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Volume 34, Issue 2
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Calling It Defensive: Lessons for Iran in Vattel’s Law of Nations
Jakob Fletcher The Trump administration has defended the current Iran operations as necessary to address an imminent nuclear and military ...
Are Characters of Literary Works Copyrightable, and How So?
Zenius Kang Under U.S. law, the long-established criterion of copyrightability is one of specificity.[1] As an important aspect of literary ...
Can the High Seas Treaty Help the UN Meet its 2030 Agenda or is it Too Little Too Late for the World’s Oceans?
Aziz Woodward On January 17, 2026, the United Nations’ “High Seas Treaty” went into force after gaining the required sixty ...
More Money, More Problems: NIL’s International Ripple Effect and the Talent Drain Abroad
John Patterson The recent introduction of the right for athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) into ...
A Deal or Delay? – The Illusory Nature of Negotiating with Unreliable State Actors
William Priess The current negotiations between Iran and the U.S. highlight the near impossibility of open and honest negotiation with ...
Pig‑Butchering Scams and the Non‑Punishment Principle: Why Trafficked “Scammers” Shouldn’t Be Treated as Criminals
Ben Forsberg Across the United States, headlines have emerged about retirees losing savings to crypto investment scams[1] and CEOs tricked ...