E Pluribus Unum (out of many one)
This post originally appeared on Consensus Building Institute’s blog in October 13, 2016. We are reposting it with the Patrick Field’s permission. By Patrick Field for EDRblog.org. Consider editing a...
View ArticleMelinda Fagan on The Battle for CRISPR
By Justin R. Hamady for BiolawToday.org. On October 20th, the Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, hosted guest speaker Melinda Fagan. Fagan holds the Sterling...
View ArticleNew research explores impact of broadening CRISPR patents
New research published by University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Associate Professor Jorge Contreras in the journal Science proposes that universities currently holding CRISPR patents open...
View ArticleGoverning Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources
By Jorge Contreras for BiolawToday.org. In a recent case, a French research institute agreed to share the benefits arising from a drug patent with an indigenous group in French Guinea. The French...
View ArticleReproductive rights and equality under challenge in the U.S.
By Leslie Francis, originally posted on OUPblog. For the over 40 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that people have a constitutionally protected interest in deciding whether...
View ArticlePresident Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts to the National Institutes of Health
By Alexis Juergens for BioLawToday.org. President Trump released his preliminary 2018 budget plan on March 15th. While the budget plan proposes decreased federal funding in several areas, one of the...
View ArticleFaust Law Library closed Monday, May 29
By Melissa Bernstein for the Faust Library Blog – The Law Library will be closed on Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day. The Reference Desk will be closing at noon on Friday, May 26. We apologize for any...
View ArticleBreaking the Natural Resources Gridlock with Consensus Building
By Gina Bartlett for EDRblog.org. This post originally appeared on Consensus Building Institute’s blog Feb. 6, 2017. We are reposting it with Gina Bartlett’s permission. In California, where I live,...
View ArticleA Cow Runs Through It: Reflections on 20+ Years as an Environmental Mediator
By Michele Straube for EDRblog.org. I realized recently that my projects involved cows at the beginning, middle and end of my career, and a squishy stress toy named Consensus Cow has become my go-to...
View ArticleIs There a Fourth Amendment Expectation of Privacy in Prescription Records?...
By Leslie Francis, as originally posted on Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health blog. It might come as a surprise to many in the United States that they may have no Fourth Amendment reasonable...
View ArticleThe Link Between Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
By Trajan Evans for GlobalJusticeBlog.com There is a direct link between terrorism and international illicit drug markets. UNODC Senior Terrorism Prevention Officer Irka Kuleshnyk said, “While it is...
View ArticleA New Way Forward in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
By Megan Crehan for GlobalJusticeBlog.com The term “human trafficking” may be relatively new but the concept is hardly a modern invention. In its current form, human trafficking encompasses the...
View ArticleSalim and the Political Implications of Torture in 2017
Scotti A. Hill for GlobalJusticeBlog The 2016 campaign trail was replete with irregular statements from one of America’s most unconventional candidates. “Don’t tell me it doesn’t work — torture...
View ArticleEffect of Torture on the Torturer
By Melinda Dee for GlobalJusticeBlog.com After September 11, 2001, the United States justified the use of torture, or coercive interrogation, with the threat of future terrorist attacks.[1] There are...
View ArticleTo Catch a Criminal: Hacking into the Dark Web and International Law...
By Natalie Edmundson for GlobalJusticeBlog.com The “dark web” is fertile ground for criminal activity, nourished by ever-evolving technology presenting ongoing challenges for governments. In May 2017,...
View ArticleTo Catch a Predator Abroad: A Call for Greater Extraterritorial Enforcement...
By Michelle Kfoury for GlobalJusticeBlog.com. Click. An image of a grown man sodomizing his eleven-year old niece. Click. A video of a four-year-old boy enduring sexually sadistic torture. Click. A...
View ArticleAddressing the Challenges of Enforcing the Law on the Dark Web
By Clayton Davis for GlobalJusticeBlog.com. The landscape of law enforcement has changed as a result of the dramatic increase in criminal activity committed by means of the internet. While vast...
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