Thailand’s military government on Monday appointed a committee to write a new constitution after a previous draft was rejected last month. The committee, which consists of 21 members, will begin work on a new draft on Tuesday that must be finished in 180 days. The draft will then go to the legislature for approval before [...]
The Judicial Council of Ghana on Monday announced the suspension of seven high court judges following corruption allegations by an investigative journalist. The decision was based on video footage collected in a nationwide investigation conducted by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the leading journalist on uncovering corruption in the judiciary, which showed more than 180 judges and [...]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that EU user data transferred to the US by various technology companies is not sufficiently protected. The case was brought by Austrian Max Schrems who argued that US law does not provide sufficient protection against the surveillance of data transferred to US servers. The ruling invalidates the [...]
California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation that provides terminally ill patients the right to die. Brown stated, “he crux of the matter is whether the State of California should continue to make it a crime for a dying person to end his life, no matter how great his pain or suffering.” The bill [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday on two cases. In Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore , the court heard arguments regarding the role of spouses as guarantors in credit applications. In this case, Community Bank of Raymore asked for a guaranty to support the creditworthiness of PHC, a development company, and its [...]
A dozen Pacific Rim nations, including the US, on Monday announced that they have agreed to a historic regional trade pact that links 40 percent of the global economy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the largest such accord in history, will provide uty-free trade on most goods while reducing tariffs on others. This will eliminate many [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the US Department of Justice in the case of two former hedge fund traders whose insider trading convictions were overturned by a lower court in December. The traders, Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson, were convicted in May 2013 on charges of “conspiracy to commit insider [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Law discusses the European refugee crisis… This commentary explores actions lawyers can take to hold signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention accountable for protecting refugee and asylum seekers within or at their borders. The 1951 Refugee Convention defines a refugee as “someone [...]
California Governor Jerry Brown , on Saturday signed a new bill that is meant to protect minorities from racial profiling and excessive use of force by police. The “Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015” was introduced by Assembly Member Shirley Weber requires “ach state and local agency that employs peace officers annually report to [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called Saturday for a “swift, full and transparent investigation” into airstrikes that hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Kunduz, Afghanistan, over the weekend. The bombing, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, killed 12 clinic workers and 10 patients and seriously injured 34 people, 19 [...]
