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The Borders We Share: Atlantis’ Waves, Spratly Reefs (Post 14)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 3: Islands and Waters (Posts 13–18) Post #14: Atlantis’ Waves, Spratly Reefs: Who Rules the Wet? Atlantis’ Waves, Spratly Reefs: Who Rules the Wet? For days, the sea churned with an unnatural fury, waves crashing against unseen barriers as if the ocean itself anticipated the upheaval. Then, with a sound like the earth splitting…

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The Persian Gulf: A Multifaceted Crisis in 2025

The Persian Gulf: A Multifaceted Crisis in 2025 The Persian Gulf, known variably as the Arabian Gulf or simply the Gulf, remains a volatile epicenter of territorial disputes and sovereignty conflicts in 2025, with Iran as a central actor. These disputes, intertwined with escalating tensions involving Israel and Palestine, reflect historical legacies, legal ambiguities, geopolitical rivalries,…

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The Israel-Iran Conflict in 2025: A Multidimensional Analysis

The Israel-Iran Conflict in 2025: A Multidimensional Analysis Through Núñez’s Integrated Frameworks Drawing on my works—Sovereignty Conflicts and International Law and Politics: A Distributive Justice Issue (2017), Territorial Disputes and State Sovereignty: International Law and Politics (2020), and Cosmopolitanism, State Sovereignty and International Law and Politics: A Theory (2023)—I analyze…

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The Borders We Share: Ruritania’s Crown, Falklands/Malvinas’ Winds (Post 13.1)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 3—Islands and Waters (Posts 13–18) Post #13.1: Ruritania’s Crown, Falklands/Malvinas’ Winds: Forging Lasting Peace: Solutions for the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and Ruritania’s Crown An eclectic assembly The fire in 221B Baker Street burned steadily, its warm light pushing back the fog that draped London’s streets like a shroud. The…

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The Borders We Share: Ruritania’s Crown, Falklands/Malvinas’ Winds (Post 13)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 3—Islands and Waters (Posts 13–18) Post #13: Ruritania’s Crown, Falklands/Malvinas’ Winds A parade of figures The fog clung to Baker Street, swirling around the gas lamps like a restless spirit. Inside 221B, the fire crackled, casting dancing shadows on walls lined with maps and relics from Sherlock Holmes’s many exploits. I, Dr.…

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2025 Juris North Roundtables and Annual Lecture

2025 Juris North Roundtables and Annual Lecture Who Knows the Law? How can you know how you ought legally to behave? The answer may seem simple: just look at the laws of your country. If a law requires some action, you legally ought to perform it. If a law forbids it, you legally ought not to perform it. And if no law either requires or forbids it, you neither ought nor ought not to do so. This…

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The Borders We Share: Taming the Sands—Six Tales of Oil, Dust, and Dignity (Section 2 Recap Post)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 2: Oil and Dust Disputes (Posts 7–12)Recap Post: Taming the Sands—Six Tales of Oil, Dust, and Dignity In a Nutshell Six weeks ago, we plunged into Section 2 of The Borders We Share, a journey through the grit and gleam of resource wars—oil slicks staining Laputa’s dunes, emeralds glinting in Oz’s seas, dust swirling over Erewhon’s…

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The Borders We Share: Ruritania’s Pride, Iraq’s Line (Post 12)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 2: Oil and Dust Disputes (Posts 7-12) Post #12: Ruritania’s Pride, Iraq’s Line: Dust Meets Dignity Ruritania’s Pride, Iraq’s Line In a realm where the wind hums with the echoes of ancient oaths, two nations lock horns over a land as coveted as it is scarred. Erewhon, with its stark mountains piercing the sky and its plains pulsing…

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Introduction to Law Series: Intersectionality and Multidimensionality

Intersectionality and Multidimensionality Introduction The frameworks of intersectionality, developed by Kimberlé Crenshaw, and multidimensionality, advanced by Jorge Emilio Núñez, provide critical tools for analyzing complex social, legal, and political phenomena. Crenshaw’s intersectionality examines how overlapping social identities—such as race, gender, and class—interact with power…

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The Borders We Share: Utopia’s Oil Dream, Nigeria’s Delta (Post 11)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 2: Oil and Dust Disputes (Posts 7-12) Post #11: Utopia’s Oil Dream, Nigeria’s Delta: Fairness Flows Utopia’s Oil Dream, Nigeria’s Delta In the radiant harbors of Thomas More’s Utopia, where golden sands kiss crystalline waves, oil wells hum beneath the sea, promising wealth to a land of shared ideals. Coastal Amaurotian fishers,…

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The Current World Situation: A Multidimensional Analysis and Evaluation

The Current World Situation: A Multidimensional Analysis and Evaluation Introduction In May 2025, the world grapples with interconnected crises—wars, territorial disputes, resource conflicts, and geopolitical rivalries—affecting 2 billion people in conflict zones (World Economic Forum, 2025). My multidimensional framework in Cosmopolitanism, State Sovereignty and International Law and Politics…

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The Borders We Share: Oz’s Emeralds, Gulf Oil (Post 10)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 2: Oil and Dust Disputes (Posts 7-12) Post #10: Oz’s Emeralds, Gulf Oil: Gems of the Deep Oz’s Emeralds, Gulf’s Oil Beneath the azure waves off Oz’s coast, where sunlight dances like liquid emerald, lie treasures that both sustain and sunder this enchanted land. Munchkin divers, their boats adorned with tribal runes, plunge into…

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The Borders We Share: Laputa’s Wells, Part II: The Entangled Price (Post 9)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 2: Oil and Dust Disputes (Posts 7-12) Post #9: Laputa’s Wells, Part II: The Entangled Price The Wells That Poison Laputa’s dunes, once a tapestry of golden trails trodden by Cimmeria’s nomads, now lie scarred by oil wells that gush black rivers, their flames flickering like false stars against a sandstorm-bruised sky. In Post #8,…

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Introduction to Law Series: Dworkin

Introduction to Law Series Ronald Dworkin’s Interpretative Theory of Law The question “What is law?” lies at the core of jurisprudence, prompting exploration into the nature, purpose, and operation of legal systems. In this third installment of our Introduction to Law Series, we examine the groundbreaking work of Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013), one of the most influential legal philosophers of the…

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The Borders We Share: Laputa’s Wells, Saudi Sands (Post 8)

The Borders We Share: A New Way to Fix a Broken World Section 2: Oil and Dust Disputes (Posts 7-12) Post #8: Laputa’s Wells, Saudi Sands: Oil Beyond One Flag The Wells That Bleed Beneath Laputa’s sun-scorched dunes, oil wells gush like dark veins, their flames dancing against a sky bruised by sandstorms. Here, the island’s fishers—kin to Cimmeria’s nomadic tribes—roam inland, their nets…

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The Kashmir Territorial Dispute: A Multidimensional Analysis

The Kashmir Territorial Dispute: A Multidimensional Analysis Introduction The Kashmir territorial dispute, a persistent sore since India and Pakistan’s 1947 partition, intertwines sovereignty, resource control, and identity, with the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 as a critical flashpoint. The Núñez 2023 framework, emphasizing plural agents (states, locals, diasporas), contexts (domestic,…

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Introduction to Law Series: What is Law? What is a Legal System?

Introduction to Law Series What is Law? What is a Legal System? The question “What is law?” is both foundational and profoundly complex, inviting exploration into the nature, purpose, and structure of legal systems. Similarly, “What is a legal system?” prompts inquiry into how laws are organized, enforced, and legitimized within societies. These questions lie at the heart of jurisprudence, the…