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RETRACTION: 'Back-Alley Banking in China'

RETRACTION: 'Back-Alley Banking in China'

Andrew Morgan

January 15, 2015 04:24:07 pm

JURIST has retracted "Back-Alley Banking in China: the Next Financial Crisis" by Dr. Bashar Malkawi. The piece was originally published in our Academic Commentary section on 9 November 2013. On 7 January 2015, we were advised that the piece was...

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EXTRA: Stand Your Ground Laws and Implicit Bias

EXTRA: Stand Your Ground Laws and Implicit Bias

Andrew Morgan

October 16, 2014 03:18:40 pm

The United States Commission on Civil Rights invited Professor David A. Harris of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law to testify at the Commission's hearing on October 17, 2014. The subject of the hearing is Stand Your Ground...

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G-20 EXTRA ~ Australia PM Rudd on Economy and Climate Change

G-20 EXTRA ~ Australia PM Rudd on Economy and Climate Change

Andrew Morgan

September 30, 2009 06:17:00 pm

Andrew Morgan, Pitt Law '11, attended a lecture given by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 Summit...I'll be the first to admit that I don't know an awful lot about Australian politics. When I received...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

Learn more about Belva Lockwood.

British Labour Party founded

On February 15, 1906, the British Labour Party was organized. By the 1920's, Labour had surpassed the Liberal Party to become the primary opposition to the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Today, the government is controlled by Labour, headed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Read the Labour Party Rule Book.