Request for extradition of the Republic of Rwanda of SA agents and public defender, Supreme Court of Sweden, May 26, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. sweden hutu extradition ruling

Federation of Pakistan v. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, et al., Supreme Court of Pakistan, May 26, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Pakistan election ban ruling

Strauss, et al. v. Horton, et al., Supreme Court of California, May 26, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. California Proposition 8 ruling

Montejo v. Louisiana, US SC, May 26, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Montejo v Louisiana

Haywood v. Drown, et al. US Supreme Court, May 26, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Haywood v Drown, et al

US military lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad asked the Supreme Court of Afghanistan Monday to demand his release from the facility. The lawyers have petitioned the Afghan high court because the planned closure of Guantanamo has allegedly delayed the case in the US. Jawad's lawyers argue that his Guantanamo imprisonment is illegal because [...]

Representatives of the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) and the Law Council of Australia (LCA) said Monday that the Fijian government's plan to take over the issuance of legal licenses threatens to disrupt the rule of law in the country. In a decree issued Friday, the government of Fijian Prime Minister Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Wes Rist of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that recent passage by Spain's lower house of parliament of a non-binding resolution aimed at limiting the scope of the country's universal jurisdiction may not be a step backwards in international criminal law, but rather may signal the beginning of the [...]

The Russian State Duma passed a bill on Friday that would end the ability of the country's Constitutional Court  to select its president and double the length of the court president's term. The bill was approved in its third reading by a final vote of 352-57 . Under the legislative amendments , the president of the court [...]

Mongolia Democratic Party  presidential candidate Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj  on Monday defeated current president Nambar Enkhbayar in the country's general election. Educated in the US, Elbegborj ran on a platform of fighting corruption  and redistributing profits from the country's mining operations to Mongolian residents. Enkhbayar's Communist Party had originally refuted claims that Elbegdorj had won the election, but later accepted the results . Elbegdorj was briefly Prime [...]