Legal Research

Reviewed: Mayer, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

No torture, No exceptions
Our frequent colleague Scott Horton has launched a campaign, "No Torture, No Exceptions," focusing on the presidential campaigns. There is a web site setting out the campaign, as well as a video taken from the Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side...

Mayer book gets newsy launch
The New Yorker's Jane Mayer is getting serious bounce for her new book of reporting on the Bush administration's legal tactics in the war on terror. The book, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals , isn't due out until next week...

Jane Mayer on Jess Radack and John Walker Lindh
A thread on one of my listservs praised The Dark Side, Jane Mayer's account of some aspects of the "war on terror" so I bought it and have been reading it. I am sympathetic to her general theme...

Book: Red Cross Informed Administration that Officials Could Be Tried for War Crimes
An explosive new book will disclose a Red Cross report that found that the Bush Administration committed clear acts of torture and that Bush Administration officials could be charged with war crimes...

The Dark Side of "Victim's Rights"
There is a dark side to "victim's rights," that is, formal and informal procedures that give the prosecutorial power to the complaining witness in a criminal case. What is that dark side? Prosecutions are supposed to be about public justice...

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Bayer CropScience AG
alleging farmers suffered economic losses after Bayer's biotech Liberty Link rice was released into the food supply and countries banned US rice.

Simplicity
Recalls 400,000 Drop Side Cribs

Reglan
for alleged side effects such as Tardive Dyskinesia.

Bonavita Cabana
Drop Side Cribs Recalled

Drop Side Cribs
Recalled Due to Entrapment Hazard

Januvia
allegedly can cause cancer, pancreatitis and other side effects.