“Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Co...”

“While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the stand...”

“Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decis...”

“The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes...”

“On the death of his brothers, my dad lied about his age and joined the army in 1918. He was in the trenches long enough to be gass...”

“I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel...”

“A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and disc...”

“The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.”

“I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. T...”

“In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system.”