The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-3 in Armour v. Indianapolis that a tax amnesty program did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment rights of those citizens who had already paid the taxes in full. The case involved an Indianapolis tax scheme that was changed mid-project such that several residents were forgiven the remainder of [...]
The Federal Arbitration Court in Tyumen on Monday ordered a new hearing in a lower court in a lawsuit against British Petroleum (BP) . The suit was brought by minority shareholders in BP’s Russian venture, TNK-BP, alleging that the venture suffered financial losses because of its exclusion in the deal between BP and Rosneft last [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Reichle v. Howards that two secret service agents are entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging retaliatory arrest. The petitioners are two Secret Service agents who arrested the respondent, Steven Howards, following an encounter with then-US vice president Dick Cheney. Petitioners had probable cause to arrest [...]
Chinese authorities on Monday detained hundreds of activists in Beijing marking the twenty-third anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The arrests came a day after the US urged China to free Tiananmen Square activists who are still in detention. The US also has called on China Sunday to ensure the universal human rights of its [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Chibli Mallat of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah says that the revolutionary organizations in Egypt should commit to a common political platform in order to undermine the current counterrevolutionary tendencies of the Egyptian government…
JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Qandeel, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the tenth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She explores the realities of Palestinian income tax laws in theory and practice… In the past, [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Bailey v. United States to determine whether police officers may lawfully detain individuals incident to a search warrant when those individuals have left the premises before the search warrant could be executed. The defendant has argued that the detention, which occurred after he drove one mile away [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Rwanda to stop assisting an accused war criminal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) . General Bosco Ntaganda is wanted by the ICC for recruiting and using children as soldiers. HRW revealed after field research that Rwanda allowed [...]
Former Mongolian president Nambar Enkhbayar went on trial for corruption charges on Monday. Enkhbayar was arrested in April and charged with corruption and abuse of power during his time as president until 2009. Enkhbayar told reporters that he believed his trial was politically motivated in order to affect his chances in the upcoming election on [...]
The Supreme Court of Libya on Sunday agreed to rule on a controversial law that criminalizes and punishes speech and propaganda endangering the security of the state or glorifying former leader Muammar Gaddafi . The law prohibits speech and other expression that would interfere with “military efforts to defend the country, terrorizes people, or weakens [...]
