JURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Hu of Duke University School of Law says that the recently enacted state-level immigration laws go against long-held American ideals and cultural values, which were exemplified in the World War II-era film Casablanca…
JURIST Guest Columnist Bruce Aronson of Creighton University School of Law says that recent corporate scandals in Japan highlight the need for the reform of that country’s corporate governance structure, just as the Enron case did in the US…
The Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday allowing former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country despite accusations of corruption and electoral fraud. The court ruled 8 – 5 against government-imposed travel restrictions that started in August. Arroyo argued that she needs to travel abroad for medical treatment, unavailable in the Philippines, [...]
Six accused Somali pirates went on trial in Paris Tuesday on charges of hijacking, kidnapping and armed robbery in connection with a 2008 attack on a yacht. Then men are accused of capturing the Carre-d’As IV in the Gulf of Aden and holding a French couple hostage for two weeks, allegedly demanded a ransom of [...]
The state of Louisiana on Monday filed suit directly with the US Supreme Court arguing that undocumented immigrants should not be counted in the US census for the purpose of determining seats in the US House of Representatives . The state alleges that it was put at a disadvantage when population totals were determined and [...]
The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) will hold a symbolic four-day war crimes trial against former US president George W. Bush, former UK prime minister Tony Blair and other former US officials on charges in connection to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. The trial, set to begin Saturday, will be adjudicated [...]
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday that, while she is personally opposed to same-sex marriage , the decision should be left to parliamentary vote . Gillard called on the Australian Labor Party to back her adamant position that the institution of marriage has a particular meaning and should remain unchanged: Many will ask, what [...]
The Brazilian government on Monday granted citizenship for the first time to a foreigner based on his same-sex marriage . Spaniard Antonio Vega Herrera will become a Brazilian citizen due to his marriage with his Brazilian partner, according to the country’s Federal Register . The news comes a month after Brazil’s High Court of Justice [...]
The Scottish Human Rights Commission on Monday condemned plans for a UK Bill of Rights . The Bill of Rights would replace the UK Human Rights Act , but Commission leader Alan Miller said the new legislation would weaken civil liberties rather than protect them. Instead, he argued, the UK should adopt more international human [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist William Stanger, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2014, is a Staff Editor for the school’s Business Law Journal. Stanger writes about the shortcomings of corporate social responsibility and how government should play a larger role in regulating corporate efforts… On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling [...]
