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Willie Mays, 1931-2024
Letters Blogatory mourns the death of Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid, who will be remembered with Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron. Mays, who played most of his career with the Giants, was one of the greats in every aspect of the game. He hit .301 over his career, with 660 home runs……
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The Upcoming Special Commission Meeting
The Special Commission on the practical operation of the 1965 Service, 1970 Evidence and 1980 Access to Justice Conventions will take place from July 2 to 5 in The Hague. I’ll be attending as part of the ITechLaw delegation, along with friend of Letters Blogatory Alex Blumrosen of the Paris bar. The Special Commission is……
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Paper of the Day: Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept
The paper of the day is Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept, by Harvard SJD student Rabea Eghbariah, which has just been published—at least I think it has. Eghbariah’s article has had a long history of getting to press. In November 2023, the board of the Harvard Law Review decided against publishing the post in……
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Case of the Day: Coinbase v. Suski
The case of the day is Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski (S. Ct. 2024). Cases about arbitration can get very abstract very quickly. I like the way Justice Jackson categorized arbitration disputes in her new opinion. The most straightforward cases are decisions on the merits of a dispute. At the next level of abstraction, the question……
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The ICC Prosecutor’s Request for Warrants
Okay, I suppose I ought to comment on the decision of the ICC’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas as well as for Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and defense minister Gallant. I begin as always with my disclaimer: I am not an expert in the relevant law! First, it’s……