A Cheese by Any Other Name: The Impact of Geographical Indications on International Agricultural Trade

By Dillon Lightfoot With United States (U.S.) agricultural exports reaching all-time highs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently reported $196 billion in agricultural exports for the fiscal year 2022, Geographical Indications (GIs) have become a major sticking… Read More

A Federalist Environment

How Federal Preemption Waivers Help States Push Forward Environmental Goals By Megan Geuss Energy efficiency is a meaningful and often-overlooked method for chipping away at carbon emissions. With a federal government currently hostile to reducing carbon emissions, some… Read More

The Brexit Breakdown

How a Recent Bill Passed by the UK House of Commons Has Upended Brexit Talks By Peyton Woodward Brexit has caused quite the stir in international legal news over the past four years. Shorthand for “British exit,” Brexit… Read More

Democracy Threatened: Judicial Independence Under Attack in Poland

Democracy Threatened: Judicial Independence Under Attack in Poland “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced… Read More

The Avtomat Kalashnikov Model of Year 1947

  Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the position of JLIA, Penn State Law, School of International Affairs, or Pennsylvania State University.   In examining… Read More