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Guantanamo detainee to be repatriated to Yemen after judge orders release
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini, who will now be transferred to his homeland of Yemen , despite the Obama administration's ban on repatriation to the Arab nation. In January, the administr (More) |
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PITTSBURGH: Terrorism and the Law
Kristine Long, Jurist Student Staff Association (JSSA) President, Pitt Law '11, attended the First Annual JSSA Debate... The first debate hosted by the JURIST Student Staff Association concerned the heated topics of terrorism and national security. (More) |
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Supreme Court rules on Carmack Amendment for overseas shipment of goods
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ruled 6-3 in Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beloit Corporation that the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 does not apply to a shipment that originated o (More) |
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Saudi Arabia official reports 25 recidivism cases among ex-Guantanamo inmates
A senior Saudi official said Saturday that 25 former Guantanamo Bay detainees have rejoined Islamic extremist groups after going through a rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia aimed at decreasing religious radicalism within the country. Abdulrahm (More) |
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Federal judge orders ex-Guantanamo detainee subject to strip searches
A ruling was released Thursday by Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) denying a request from former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive] to be exem (More) |
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Deputy AG nominee criticized on Obama administration terrorism approach
The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday held a hearing [materials; video] to consider the nomination of James Cole for deputy attorney general. Republican members of the committee used the hearing to offer criticism of the Obama administrati (More) |
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Rights groups file legal complaint over CIA interrogation experiments
Several human rights and civil liberties groups on Wednesday filed a formal complaint with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) calling for an official investigation into a recent report alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency ( (More) |
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DC Circuit denies Guantanamo detainee habeas petition
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Guantanamo Bay detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, allowing for continued incarceration of the Yemeni national by the U (More) |
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Rights group claims medical personnel aided CIA in interrogation experiments
Medical personnel present as part of the Bush administration's enhanced interrogations were collecting and analyzing data in order to develop more effective interrogation procedures, according to a report released Monday by the advocacy group (More) |
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ACLU renews calls for Bush-era detainee 'torture' investigation
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday called on the Obama administration to stop shielding Bush administration officials from civil suit and criminal prosecution in relation to the treatment of detainees in US custody. The organizat (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
