Law transformed: Guantanamo and the 'other' exception

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A study questioning the endorsement of the rule of law by human rights lawyers, activists and politicians against the exception of Guantanamo is illustrated. Law cannot regulate irregular combatants, however, the exception of international humanitarian or domestic constitutional law is not the same as the exceptional space of Guantanamo or the exceptional practices of the war on terror.

Cuba, Interpretation and construction, Criticism and interpretation, Detention of persons, Detention, Prisoners, War (International law), Prisoners' rights, Schmitt, Carl, Viewpoint essay, Political theorists, The Nomos of the Earth (Book), Camp Delta, United States Naval Base (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)

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International environmental law, water and the future

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The problems of fresh water scarcity and the responses of international law and policy to this emerging global threat to human health and environment are emphasized. The moral principles of international human rights and economic principles of free market ideology to solve the problem of access to fresh water resources for the future are evaluated.

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems, International Affairs, Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Water supply, Fresh Water, Intnl Environmental Law, Water Conservation, International aspects, Environmental aspects, Protection and preservation, International environmental law, Environmental law, International

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Land reform in Zimbabwe

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An ethical case for land redistribution in Zimbabwe, based on principles of social justice and equity, drawing from a brief history of land in Zimbabwe from the first European expulsions up to independence, is examined. The objections to land reform related to issues of compensation and legality is evaluated.

Zimbabwe, Land reform, Land allotment

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