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The Right to an Interpreter for Criminal Defendants with Limited English
JURIST Guest Columnist Iryna Dasevich is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has interned in the police department and the district court in Turnopil, Ukraine. Here Dasevich discusses the need for interpreters in the (More) |
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Upholding Arbitration Agreements in Ukraine: A Long Way to Go?
JURIST Guest Columnist Dmytro Vorobey is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has interned at the district prosecutor's office and the district court in Novomoskovk, Ukraine. Here Vorobey provides a critique of Ukrain (More) |
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Ukraine court sentences former defense minister for abuse of power
The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv on Thursday sentenced former acting defense minister Valeriy Ivaschenko to five years in prison and banned him from holding public office for three years after convicting him on abuse of power charges. Ivashenko (More) |
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Negotiations toward an EU-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Dmytro Vorobey is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has interned at the district prosecutor's office and the district court in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine. In the second entry of a 14-part series f (More) |
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Criminal Justice in the Ukraine: From Inquisition to Fair Competition
JURIST Guest Columnist Iryna Dasevich is a LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has interned in the police department and the district court in Turnopil, Ukraine. In the first entry of a 14-part series from the LL.M. stu (More) |
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Former Ukraine PM allowed to receive medical treatment outside of jail
Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General on Monday granted a request for former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] to receive medical treatment outside of the jail in which she is being imprisoned. (More) |
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Convicted Nazi guard Demjanjuk dies at 91
John Demjanjuk , a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp, died in a nursing home Saturday at the age of 91. Demjanjuk, who was born in Ukraine and later became a US cit (More) |
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ECHR: Ukraine must assure Tymoshenko receives proper medical treatment
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Friday urged the Ukrainian government to ensure that former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko receive adequate medical treatment . Tymoshenko, who was convicted of abusing her power as prime minister, is (More) |
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HRW releases 2012 world report
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual World Report on Sunday, leading with a criticism of Western governments' support of Middle Eastern regimes that stifle and suppress protests. The comprehensive report catalogs all of the world's major (More) |
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EU policy chief criticizes trial of Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko
The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Saturday criticized the outcome of the appeals case for former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive], announced December 23. Ashton voiced concern (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.
