Mongerson v. Mongerson, Supreme Court of Georgia, June 15, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Mongerson v Mongerson

The Council of the European Union and the US jointly released a statement Monday outlining the terms of agreement for EU countries planning to accept Guantanamo Bay detainees. Affirming that the US is primarily responsible for the closure of the detention facility and finding residences for former detainees, the EU welcomed recent actions taken by [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a challenge to the construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border . The Court denied certiorari in County of El Paso, Texas v. Napolitano , in which it was asked to consider whether the grant of authority to the secretary of the Department of Homeland [...]

Former spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Florence Hartmann went on trial Monday to face accusations of contempt for allegedly publishing details of tribunal proceedings. Hartmann is specifically charged with contempt of the tribunal in violation of procedural Rule 77(A)(ii) for "knowingly and willingly disclosing information in knowing violation of [...]

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled Monday that former Khmer Rogue leader Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," has been detained unlawfully for the past 10 years, but denied a defense request for his release. The defense had requested the release for the duration of his trial in light [...]

The US Supreme Court issued opinions in two cases Monday. The Court ruled 7-2 in Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez that a municipal tax that falls exclusively on large vessels in the city’s harbor violates the Tonnage Clause (Art 1 § 10 cl 3) of the US Constitution . The city of Valdez, Alaska, [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa , the Court will decide on the requirements for discharging student loan debt via bankruptcy proceedings. Specifically at issue is whether such a bankruptcy discharge can be obtained without proving "undue hardship" as required by 11 [...]

The government of Yemen denied Sunday that it had reached an agreement with the US to transfer nearly 100 Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation. According to a statement from the Yemen Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Yemeni government is still negotiating with the US to return the detainees to Yemen . [...]

Prominent Vietnamese pro-democracy lawyer Le Cong Dinh was arrested Saturday by Vietnam forces for allegedly conspiring against the government, according to state media. Dinh was charged with "colluding with foreign reactionaries to sabotage the Vietnamese State," in violation of Article 88 of the Vietnamese penal code, for the alleged distribution of anti-government documents. The penal [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the closest precedent to the Israeli position on the Gaza war is justification, an international law doctrine that has been a dead letter since the end of World War II and the adoption of the Fourth Geneva Convention… I've been invited to [...]