Articles in Persuasive Authorities
By Faisal Kutty
The long awaited report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 is finally out today.
Confirming what many security experts have believed …
By Faisal Kutty
The top Sunni Muslim cleric and legal scholar Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy died of a heart attack on Wednesday (March 10, 2010) in Saudi Arabia.
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, one of the leading …
By Faisal Kutty
A new study just published in the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice confirms what many of us have known for years.
The study by two sociologists suggests that the …
By Faisal Kutty
The second issue of Prism Magazine is now available online. The not-for-profit journal launched last month by Maher Arar describes itself as a “security practices monitor”.
The journal has an impressive list …
By Faisal Kutty
Two recent studies conclude that a judge’s race or gender makes for a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear—at least for cases in which race and gender are factors. …
By Faisal Kutty
Kudos to the Toronto Star for last week’s in-depth expose on racial profiling by the Toronto police. While officials have routinely denied that they use racial profiling, critics have …
By Faisal Kutty
I had the honor of spending a few days last week with a number of constitutional scholars at the International Association of Law Schools conference on Constitutional …






