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Sovereignty
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Turtle Talk
Indian Law Articles in Michigan Bar Journal, Sept. 2026
Here: Foreign-Trade Zones in Indian Country [Go Blue] Practicing in a Sovereign Space: Opportunity and complexity in tribal transactions Traversing personal injury law in Indian Country Native American law explainer
Legal History Blog
Mitchell, "Unsettling Sovereignty: International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and US Extraterritorial Power in Postwar Oceania"
By karentanilegalhistoryblog-blogspot-com
New from the University of Chicago Press: Unsettling Sovereignty: International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and US Extraterritorial Power in Postwar Oceania (2026), by M.X. Mitchell (New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University,…
Inside Privacy
A Comparison of the EU Cloud and AI Development Act Requirements Against the U.S. FOCI Regime and FedRAMP
By Ashden Fein, Heather Finstuen, Ryan Burnette, Jacob Crump, Alexandra Bruer
As governments increasingly focus on cloud security and sovereignty, the European Commission (“EC”) is, through its proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act (“CADA Proposal”), attempting to create a…
Legal History Blog
Kelly on Liberian Legal History
By Dan Ernst
Ezekiel Kelly, a Lecturer at Censil University, has posted two papers on the legal history of Liberia. The first is Sovereignty on Trial: Liberian Law, Forced Labour and the League…
EJIL: Talk!
Can Argentina Bring UNCLOS Proceedings Against the UK Concerning the Exploitation of Hydrocarbon Resources in the North Malvinas Basin?
On 28 September 2026, Argentina’s President announced that he had instructed its Foreign Ministry and the government’s legal teams to institute arbitral proceedings against the United Kingdom under Annex VII…
Legal History Blog
Genell's "Empire by Law"
By Dan Ernst
Aimee M. Genell, Boston University, has published Empire by Law: The Ottoman Origins of the Mandate System in the Middle East (Columbia University Press). She is interviewed here.The Ottoman Empire…
Jotwell
Leviathan Twisted: The Supreme Court’s Legitimation of Police Violence
Alice Ristroph is one of our foremost philosophers of police violence. She has provided important clarity about the physical nature of “force” and its effect on human bodies, and painstakingly…
Hawaiian Kingdom Blog
NEWS ALERT: Judge to Sign Order Granting Amici Curiae’s Motion for Reconsideration
On September 14, 2026, the attorney for the Amici Curiae was notified that Judge Micah Smith will sign an Order granting Amici’s Motion for Reconsideration of the Court’s Order denying…
Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws
Justice or Vengeance? International Law and Gotham’s Dark Knight
Batman has a rule. He does not kill. It is a strange rule for a man who spends his nights confronting criminals, often violently, and who possesses more than enough…
Hawaiian Kingdom Blog
Natural Born Citizenship under Hawaiian Kingdom Law during the American Occupation
According to Blackstone, the English common law rule of jus soli—any person born within British territory is a British subject by birth, is traced back to the feudal law of…