Latest in Criminal Justice & Rule of Law
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Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Law-Following AI
A report from the inaugural Workshop on Law-Following AI to catalyze further scholarship on its design, evaluation, and governance -
The Dangerous Failure to Hold Hamas Accountable for Using Human Shields
How international institutions’ silence on Hamas hiding behind civilians incentivizes human shields use, and distorts law and accountability. -
Rational Security: The “I’ve Never Done THAT Before!” Edition
Scott Anderson, Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Tyler McBrien talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
International Legal Challenges to the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies
A complaint filed with the UN alleges that the Trump administration’s immigration law practices violate international human rights obligations. -
Executive Branch AI and the Rule of Law: An Emerging Research Agenda
Sooner or later, in this administration or a future one, AI will come for the federal workforce. -
China’s Legal Warfare Against Taiwan
Allied contingency planning can’t wait. -
Safe Havens for Rebels
A review of Jenny Huangfu Day, “Transborder Fugitives, Extradition, and Political Crimes in Modern China” (Cambridge University Press, 2026) -
Rational Security: The “Sun-kissed to Death” Edition
Scott Anderson, Eric Columbus, Molly Roberts, and Loren Voss talked through a few of the week’s big national security news stories. -
Designating Cartels as Terrorists Has Sweeping Legal Consequences
The U.S.’s cartel and organized crime terror designations expand state power while shrinking civil and financial infrastructure. -
Southern Poverty Law Center Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges
The indictment accuses the prominent civil rights non-profit of defrauding donors by paying informants inside violent extremist groups. -
Cruel and Unusual: Israel’s “Death Penalty for Terrorists” Law
The country’s new legislation raises serious concerns under both international and domestic law. -
Tarasoff Meets the AI Age
Imposing a duty on AI firms to protect or warn users could bring valuable clarity to today’s uncertain AI liability landscape.


