JURIST Guest Columnist Shubhankar Dam of the Singapore Management University School of Law says that in pursuit of their goals of judicial restoration and political change Pakistan's lawyers may at this stage be well-advised to reconsider the wisdom of boycotting both the courts and forthcoming elections… "In three words I can sum up everything I’ve [...]
The corruption trial of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was halted Wednesday when the Dhaka High Court ruled that she could not be tried by a special court established under state of emergency rules because the alleged crimes occurred before the national state of emergency was declared last January. Hasina was formally charged [...]
Opponents of a new anti-immigration measure in Farmers Branch, Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that the measure was not properly approved. The ordinance was passed by the Dallas suburb's City Council last month, but the suit alleges that it was approved in violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act because the City Council passed [...]
Michele Granda :"The New York State appeals court decision to recognize the valid legal marriage of Patricia Martinez and Lisa Ann Golden contrasts starkly with a recent decision of Rhode Island's Supreme Court on the same issue. Our Nation has faced marriage across state borders for over 200 years, and state-to-state marriage recognition questions are [...]
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Donald C. Winter, et al., United States District Court Central District of California, February 4, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Albert Snyder v. Fred W. Phelps, Sr., et al., US District Court for the District of Maryland, February 4, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Southeastern Federal Power Customers, Inc., v. Peter Green, Secretary of the United States Department of the Army, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, February 5, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Myanmar continues to arrest and detain human rights activists, denying them fair trials in accordance with international principles, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro said Tuesday. In a statement , Pinheiro also expressed concern about reports that some detainees were in failing health and urgent need of [...]
A federal court of appeals judge struck down a 2003 agreement between Georgia and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) allowing the state's use of a federal water reservoir. Judge Judith Rogers of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the agreement violates the Water Supply Act because [...]
Russian lawyer and government critic Boris Kuznetsov applied for political asylum in the US Tuesday. Kuznetsov fled Russia in July 2007 after a court approved a criminal investigation against him for allegedly divulging state wiretapping secrets by turning over evidence to the Russian Constitutional Court that his client, former parliamentarian Levon Chakhmakhchyan, had been wiretapped [...]
