Omar Khadr’s Guanatanamo Trial Suspended!
It’s over! For now, anyway. Staying true to his promise, Barack Obama has made it one of his first official acts as President to request a suspension of the military tribunal process in Guantanamo. Omar…
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The Fight for Iraq War Resisters to Remain in Canada is a Two-Front War
The following article was sent to us by the author, Krystalline Kraus, for republication. Originally posted here. The political front On June 3, 2008, Canadian Parliament voted in favour of allowing Iraq war resisters to…
Law Students Demand Repatriation of Omar Khadr
Hundreds of law students from across the country have added their names to the growing list of people calling for the repatriation and fair trial of Omar Khadr, as well as the closure of the…
Interview with the Author of “Life Without Lawyers”
Law schools on both sides of the border are graduating more lawyers than ever before. What effect will the influx of lawyers have on the profession and on the litigation culture in the United States…
Obama: End of Guantanamo and Good News for Omar Khadr
I have previously expressed my shame at the Canadian Government’s failure to follow the example of every other Western nation in demanding the repatriation of our citizen at Guantanamo Bay. The advocacy in favour of…
The Conflicted Relationship between Lawyers and “Indians”
[The following piece was sent to us by a reader. Reproduced with permission of the author.] An Identification of the Conflicted Relationship between the Indigenous Nations and the Legal Profession in North America by Bruce…
2009, the End of Bushisms
via AP -“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” – September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan. -“Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?” – January…
Daphna Golan on Israeli Students, Academics
Dr. Daphna Golan, Professor of Law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, explains in Haaeretz today why the academic establishment in Israel should oppose the Gazan assault, The students’ fight against the tuition increase, the lecturers’…
CUPE Seeks to Ban Israeli Academics from Ontario Campuses
In the latest idiotic move by CUPE, the union representing striking York University graduate students and contract faculty, the university workers committee will be lobbying in favour of banning Israeli academics from Ontario campuses due…
Law is Cool Contributor Among Top 25 Political Blogs in Canada
Devin Johnston, who contributes to Law is Cool, was recently mentioned in the top political blogs in Canada. We’re glad to have him on board, even if he shares some very unsavoury company on that…
Obama for Prime Minister of Canada in 2010?
It’s far more common to hear speculation about the U.S. absorbing or invading Canada. Now, a former KGB analyst, Igor Panarin, is predicting based on classified information that the financial crisis in the U.S. will…
Immunity to Ashcroft ?
The United States Supreme Court will now decide on the issue of granting immunity to former Attorney general Ashcroft on the issue of the treatment of detainees not related to terrorism during the 9/11 attacks….