Jurist
DONATE NOW
  • News ▾
    • All Legal News
    • US Legal News
    • World Legal News
    • This Day @ Law
  • Dispatches ▾
    • All Dispatches
    • Afghanistan
    • Canada
    • EU
    • Ghana
    • India
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Myanmar
    • Pakistan
    • Peru
    • Romania
    • Sri Lanka
    • Taiwan
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • US
  • Commentary ▾
    • All Commentary
    • Faculty Commentary
    • Professional Commentary
    • Student Commentary
  • Features ▾
    • All Features
    • Explainers
    • Long Reads
    • Multimedia
    • Interviews
  • Topics
  • Rule of Law ▾
    • Materials
    • Podcasts
  • About ▾
    • FAQ
    • Staff
    • Awards
    • Apply
    • Journalist in Residence
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Donate ▾
    • Why Support JURIST?
    • Donate
    • Honor Roll
News UK police split on 42-day detention without charge as Commons vote looms
UK police split on 42-day detention without charge as Commons vote looms
Bernard Hibbitts
June 10, 2008 09:14:00 am

British law enforcement and security officials appear sharply split on the advisability of extending the detention without charge limit for terror suspects to 42 days in the run-up to a Wednesday vote on a contentious new...

READ MORE ▸
News Myanmar constitutional referendum continues in cyclone-devastated areas
Myanmar constitutional referendum continues in cyclone-devastated areas
Bernard Hibbitts
May 25, 2008 01:07:00 pm

Myanmar's military junta continued its controversial referendum on a draft constitution Saturday in areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis earlier this month that left some 130,000 people dead or missing according to the latest estimates. Voting...

READ MORE ▸
News Pakistan governing party unveils constitutional reforms, warns lawyers
Pakistan governing party unveils constitutional reforms, warns lawyers
Bernard Hibbitts
May 25, 2008 11:46:00 am

The leaders of Pakistan's governing Pakistan People's Party presented an anticipated 62-point constitutional amendment package at a news conference Saturday, saying it would be presented to the country's parliament by the end of June. The...

READ MORE ▸
News Pakistan party talks on restoring judges fail despite US intervention
Pakistan party talks on restoring judges fail despite US intervention
Bernard Hibbitts
May 11, 2008 07:52:00 pm

Talks between Pakistani party leaders meeting in London to discuss a parliamentary resolution to restore superior court judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf under his proclamation of emergency last November collapsed Sunday despite last-minute intervention by a US envoy...

READ MORE ▸
News DOJ Blackwater probe focused on guards, not company: AP
DOJ Blackwater probe focused on guards, not company: AP
Bernard Hibbitts
May 11, 2008 07:15:00 pm

Blackwater Worldwide is not likely to face criminal charges in connection with a September 16 shooting in Baghdad in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed, AP reported Saturday, citing a half-dozen individuals closely associated with a US...

READ MORE ▸
News Stevens suggests Derby horse euthanized more humanely than prisoners
Stevens suggests Derby horse euthanized more humanely than prisoners
Bernard Hibbitts
May 11, 2008 06:25:00 pm

US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens suggested to a gathering of lawyers and judges Friday in Tennessee that the Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles may have been euthanized more humanely than some prisoners. The Chattanooga Times...

READ MORE ▸
News Top Pentagon legal adviser disqualified from Guantanamo trial: NYT
Top Pentagon legal adviser disqualified from Guantanamo trial: NYT
Bernard Hibbitts
May 10, 2008 08:28:00 pm

A US military judge has ruled that US Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann , a top Pentagon legal adviser on the Guantanamo military commission trials, is ineligible to participate in the first military commission...

READ MORE ▸
News Pakistan facing uncertainty as second deadline for restoring judges approaches
Pakistan facing uncertainty as second deadline for restoring judges approaches
Bernard Hibbitts
May 10, 2008 06:00:00 pm

Pakistani ministers and officials scrambled Sunday as a second deadline for restoring judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf in November loomed with little prospect of being met. An aide to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has pressed hard...

READ MORE ▸
News Myanmar holds constitution referendum amid cyclone chaos
Myanmar holds constitution referendum amid cyclone chaos
Bernard Hibbitts
May 10, 2008 04:36:00 pm

The military junta of Myanmar held a national referendum on a draft constitution Saturday despite sharp international criticism for going ahead with the poll after a devastating cyclone last weekend left at least 60,000...

READ MORE ▸
News Peru prosecutors complain Fujimori showing ‘lack of respect’ in rights trial
Peru prosecutors complain Fujimori showing ‘lack of respect’ in rights trial
Bernard Hibbitts
May 10, 2008 12:49:00 pm

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , currently on trial for human rights violations during his three terms in office from 1990-2000, is showing lack of respect for the court and the trial process by his...

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. ...
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. ...
  10. Older
  11. Oldest
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest DISPATCHES
Dispatches

Dispatches

Peru dispatch: protesters demand new elections as death toll from political violence surges under newly sworn-in president

Peru dispatch: protesters demand new elections as death toll from political violence surges under newly sworn-in president

Latest COMMENTARY
comments 1

comments 1

by justia.admin
Post september 4

Post september 4

by Anonymous
Latest FEATURES
My features post

My features post

Features 4

Features 4

THIS DAY @ LAW

Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

Jurist
Home Attributions Disclaimer Privacy Policy Contact Us
Copyright © 2026, JURIST Legal News & Research Services, Inc.
JURISTnews is a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh