The International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations have met a sceptical response from many states, international organizations (IOs), and academics. This article explains why those Articles can nevertheless have significant practical effect....

Another Mexican National Executed in Texas in Defiance of Avena Decision; Manhattan Arrest of Indian Consular Official Sparks Public Dispute Between the United States and India; United States Questions Claims Based on China’s “Nine-Dash Line” in the South China Sea; United States Takes...

• Progress Is Made Implementing U.S.-Russia Framework for Eliminating Syrian Chemical Weapons• United States Advocates for Syrian Peace Conference• United States Extends Deadline for Signing of Bilateral Security Agreement with Afghanistan• China Announces New Air Defense Identification...

Children's interests were frequently invoked during the congressional debate of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (hereafter referred to as the Personal Responsibility Act). Those who supported the act, those who wanted to amend it, and those who opposed it...

This research investigates the effects of poverty in early adulthood on future earnings. While social scientists are beginning to amass a considerable literature on the effects of poverty on outcomes for children, few have investigated the damage that impoverishment may do in early adulthood...

In this paper we sort through conflicting theory and evidence regarding the impacts of welfare reform on children’s well-being and development. <p>Our conclusions regarding likely child impacts depend crucially on the ages of the children studied. In the case of elementary-school children, the...</p>