Even Colombia’s propensity for civil conflict throughout those one and half centuries has been attributed to bi-partisan hatred. Uribe was the first President, who ran, and won, as an outsider of that ...

It is far too early to tell how successful this litigation will be, not least because the United States Constitution, at least since the New Deal, has been interpreted in a way decidedly friendly to ...

This competition between parties has materialized in fierce forms, which only speaks to the vigour of political contestation following the end of Taiwan’s decades-long martial-law rule in 1987. Upon a ...

We have focused on jurisdictions with some of the strongest specific prohibitions on genetic testing and the handling of genetic information, however it is important to note that athletes from Asia ...

The European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR), in its recent judgment on 10 July 2025 in the case of Rodina and Borisova v. Latvia, examined the applicants’ complaints regarding the refusals of ...

During that time, the French state strategically sent white settlers to New Caledonia to alter the island’s demographic composition and suppress Kanak nationalism. According to the most recent census, ...

And the Trump administration has learned that it can force universities to cave in by following (and controlling) the money. In a modern state, virtually all corners of society – even institutions ...

Following the 1924 Constitution, which was the first pro-communist constitution proclaiming the independence of Mongolia – postulating that Mongolia is a free country and would remain independent from ...

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The United States is in debt and needs revenue. The Republican Party controls Congress and in theory can pass any legislation it wishes. However, the Party is generally more known for favoring ...

Constitutionally, the qualification matters a great deal, as the imposition of a tax comes with a wholly different set of constitutional approvals and its own body of rules and principles. The power ...

The Chagos Agreement is not only a diplomatic achievement, but also a “contractual transposition” of the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The Agreement acknowledges that the detachment ...