Most scholarship on rule of law promotion focuses on urban centers while largely ignoring rural areas. This is an oversight, because rule of law promoters face different obstacles to creating a rule of law culture in rural areas than in urban centers. Overlooking the unique challenges to rule of law promotion in rural areas can impede attempts to establish a nationwide rule of law culture in developing nations. Nowhere is this truer than in Afghanistan, where a historically wide gap between the center and periphery, combined with a population distribution that is three-quarters rural, makes the differences between rule of law promotion in rural and urban areas particularly relevant.This Note will examine the … Read More

From everywhere around the world, they are coming to America,1 hoping to compete in intercollegiate athletics. Prospective student-athletes from the world over flock to the United States not only to obtain a college diploma but to take advantage of the opportunities for athletic competition and scholarships. There are more than 380,000 student-athletes currently competing in a variety of sports at the collegiate level in the United States.2 Each year, approximately 3,000 international student-athletes3 (ISAs) join the National Collegiate Athletic Association4 (NCAA) Division I (DI) member institution teams.5 The increased pressure placed upon coaches to produce winning programs, coupled with the desire to … Read More