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Unilateral tariffs are creating a crisis for the global system that governs international trade, says Columbia Law School’s expert on trade and the World Trade Organization.

The Columbia Law expert on the law of democracy says the nation’s greatest election problem is the efforts to undermine voters’ faith in them.  

A norm that prohibits states from forcibly annexing foreign territory is “foundational” to modern international law, says the Columbia Law expert on public international law and the use of force. So why is territorial conflict spreading, and what could stop it?

A decision in two combined cases being argued at the Supreme Court in January could overturn a 40-year-old doctrine that allows federal agencies to interpret ambiguous statutes. That shouldn’t undo decades of decisions, says the Columbia Law expert on administrative and constitutional law.

How much is artificial intelligence—and the algorithms it generates—changing the experience and nature of work? What does that mean for employees’ privacy and the future of the legal profession?

Illegal child labor and exploitation in the United States are leading to a crisis in protecting children on the job, say two of Columbia Law’s faculty experts on labor law and immigrants’ rights. 

Increasing reliance on the Federal Reserve to prevent financial panics and manage economic cycles shows the need to lighten the load on the central bank by strengthening banking regulation and developing new fiscal policy tools, the former U.S. Treasury official says. 

A Supreme Court case being argued December 7 could end state Supreme Courts’ ability to restrain partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts.

The Justice Department’s approach to a criminal referral from the committee would certainly begin with issues of fact and law, but it would not end with them, the criminal justice professor says.

The strong response from the U.S. and Europe to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows the power of international law, says the chair of Columbia Law School’s National Security Law Program.