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Beyond The Legal Black Hole: Hyper-Legality, Deferral, And Detention In Northeast Syria, Grace T. Harmon 2027 The American University in Cairo AUC

Beyond The Legal Black Hole: Hyper-Legality, Deferral, And Detention In Northeast Syria, Grace T. Harmon

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the detention of suspected ISIS affiliates and their family members held in facilities administered by the Kurdish-led authorities in North-East Syria. Thousands of foreign nationals remain detained without trial, without repatriation, and in conditions widely criticized as inhumane. Existing scholarship and political discourse often describe these facilities as legal voids, limbo, or black holes where law has broken down or ceased to apply. This thesis challenges that characterization. Rather than existing outside the law, the facilities are governed through overlapping frameworks of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, counterterrorism security resolutions, and domestic laws. I argue …


L’Influence De La Nationalité De La Mère En Droit Libanais, Pierre Gannagé 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

L’Influence De La Nationalité De La Mère En Droit Libanais, Pierre Gannagé

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Le Secret Et La Vie Privée, Jacques-Michel Grossen 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Le Secret Et La Vie Privée, Jacques-Michel Grossen

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Le Secret De La Vie Privée Et Le Droit Au Liban, Youssef Gebran 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Le Secret De La Vie Privée Et Le Droit Au Liban, Youssef Gebran

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


La Libanaise À L’Assaut De Ses Droits Politiques, Hassan-Tabet Rifaat 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Libanaise À L’Assaut De Ses Droits Politiques, Hassan-Tabet Rifaat

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Corps Humain, Personnalité Juridique Et Famille En Droit Libanais, Mélinée Topakian 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Corps Humain, Personnalité Juridique Et Famille En Droit Libanais, Mélinée Topakian

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


More Than Net Zero: Responsible Corporate Board Activity & The Just Transition, Anita Ramasastry, Colleen Penny 2026 University of Washington School of Law

More Than Net Zero: Responsible Corporate Board Activity & The Just Transition, Anita Ramasastry, Colleen Penny

Rule of Law Initiative

A just transition is about more than reaching net-zero emissions. Originally rooted in US trade union efforts to protect workers, the concept now includes broader human rights impacts, such as ensuring that workers, communities, and lower-income countries are not left behind as economies move towards environmental sustainability.1 A transition to a green economy should be one that respects human rights and addresses negative impacts arising from shifts in business activity. Put simply a just transition is one that is rights-respecting.

The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) urge companies to take a proactive approach to prevent …


Ai Suffrage For Human Flourishing, Simon Goldstein, Guha Krishnamurthi, Peter N. Salib 2026 The University of Hong Kong

Ai Suffrage For Human Flourishing, Simon Goldstein, Guha Krishnamurthi, Peter N. Salib

Fordham Law Review

Should Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have the vote? One approach to this question is to explore AI systems’ moral characteristics, asking whether they possess the qualities that entitle humans to equal political standing and, consequently, suffrage. Those are important questions. But they are very hard ones, resting on highly contestable premises about ethics, AI, and humanity.

We instead take a functionalist approach: On the current trajectory, AIs will soon be highly agentic and capable, while remaining difficult to align with human objectives. If so, law will be an essential tool for shaping such systems’ behavior to favor positive-sum cooperation with …


Algorithmic Models And The Freedom Of Speech, Alexander Tsesis 2026 Florida State University College of Law

Algorithmic Models And The Freedom Of Speech, Alexander Tsesis

Fordham Law Review

Intentionality and reason are intrinsic features of the human mind that large language models (LLMs) entirely lack. Although LLMs generate natural-language sentences through algorithmic processes, autonomously produced machine speech lacks the consciousness of human speakers. This intrinsic distinction between natural persons and artificial machines is consequential to whether LLM-generated outputs are covered by the First Amendment. Scholars who equate the constitutional value of human speech with algorithmic outputs tend to emphasize the informational value of those outputs to audiences while giving insufficient attention to the absence of machine consciousness. The conscious underpinnings of thought and their relation to constitutional protections …


When The Monsoon No Longer Returns: Climate Racism And Displacement In Pakistan, Ayman Irfan 2026 Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

When The Monsoon No Longer Returns: Climate Racism And Displacement In Pakistan, Ayman Irfan

Pace Environmental Law Review

International law does not recognize climate displacement as a distinct legal category. Refugee law protects those fleeing persecution, not environmental collapse. Climate treaties regulate emissions and finance but avoid enforceable responsibility for the human consequences of warming. Human rights law intervenes only at extreme thresholds. This fragmentation leaves millions displaced by climate-intensified disasters without coherent protection. Using Pakistan’s 2022 floods as a case study, this Article argues that climate-induced displacement must be treated as a foreseeable legal consequence of atmospheric harm. Pakistan contributes less than one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions yet ranks among the most climate-vulnerable states. The …


Mass Resettlement Politics And The Future Of Hyper-Local Climate Migration Strategies, Sarah Rogerson 2026 Albany Law School

Mass Resettlement Politics And The Future Of Hyper-Local Climate Migration Strategies, Sarah Rogerson

Pace Environmental Law Review

Climate change is requiring state and local governments to engage in short- and long-term strategic thinking and municipal planning. Critically, the movement of people from communities that have become uninhabitable due to climate change to other communities in more resilient areas (sometimes called “climate havens”) is a reality that most municipalities in the United States are not currently well-equipped to address. Experts predict as many as 1.2 billion climate-related migrants worldwide by 2050, with at least 93 million Americans expected to relocate to more habitable places by 2070. To put this into perspective, 93 million people is just under the …


Climate Migration And Reparations: Reflections On The Icj Advisory Opinion On Climate Change, Carmen G. Gonzalez 2026 Loyola University Chicago, Law School

Climate Migration And Reparations: Reflections On The Icj Advisory Opinion On Climate Change, Carmen G. Gonzalez

Pace Environmental Law Review

Climate mobility governance is at an inflection point. Major developments, such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on climate change, are opening legal pathways to climate reparations and reshaping global policy debates on climate-induced migration. Climate-vulnerable states and peoples are calling for reparations for the intertwined injustices of slavery, colonialism and climate change and for legal frameworks that recognize the right to stay and the right to migrate based on the right to self-determination. This article examines the legal and ethical basis for reparative approaches to climate-induced migration. The article discusses the link between climate change and …


La Protection De L’Enfant En Droit Social Libanais, Georges Kadige 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Protection De L’Enfant En Droit Social Libanais, Georges Kadige

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


La Protection De L’Enfance Dans Le Droit De La Famille Des Communautés Musulmanes Libanaises, Béchir Bilani 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Protection De L’Enfance Dans Le Droit De La Famille Des Communautés Musulmanes Libanaises, Béchir Bilani

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Note Sur Le « Plan D’Autonomie » Pour La Cisjordanie Et La Bande De Gaza, Nabil Maamari 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Note Sur Le « Plan D’Autonomie » Pour La Cisjordanie Et La Bande De Gaza, Nabil Maamari

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


La Protection Des Droits Fondamentaux Par Le Conseil D'État Du Liban, Hassan-Tabet Rifaat 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Protection Des Droits Fondamentaux Par Le Conseil D'État Du Liban, Hassan-Tabet Rifaat

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Les Mécanismes De Protection De La Liberté De Conscience Dans Un État Multi‑Communautaire : L'Exemple Libanais, Pierre Gannagé 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Les Mécanismes De Protection De La Liberté De Conscience Dans Un État Multi‑Communautaire : L'Exemple Libanais, Pierre Gannagé

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


La Protection Internationale Du Réfugié Et Le Monde Arabe, Juan Amurategui 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

La Protection Internationale Du Réfugié Et Le Monde Arabe, Juan Amurategui

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Problèmes Soulevés Au Liban Par La Garde Des Enfants Nés D'Époux De Communautés Ou De Nationalités Différentes, Pierre Gannagé 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Problèmes Soulevés Au Liban Par La Garde Des Enfants Nés D'Époux De Communautés Ou De Nationalités Différentes, Pierre Gannagé

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


المحكمة العليا الأميركية في النقاش القانوني المعاصر: مراجعة المحكمة القضائية بين نظرية جن هارت إيلي ونظرية روبرت بورك, شبلي الملاّط 2026 Saint Joseph University of Beirut

المحكمة العليا الأميركية في النقاش القانوني المعاصر: مراجعة المحكمة القضائية بين نظرية جن هارت إيلي ونظرية روبرت بورك, شبلي الملاّط

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


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