Morial Shah

Georgetown University Law Center, Law School, Post-Doc

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Attorney (NY) | Assistant Professor, Law, IBA Karachi | Columbia Law School (LL.M.), University of Cambridge (BA (Hons) Law & MA, Cantab.), Georgetown School of Foreign Service (BSFS, International Politics & Security).

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Ethical Standards for International Human Rights Lawyers [Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (2019)]

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 2019

This Article explores analyzes shortcomings in ethical codes governing international human rights... more This Article explores analyzes shortcomings in ethical codes governing international human rights lawyers and proposes an alternate regime. International human rights lawyers face unique challenges related to client identity, victimhood narratives, and varying cultural practices. Existing juris-dictional codes, institutional guidelines, and rules of special tribunals inadequately address such challenges. More broadly, solutions in the literature fail to sufficiently address problems related to client identity and competing cultural norms. This Article presents a regime that builds on existing codes and develops minimum standards for international human rights lawyers.

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Negotiation and Women's Voices [Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Journal (2020)]

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Journal, 2020

Forthcoming in May 2020

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Genetic Warfare: Super Humans and the Law [Science and Intellectual Property Law Review (2019)]

NCCU Science and Intellectual Property Law Review, 2019

Advancements in gene technology may soon make possible Captain America-like super soldiers, albei... more Advancements in gene technology may soon make possible Captain America-like super soldiers, albeit not soldiers necessarily using their powers for the ‘greater good.’ Existing legal regimes inadequately address challenges emerging from using genetic technology for military purposes. This paper provides an overview of existing international laws and conventions, examines U.S. programs on new military technologies, engages with ethical issues and provides recommendations for the way forward.

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Book Chapters by Morial Shah

Covid-19 and Commercial Contracts: Primer for Pakistani Businesses [IBA Business Review COVID-19 E-Book (2020)]

IBA Business Review, COVID-19 Short Notes E-Book Volume 3, 2020

Globally, the spread of COVID-19 is causing shutdowns and delays. With several countries and near... more Globally, the spread of COVID-19 is causing shutdowns and delays. With several countries and nearly all Pakistani provinces under virtual lockdown, Pakistani businesses should be concerned about COVID-19’s impact on their commercial contracts. Contracts related to the shipping, transportation, construction, tourism, textiles, chemicals, automobiles, energy, as well as those in other industrial sectors may be impacted. Considering general uncertainty about COVID- 19’s impact on businesses, it is important to examine options available to Pakistani contract parties. This note provides a broad overview of available strategies and remedies.

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Conference Papers and Presentations by Morial Shah

Pakistani State, Society, Economy and Democracy in Transition

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Regional Interdependencies of Democratization in Asia 2017-2018, South Korea Conference, 2018

Genetics and Law

NCCU Law Spring 2019 Symposium , 2019

Thesis Chapters by Morial Shah

Karo Kari (Honour Killings): Crime and Justice, University of Cambridge, Dissertation, Law Tripos

Op-eds & News Features by Morial Shah

A plea from Pakistan's Sindh

The Diplomat

SEZs 2.0

The News International, 2019

Covid-19: Pakistan Policy Focus

The News International, 2020

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/639004-covid-19-policy-focus

Annexations and the ICJ

The News International, 2019

Drowning Under Curfew

The News International, 2019

No Magic (SEZs)

Express Tribune, 2018

Electioneering 2018

Friday Times, 2018

Benazir: a decade on

The News International, 2017

Benazir of Song and Story

The News International, 2018

Healing Sindh

Dawn, 2014

Unlawful Aggression

Express Tribune, 2019

Words and Violence

Express Tribune, 2017

Forever Qaim

Express Tribune, 2016

Ethical Standards for International Human Rights Lawyers [Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (2019)]

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 2019

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Negotiation and Women's Voices [Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Journal (2020)]

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Journal, 2020

Forthcoming in May 2020

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Genetic Warfare: Super Humans and the Law [Science and Intellectual Property Law Review (2019)]

NCCU Science and Intellectual Property Law Review, 2019

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Covid-19 and Commercial Contracts: Primer for Pakistani Businesses [IBA Business Review COVID-19 E-Book (2020)]

IBA Business Review, COVID-19 Short Notes E-Book Volume 3, 2020

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Pakistani State, Society, Economy and Democracy in Transition

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Regional Interdependencies of Democratization in Asia 2017-2018, South Korea Conference, 2018

Genetics and Law

NCCU Law Spring 2019 Symposium , 2019

Karo Kari (Honour Killings): Crime and Justice, University of Cambridge, Dissertation, Law Tripos

A plea from Pakistan's Sindh

The Diplomat

SEZs 2.0

The News International, 2019

Covid-19: Pakistan Policy Focus

The News International, 2020

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/639004-covid-19-policy-focus

Annexations and the ICJ

The News International, 2019

Drowning Under Curfew

The News International, 2019

No Magic (SEZs)

Express Tribune, 2018

Electioneering 2018

Friday Times, 2018

Benazir: a decade on

The News International, 2017

Benazir of Song and Story

The News International, 2018

Healing Sindh

Dawn, 2014

Unlawful Aggression

Express Tribune, 2019

Words and Violence

Express Tribune, 2017

Forever Qaim

Express Tribune, 2016

For want of grace

The News, 2016

Pakistan's Floods: Perspective from Badin

Express Tribune, 2012

Change in Pakistani Law on Rape, 2002-2006

Swathmore College Global Database, 2011

eBook Short Notes on the Economy during the COVID-19 Crisis. VoL-III

Social Science Research Network, 2020

This eBook is an effort for extraordinary times. COVID-19 has already spread and still spreading ... more This eBook is an effort for extraordinary times. COVID-19 has already spread and still spreading human woes around the globe. The loss and damage to the human life, the economic impact, emotional and psychological burden, losses in businesses and many other impacts are unknowable. The objects of this eBook are: to provide policy advise on upcoming global recession, to measure the impact on trade, to examine and to provide analysis of emotional and psychological burden on households and society, commentary and suggestive measures for monetary and fiscal policy; and even much more. We are living in exceptionally difficult times with too much uncertainty—even once this pandemic is gone the pains, sufferings and losses will remain for a longer period of time. <br><br><br>

Negotiation: Women's Voices

Social Science Research Network, Jan 8, 2018

Ethical Standards for International Human Rights Lawyers

Social Science Research Network, Apr 21, 2019

Genetic Warfare: Super Humans and the Law

Social Science Research Network, Apr 27, 2018

"We are no longer living in a time when we can say we either want to enhance or we don't. We are ... more "We are no longer living in a time when we can say we either want to enhance or we don't. We are already living in an age of enhancement." Nicholas Agar, Victoria University INTRODUCTION Many of us are familiar with the Captain America story: fictional Steve Rogers was too frail to join the US Army during the Second World War. The military rejected Rogers because of his physical weaknesses. Rogers tried to enlist again. This time, he volunteered for a military super soldier experiment. With the help of genetic modification, Rogers became stronger, taller and invincible. With his enhanced endurance, strength and invulnerability, Rogers fast became an asset for the US military. Advancements in genetic technologies are rapidly blurring the boundary between fact and fiction. New technologies may soon make possible genetically engineered super soldiers, similar to Captain America. Legal and ethical questions concerning human enhancement technology arise. Every technology we develop carries potential for great good or harm. But the question of whether we can or should effectively stop that technology from being used for hostile purposes or armed conflict remains moot. With genetic technology in particular, in the world post-Human Genome Project, where Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) technology makes genome editing faster, cheaper and more efficient, questions about human enhancement abound, and the line between human enhancement and therapy blurs. The same technology that can help cure diseases, can also help prevent muscle breakdown, enabling soldiers to run faster. Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is also developing methods to make soldiers more emotionally resilient and less prone to post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). 1 Super soldiers may soon become "efficient killing machines" with altered capacity for emotion and strength superior to that possessed by other humans. 2 In terrorist hands, this technology could prove

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Negotiation: Women’s Voices

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, 2020

Gender shapes the we communicate. Using legal theory, case studies and intercultural analysis, th... more Gender shapes the we communicate. Using legal theory, case studies and intercultural analysis, this paper explores the way women’s self-identity interacts with negotiation processes and outcomes. Part I examines social, psychological, cultural and political factors shaping women’s identity, voice and participation in negotiations. Part II explores the way women’s view of themselves impacts their participation in negotiations. Lastly, Part III studies the impact of formal training on gender-based differences in negotiations. Through investigating gender’s impact on negotiations, this paper finds that gender and context interact with negotiation process and outcomes. Through gaining more insight on gender’s context-specific impact, to their negotiation processes

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eBook Short Notes on the Economy during the COVID-19 Crisis. Vol-1

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020

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