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Supreme Court hears arguments on shipment of goods, habeas corpus
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Wednesday in two cases. In Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beloit Corporation [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the court h (More) |
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US transfers 2 Uighur Guantanamo detainees to Switzerland
Two Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to Switzerland on Wednesday. Switzerland granted humanitarian type B residence permits allowing the two to live in the canton of Jura. Both have agreed to respect Swiss laws, learn the local lang (More) |
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US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Georgia
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that three Guantanamo Bay detainees had been transferred to the country of Georgia . The transfer was approved by unanimous consent of the Guantanamo Review Task Force, an inter-agency group tha (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee accused in 9/11 attacks
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who had been accused of planning the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Mohamedou Ould Slahi , a Mauritanian who has been in US custody (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to reconsider Noriega extradition appeal
] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday declined to reconsider a petition filed by former Panamanian military leader General Manuel Noriega [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive] to stop his extradition to France on (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to rule on Guantanamo detainee transfer process
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday declined to rule in the case known as Kiyemba II, in which the court was asked to consider issues surrounding the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees. Lawyers for four Chinese (More) |
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UK MPs, rights groups call for torture inquiry
Human rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Liberty, and Reprieve on Monday joined with members of British parliament in calling for an inquiry into the UK role in torture and rendition during the war on terror. In an (More) |
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A Better Course: More on the Court-martial Alternative to Military Commissions
JURIST Contributing Editor Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.), a former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters and currently a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that no matter how much the military c (More) |
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Federal judge allows Rumsfeld torture suit to proceed
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday denied a motion to dismiss a torture suit brought against former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld by two American citizens captured while working in Iraq. Judge Wa (More) |
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White House revives military commission option for 9/11 trials: reports
White House advisers are considering recommending that accused 9/11 co-conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] be tried in a military court rather than through the civilian criminal justice system, according to Friday r (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.
