JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law and Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2002 to 2005 says that in responding to post-electoral unrest Iran's Supreme Leader is utilizing a method employed by history's most notorious dictators… Events in Iran are tragically unfolding before our very [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday upheld Spain's ban of Basque political groups Batasuna and Herri Batasuna for their alleged ties to Basque separatist group ETA . In Herri Batasuna and Batasuna v. Spain , the ECHR considered the political groups' argument that Spain's organic laws (LOPP) , banning the Batasuna political [...]
California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles, Environmental Protection Agency, June 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on actions [...]
Sheehan, et al. v. Franken, Minnesota Supreme Court, June 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on controversial senate races.
Lisbon Treaty ruling, German Constitutional Court, June 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on issues surrounding the Lisbon Treaty.
The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the 2005 war crimes conviction of a Dutch businessman convicted of selling chemicals used by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to create chemical weapons. Frans Van Anraat was convicted of selling 1,100 tons of thiodiglycol (TDG) to the Iraqi government in the 1980s, which was used to produce [...]
LJN: BG4822, Hoge Raad, 07/10742, Netherlands Supreme Court, June 30, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/06/epa-grants-california-request-to.php">here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Frans Van Anraat.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday granted permission to California to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standards. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that "the decision puts law and science first," and reinforces an automaker-backed agreement on tighter national vehicle emissions standards announced last month by US President Barack Obama . Referring to the [...]
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's 2008 US Senate race over incumbent opponent Norm Coleman . In an unanimous ruling, the court affirmed the April decision by the Minnesota State Court for the Second District , resolving the seven-month dispute. Both candidates had brought claims before [...]
A panel for Spain's National Court on Tuesday ordered an end to the investigation of alleged crimes against humanity committed by Israel in a 2002 attack on the Gaza Strip . The court reversed a May order by judge Fernando Andreu to continue the investigation despite legal challenges. The court sided with prosecutors who argued [...]
