Kevin Scott : "The balance that needs to be struck on the use of testimony from anonymous witnesses at criminal trials is between the protection of witnesses and the need for a fair trial. In the UK, over half of all murder trials, particularly those involving organised crime or ethnic minority gang killings, have seen [...]
G. Eugene Martin : "I am encouraged by recent news of an agreement between the government of the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators but am somewhat skeptical that the underlying causes of the conflict have been fully addressed. The gap between the Philippine government and the Moro minority is extensive as each [...]
Florida House of Representatives Speaker Marco Rubio announced on Monday that the House will join the state of Florida in defending a challenge to a law requiring travel agencies booking flights to Cuba to post a bond ten times greater than that of other agencies. Proponents of the law state that it is in keeping [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Monday that a former Temple University sexual harassment policy was unconstitutionally broad and violated the freedom of expression of graduate student Christian DeJohn . DeJohn submitted his complaint against the university in February 2006, alleging that the school's policy had prevented him from expressing his [...]
Christian M. Dejohn v. Temple University, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, August 8, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Iraqi law makers Monday reached an agreement to temporarily divide control of Kirkuk among the city's ethnic groups, as part of a compromise bill providing for provincial elections in the city. Control of Kirkuk has been major point of contention, with Kurdish members of the country's parliament demanding a referendum allowing city residents to decide [...]
A judge for the Supreme Court of the Philippines Monday enjoined government agents from signing a peace agreement with rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) , which would have granted expanded boundaries to the country's southern Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) . The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) first [...]
JURIST] Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Sunday that the country will fully cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to find and arrest Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic , two war crimes suspects still wanted by the court after the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in July. Both men were Serbian leaders [...]
US Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have introduced a bill designed to establish a procedure for all habeas corpus petitions made by Guantanamo detainees. The Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 responds to recently raised concerns by US Attorney General Michael Mukasey , who recently stressed that in his view it [...]
JURIST and University of Pittsburgh School of Law Dean Mary Crossley invite JURIST readers in New York City to join us Friday, August 8 at 5 PM at The Paley Center (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio], 25 West 52nd St., for a reception held in conjunction with the American Bar Association's 2008 Annual [...]
