Both legally and practically speaking, getting to the water’s edge isn’t as straightforward as it might seem – or as many people might like.
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Calls for the Supreme Court to give fossil fuel companies immunity from liability for climate-related damage misreads the Constitution, precedent and the role of courts.
New Irish prime minister takes over as the republic faces challenges that include a wave of xenophobia.
The common law and civil law systems are quite distinct in legal practices, principles and procedures. How government manages the difference has implications for the Cameroon Anglophone crisis.
We have a serious deficit in legal protection for human rights in Australia, rights that have been in regression for 20 years. We need a legislated charter setting out the rights we care about.
There is no inherent tension between Islam and democratic values. Like any use of religion in politics, the application of Sharia as law depends on who is using it – and why.
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Professor of Politics and Legal Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Reader in Law, SOAS, University of London
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Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Environmental Law, George Washington University
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Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles
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Water Policy and Science Communications Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Professor and Director of the Center for Water Policy, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee