09 April 2020
Underreaction in a Time of Emergency: America as a Nearly Failed State
Not surprisingly, those of us who write about emergencies have been far more concerned about overreaction than underreaction and we have been far more concerned about politically caused emergencies rather than natural disasters. History is littered with the cautionary tales of overreaction to politically caused emergencies. But the dangers of state failure evident in underreaction are underestimated. Continue reading >>
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22 March 2020
Fighting COVID 19 – Navigating Protections for Businesses and Workers in the United States
Given that COVID-19 has generated unprecedented orders for business closures and social distancing, we must examine what safeguards our legal system can offer. Are there protections for people who cannot go to work because they are sick or under quarantine orders? And if so, who provides the monetary compensation? When businesses are forced to close or events forced to cancel, are there any protections to help businesses recover from extreme losses of income due to an infectious disease outbreak? While our current legal system offers scattered safeguards in select jurisdictions, it is only now becoming obvious that reforms are needed to ensure an economic safety net, everywhere, as part of pandemic preparedness. Continue reading >>
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20 March 2020
Exacerbating the Public Health Emergency in Iran
Iran is one of the hardest hit countries by Covid-19. Responsibility for the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Iran is not limited to the Iranian government, however. Rather, that suffering has been exacerbated by the US blanket sanctions regime currently in place, a regime that was causing serious violations of the rights to health and to life in Iran even before Covid-19 magnified the dangers to public health. Continue reading >>
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20 July 2013
Brave New World
“Can I see your ID?” Inzwischen liegt die Vollendung meines [...] Continue reading >>
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09 December 2012
Same-sex Loving? Der Supreme Court nimmt zwei Fälle zur gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehe an
Der US-Supreme Court hat am 7. Dezember 2012 seine lang [...] Continue reading >>07 November 2012
Harold Koh und seine Philippika über die US-Völkerrechtswissenschaft
Beim ASIL Midyear Meeting hat Harold Koh seinen Kollegen aus der US-amerikanischen Völkerrechtswissenschaft gehörig eingeheizt. Was ist dran an der Kritik, und ist sie auf europäische Verhältnisse übertragbar? Continue reading >>02 November 2012
Mater überhaupt nicht semper certa est
In Deutschland ist Leihmutterschaft illegal, in den USA nicht. Ein Fall, der dem BVerfG vorlag, zeigt die grässlichen Folgen dieser rechtlichen Diskrepanz. Continue reading >>04 January 2012
Wir urteilen unbelesen: Amerikanische Debatten über Juristenausbildung
Da war der Vater der amerikanischen Juristenausbildung ganz entschieden: nicht [...] Continue reading >>01 August 2011
Verfassungsparanoia
Ich bin zurück am Schreibtisch, der Urlaub ist vorbei, die [...] Continue reading >>
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11 June 2011