqi Polls,
Iraq - Federal Supreme Court
The Daily Star, 16 July 2009 |
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A legal manifesto
for the Lebanese Cabinet:
Justice for Rafik Hariri and Moussa Sadr,
Chibli Mallat
From zero-sum
conflicts to federalism:
Iraqis offer the international community a
road forward, Hiram Chodosh
Why an Iraq ruled
by law is becoming more hopeful,
Haider Hamoudi
The Daily Star, 9 July 2009 |
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Restoring the full rule of law to America:
indemnify torture victims,
Owen Fiss
A legal Manifesto for Iran's green revolution,
Chibli Mallat
Iran's Assembly of
experts has power to remove Ayatollah Khamenei,
Gareth Smyth
The Daily Star, 29 June 2009 |
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Pakistan and
Lebanon, the same struggle,
Hiram Chodosh and Chibli Mallat
Vote Barrack
Obama, a global candidate for a global age,
Dominique Moisi
Meritocracy
is the key to Dubai's limitless ambitions,
Afshin Molavi
The Daily Star,
4 January 2008 |
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Transforming the breakthrough for Israelis and
Palestinians in Annapolis,
Chibli Mallat
26 wounded as
police loyal to Abbas clash with funeral procession,
Nasser Shiyoukhi
UAE judge throws rape
victim's mother out of courtroom,
Barbara Surk
The Daily Star, 27 November 2007 |
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Can
Annapolis restore America's battered credibility in the region?,
Allistair Lyon
Cycle of occupation and resistance won't end
easily,
Atef Saad
Occupied
Jerusalem's residents have differing takes on summit,
Rebecca Harrison
Illegal settlements pose especially thorny problem
for peace process, Alastair
Macdonald
Frustrated Palestinian,
Israeli youths mull travel abroad to escape conflict, lianne
Gress and Rebecca Harrison
The Daily Star, 27 November 2007 |
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Lawmakers take every precaution to stay alive until presidential poll,
Rym Ghazal
Political impasse means pot of gold for Bekaa cannabis farmers,
Tom Perry
The
Daily Star, 27 September 2007 |
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From
November 1996, when it was launched, to June 1998, the Beirut
Daily Star carried ten law pages under the editorship of Chibli
Mallat. Here is the selection
of the
old Law Pages: |
