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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 27 January 2018
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 27 January 2018
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January 27, 2018 12:00:08 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A group of five UN Human Right's experts on Friday asked Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. The experts are concerned with a...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 27 January 2018
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January 27, 2018 12:00:04 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest Thursday on behalf of two conservative student groups at the University of California, Berkeley who are suing...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 20 January 2018
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January 20, 2018 12:00:07 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Ukraine parliament (Verkhovna Rada) passed a bill Thursday that recognizes regions currently under Russia-backed separatist control as "occupied" and supports retrieving those areas through political and diplomatic...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 20 January 2018
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January 20, 2018 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Trump v. Members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit lawmakers from paying settlements...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 13 January 2018
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January 13, 2018 12:00:10 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Luxembourg Court of Cassation on Thursday reversed the conviction of "LuxLeaks" whistleblower Antoine Deltour who had leaked thousands of documents revealing tax breaks for major companies. ...

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January 13, 2018 12:00:04 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 6 January 2018
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January 6, 2018 12:00:06 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Oslo District Court ruled Thursday that the government may allow Arctic drilling. The ruling...

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January 6, 2018 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. US Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke on Thursday announced plans to make much of the US coast available for potential...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 30 December 2017
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December 30, 2017 12:00:06 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A group of UN human rights experts denounced on Thursday the grant of pardon to former Peru President Alberto Fujimori, calling it a "'slap in the face' to victims...

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Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge on Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court on Friday ruled that those challenging the state's 2011 congressional map in League of Women Voters v. The Court...

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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.

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