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 Pentagon releases military commissions manual
Pentagon releases military commissions manual
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 28, 2010 11:03:00 am

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday released a manual for military commission procedures under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 . The manual establishes the rules of evidence and...

READ MORE ▸
News Supreme Court rules on religious display on public land
Supreme Court rules on religious display on public land
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 28, 2010 10:43:59 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Salazar v. Buono that the lower courts were wrong to ban government from transferring public land containing a religious...

READ MORE ▸
News Canada parliament can demand uncensored detainee documents from government
Canada parliament can demand uncensored detainee documents from government
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 28, 2010 10:36:50 am

Canadian House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken ruled Tuesday that members of Parliament have the right to seek uncensored Afghan detainee documents from the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper . The historic ruling...

READ MORE ▸
News Supreme Court rules on religious display on public land
Supreme Court rules on religious display on public land
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 28, 2010 10:07:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Salazar v. Buono that the lower courts were wrong to ban government from transferring public land containing a religious...

READ MORE ▸
News Canada parliament can demand uncensored detainee documents from government
Canada parliament can demand uncensored detainee documents from government
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 28, 2010 08:42:00 am

Canadian House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken ruled Tuesday that members of Parliament have the right to seek uncensored Afghan detainee documents from the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper . The historic ruling...

READ MORE ▸
News France judge orders Noriega to remain in custody pending trial
France judge orders Noriega to remain in custody pending trial
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 27, 2010 04:29:50 pm

A French judge ruled Tuesday that former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega must remain in custody until his trial on money laundering charges. Noriega arrived in France Tuesday morning after being extradited [JURIST...

READ MORE ▸
News France judge orders Noriega to remain in custody pending trial
France judge orders Noriega to remain in custody pending trial
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 27, 2010 04:25:00 pm

A French judge ruled Tuesday that former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega must remain in custody until his trial on money laundering charges. Noriega arrived in France Tuesday morning after being extradited ...

READ MORE ▸
News Supreme Court hears arguments on genetically modified crop injunction
Supreme Court hears arguments on genetically modified crop injunction
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 27, 2010 04:03:34 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms on what conditions must be met to obtain...

READ MORE ▸
News Lawyers for Congo rebel leader Bemba argue legality of charges
Lawyers for Congo rebel leader Bemba argue legality of charges
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 27, 2010 03:41:33 pm

Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday that charges against their client should be dropped. His lawyers argued...

READ MORE ▸
News Supreme Court hears arguments on genetically modified crop injunction
Supreme Court hears arguments on genetically modified crop injunction
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 27, 2010 03:32:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms on what conditions must be met to obtain...

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. ...
  4. 77
  5. 78
  6. 79
  7. 80
  8. 81
  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

Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby

On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.

Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality.

Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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