David M. Driesen is a professor at Syracuse University College of Law. The media often treats the upcoming elections as a normal political battle over politics. I teach constitutional law, and I don’t think of this presidential election or Congress in such narrow terms. And my colleagues on the leftRead More →
According to Seth Chandler, a law professor at the University of Houston, many government orders implemented in Texas this year had a stable legal basis. (community impact staff) Texas state and local leaders have implemented a variety of orders throughout the COVID-19 pandemic this year aimed at limiting the spreadRead More →
When the pandemic moved classes at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, online, lecturer Hemant Sharma of the Department of Political Science created online textbook chapters with videos and real-time updates on the news for students in his constitutional law class. Topics are broken down into modules, such as Fourth AmendmentRead More →
This year, teachers will have to adapt their courses for distance learning. A helpful tip is to break down doctrine into small, manageable chunks. The buzzword is module, which stands for unit or subject. To help teachers, I have divided the body of constitutional law into separate modules. Each moduleRead More →
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The actions of federal law enforcement officers during protests in Oregon’s largest city, carried out without the consent of local officials, raise the prospect of a constitutional crisis — a crisis that could worsen as weeks of protests find renewed interest in clashes with camouflaged andRead More →
Editor’s note: This article was previously published on the Ontario Systems Blog and is republished here with permission. When I was a law student, I never would have guessed that the reason I needed to understand constitutional law was so I could one day explain it to non-lawyers making collectionRead More →
Criminal law changes, including banning FGM, are underway to achieve equality, Sudan’s justice minister said. Sudan has approved sweeping amendments to its criminal law, including the repeal of the death penalty for apostasy as well as the removal of the requirement of wpresage need permits from male family members toRead More →
Criminal law is the study of basic principles relating to substantive crimes and defenses. UMass law students are extremely fortunate to be able to engage in the real-world practice of criminal lawRead More →
Guo Guosong is a former senior reporter for Southern Weekly and editor of Legal Weekly. This article was an edited version of its original publication on Caixin’s Chinese website. Shandong province in eastern China appears to have gained a new reputation as a hotbed of imposters who steal others’ identitiesRead More →