This new Law360 article, headlined "Appeals Courts Rethink Harsh Youth Sentences, Search Rules," details some of the ways state courts have been extending the US Supreme Court's
Eighth Amendment jurisprudence precluding some extreme juvenile sentence. Here are excerpts from the article: Since the U.S. [...]
The Marshall Project has this notable new piece exploring some reasons for the higher number of executions throughout the US in 2025. I recommend the piece in full, and here
are excerpts (with links from the original): Ten states have executed 30 people since January, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. [...]
The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following materials to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: lectures in English and
Spanish on The UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts, by Alejandro Garro; a lecture in English on The Principle of Non-Intervention in International [...]
Kalter Krieg, EU-Beitritt, Zerfall Jugoslawiens, Ukraine und Gaza Es gibt viel zu bereden, wenn man einen ehemaligen Bundeskanzler trifft: Kindheit im zerbombten Wien der
Nachkriegszeit, die Besatzung und den Staatsvertrag, die Waldheim-Affäre, die Endphase des Kalten Kriegs, der blutige Zerfall Jugoslawiens, der EU-Beitritt, die [...]
On behalf of my co-editors Andrea Schneider and Sarah Cole, I am happy to announce that Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Coming of Age (2000-2009) is available for purchase.
Note – use the code AUFLY30 to save 30% from the list price. Getting a book project to fruition is a labor of love, and there … Continue reading Discussions in [...]
[First posted in AWOL 6 February 2019, updated 15 September 2025] [First posted in AWOL 6 February 2019, updated 15 September 2025] Ariadne Supplement Series ISSN: 2623-4726
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Das Erbe der Göttinger Septuaginta: Festschrift aus Anlass des 100. Geburtstages von Robert Hanhart (1925-2025) Felix Albrecht, Reinhard Gregor Kratz , eISBN 978-3-666-56564-9ISBN
978-3-666-56564-9pages 835 [...]
As I mentioned a few days ago, the Typepad platform (which has long hosted the Mirror of Justice blog) is shutting down. I am working on "exporting" -- and trying to save
in a searchable and readable form -- our two-decades-worth of posts and conversations, and I will spare readers the gory details of my efforts to deal with those [...]
A few days ago, I received a notice from Typepad (the platform that has long hosted MOJ) that informed me it is shutting down. Gremlins, no doubt. I am working on trying
to save the 21 years of Mirror of Justice content, and move it someplace else where it will be accessible. Stay tuned. And, in case this site is not accessible, [...]
Frequent mass shootings are a distinctly American problem, with news of another tragic shooting grabbing our attention every few weeks. Yet policy change is stalled. In this
episode, we focus on an important reason for the congressional paralysis—the gun lobby. [...]
