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The Silver Lining in the International Harmonization of Food Standards
JURIST Guest Columnist Mirriam Kutha is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Arkansas School of Law, where she is specializing in agricultural and food law. Here she discusses the benefits of international harmonization of food trade standards...I (More) |
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Brazil high court legalizes abortion of brain-damaged fetuses
The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 8-2 to overturn the ban against abortion of brain-damaged (anencephalic fetuses). Currently, Brazil criminalizes abortion with the narrow exceptions of cases in which pregnancy threatens the mother's (More) |
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Realities and Priorities of Portugal's Debt Management, Pt. IV
JURIST Associate Editor Yuriy Vilner is a member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013 and an LL.M. Candidate at the Católica Global School of Law, a Lisbon-based faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal. In the final (More) |
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Brazil prosecutor files second lawsuit against Chevron for oil spills
A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Tuesday filed a second $11 billion lawsuit against Chevron after the company reported a new leak in its Frade oil field in the Campos Basin. Eduardo Santos de Oliviera filed the first lawsuit after a 2,400 barrel o (More) |
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Brazil prosecutor charges oil companies with environmental crimes
A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Thursday filed criminal charges against Chevron, Transocean Limited and 17 executives in relation to an oil spill that occurred late last year. The indictment charges the companies and a number of their executive o (More) |
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Brazil to bring first charges for crimes committed under dictatorship
Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday announced plans to charge a retired colonel for his actions during a military dictatorship that ended more than 25 years ago. The colonel, Sebastiao Curio Rodrigues de Moura ("Curio") was considered to be a ruthles (More) |
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Latest US Sanctions Reflect Ongoing Tensions With Iran
JURIST Guest Columnist Sasan Fayazmanesh, Professor Emeritus of Economics at California State University, Fresno, says that President Obama's latest sanctions against Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program are part of an escalating trend in US (More) |
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Prosecuting the Political Crimes of Brazil's Military Dictatorship
JURIST Guest Columnist Caio Abramo, LL.M. candidate at the Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance at the University of Utrecht, is currently doing preliminary studies in international public law. He discusses Brazil's obligation to prosecut (More) |
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Chevron officials to face criminal charges in Brazil for oil spill: report
Brazil prosecutors plan to file criminal charges, in addition to the $11 billion civil suit, against Chevron officials for the 2,400 barrel oil spill off the coast of Brazil in the Campos Basin in November. Brazilian officials state that Chevron a (More) |
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Belo Monte: The Legal Waters Continue to Roil
JURIST Guest Columnist David Cassuto of Pace Law School says the Belo Monte project that has been embroiled in litigation for decades has gained momentum and even a sense of inevitability despite widespread protests and threats of violence from the i (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
