Volume I Issue I: Fall 2024
At the unprecedented rate that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing, the technology is set to change nearly every field it interacts with. Specifically, AI is becoming increasingly prevalent in various government departments, and if not integrated properly . . .
China is not a true rule-of-law society, and its laws, specifically those relating to residents in the country’s rural areas, are arbitrary and unjust. The country is on the lower end of the Rule of Law Index with a score of 0.48, with 0 being the worst and 1 being the best. While the “essence of the rule of law is fairness and impartiality,” China’s legal system has an inquisitorial tradition where the judge acts “almost as a prosecutor” . . .
Judicial rulings are a cornerstone of the American legal system, often involving decisions that hold the power to shape people’s lives and future opportunities for success. As a foundational piece in achieving justice, these decisions should be made in objective ways that produce fair results. However, decision fatigue, the mental toll associated with making decisions, sways these rulings in arbitrary ways by causing irrelevant factors to play a role in trial outcomes . . .
In an attempt to hide its poor human rights record and authoritarian restraint over its citizens, the Republic of Azerbaijan jails independent and foreign journalists, censoring free press. In many cases, journalists held in Azerbaijan are arbitrarily detained and subsequently tortured. Azerbaijan’s score in the Freedom House index . . .
With the average surface temperature on Earth up two degrees Fahrenheit–or one degree Celsius–from early nineteenth-century levels, researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) deem the scientific evidence of climate change “unequivocal” (NASA 2023). [1] Such rapid warming of the climate and oceans is directly tied to the rampant anthropogenic production of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gasses. . .
In the high-stakes arena of collegiate sports, a new player has emerged: Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals. These agreements have revolutionized the landscape of college athletics, allowing student-athletes to monetize their brand for the first time. However, NIL policies have created a complex web of legal and ethical challenges, concerning gender equity and Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments: the US’s doctrine to prohibit gender-based . . .
By Hanrui Huang
In a groundbreaking decision last summer, the Supreme Court voted six to two to repeal the Chevron Deference doctrine, a principle that allowed federal regulatory agencies to interpret their powers more broadly in the case of ambiguous statutes. This decision not only has a direct effect on the power of all federal administrative agencies to interpret their own regulatory . . .
School shootings have become a dark, ever-present stain on the American education system. What was once an unheard-of tragedy is now the new normal for many Americans. For the first time in American history, parents have been found responsible for the school shooting their child committed, which could change the trajectory of how the United States prosecutes mass attacks . . .
By Hannah Jiang
The concept of a fundamental right to life is widely accepted and codified in legal systems around the world. From the Geneva Conventions to the Eighth Amendment, the value of life forms a cornerstone of human existence— protected by both law and an innate moral imperative.
