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Rights group releases 2012 freedom report
Human rights group Freedom House released a report on Wednesday detailing the state of democracy in the world. The report tracks improvements and declines in the levels of democracy in governments. While Freedom House reports that 26 countries exp (More) |
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Ukrainian National Referendum: Direct Democracy or Constitutional Abuse?
JURIST Guest Columnist Maksym Popovych, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, discusses the Ukrainian National Referendum Law and decries it as a potentially unconstitutional law that threatens the democratic principle of checks and balances... (More) |
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Ukraine president approves law on national referendums
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday signed a law on conducting national referendums. Pursuant to the law, referendums can be used to approve altering the wording of the constitution, to amend the constitution and to repeal a law amendi (More) |
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Ukraine court again postpones Tymoshenko tax evasion trial
A Ukrainian Court on Tuesday rejected the defense's motion to suspend the tax evasion trial against former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] until her health is recovered but adjourned the trial to Nov (More) |
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Ukraine opposition demands recount of parliament elections result
Ukrainian opposition parties on Tuesday demanded the recount of votes from 13 districts that maintained power for President Viktor Yanukovich . The Batkivshchyna, the country's far-right nationalist party Svoboda and Ukrainian Democratic Alliance fo (More) |
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Former Ukraine PM released from prison, immigration status uncertain
Former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko was released from a US federal prison on Thursday and, according to a spokeswoman for US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , will go before an immigration judge to determine whether he can sta (More) |
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Former UK prisoner to sue government for denial of voting rights
A former prisoner began proceedings against the British government last week after Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would not comply with a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) requiring the government to remove its bla (More) |
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Council of Europe rules against Greece labor reform measures
The Council of Europe found Friday that two labor reforms adopted by Greece as part of wider efforts to curb the nation's financial crises were illegal. The Council's non-binding ruling concerned two measures passed by the Greek government in 2010 (More) |
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Ukraine ex-PM trial delayed again due to health
A tax evasion hearing for former Ukraine prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] was delayed Monday again due to Tymoshenko's health. Tymoshenko's lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko, requested the trial be postponed before cou (More) |
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UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violates human rights
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday condemned a draft law that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said that the bill would be open to abuse and that it violates human rights and Ukraine's co (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.
