Rethinking the Constitutionality of Indonesia’s Flawed Anti-Blasphemy Law

Cultural Heterogeneity and Law: Pornography, Blasphemy, and the First Amendment

Rethinking legislative consent law?

Rethinking Jurisdiction in International Law

Jurisdiction has traditionally been considered in international law as purely a question of the rights and powers of states. Conceived in this way, the rules on jurisdiction serve the important function of delimiting (while accepting some overlap of) state regulatory authority – the question of when a person or event may be subject to national regulation – a function which is shared with the co...

The Environment and International Law : Rethinking the Traditional Approach

A cursory examination of the legal environmental systems of some developing countries lends credibility to the argument that nation states, particularly those of the developing world, cannot be relied upon to pursue environmental objectives beneficial to the global commons. The results of some country studies, for example, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil take this position. R. Findley, in his study o...

Breaking the Ice: Rethinking Telecommunications Law for the Digital Age

Telecommunications is a trillion-dollar industry undergoing a massive transformation, both in its technological underpinnings and its market dynamics. As technology and market developments undermine longstanding business models and value chains, existing legal frameworks are failing. A ‘‘layered’’ model for communications policy would provide a better foundation for competition, investment, and...