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As AI rapidly works its way into the legal system, Prof. Eric Posner is asking a pointed question: What happens when machines fill the role of a judge?
William Baude and Alison L. LaCroix have been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Baude is the Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor of Law and faculty director of the Constitutional Law Institute. LaCroix is the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law and an associate member of the Department of History.
The scholarship of Martha C. Nussbaum, renowned author and philosopher, will be the subject of a six-month study circle sponsored by a non-profit organization in Bangladesh this fall.
Alison LaCroix has been named the speaker for the University of Chicago’s Convocation on June 6, as part of the campus-wide celebration of the Class of 2026.
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In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat on social media to destroy an entire civilization ahead of a fragile Iran ceasefire, legal experts are questioning whether such incendiary language can amount to a war crime — even if it is never carried out...
“The U.S. stands out because it historically has aggressively demanded that other countries comply with international law while excepting itself from key provisions and treaties,” Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, told POLITICO.
During the arguments, the justices cast doubt on Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship.
While the concept is relatively are rare around the world, about three dozen countries guarantee citizenship to children born on their territory.
The U.S. as a birthright ‘outlier’
Only a couple dozen countries around the world have birthright citizenship, which Sauer said makes the U.S. “an outlier among modern nations.”
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