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Egypt seeks delay of ICC charges against Sudan president
Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a Monday interview with Egyptian television that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should wait for Darfur peace efforts to play out before proceeding with a formal indictment of Sudanese Pr (More) |
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COE rendition investigator testifies in Italy CIA abduction trial
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Dick Marty [official profile, in French; JURIST news archive] testified Wednesday at the trial of American and Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of (More) |
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Italy court suspends CIA rendition case to consider state secrets testimony
A judge on the Constitutional Court of Italy on Wednesday suspended the trial of 26 Americans and five former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr to consider whether to (More) |
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Egypt court upholds 'false information' conviction of journalist
Egypt's Abbaseyya Appeals Court on Sunday upheld [Daily News Egypt report] the conviction of the former editor of weekly newspaper al-Dustour for spreading "rumors" about the health of Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak in an August 20 (More) |
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US indicts 16 over dual-use electronics exports to Iran
In an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged [indictment, PDF; DOJ press release] sixteen individuals and companies from Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on thirteen counts related to alleged conspiracie (More) |
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Khadr military commission trial delayed until at least November
A US military judge has scheduled the trial of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] for November 10, but the Canadian citizen's lawyer said Tuesday that the date is likely to be pushed back further. According to a (More) |
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Senegal newspaper publisher appeals 3-year sentence for insulting president
Senegalese publisher El Malick Seck is appealing a court ruling which sentenced him to three years in prison and closed his newspaper for three months as punishment for printing an article accusing Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and his son o (More) |
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Third Circuit clarifies Title VII requirements
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that in a mixed-motive employment discrimination case, the plaintiff must show he or she objectively met minimum requirements for the job. The issue had not been addressed by other (More) |
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India high court restores ban on Muslim student group
The Supreme Court of India temporarily reinstated a government ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) on Wednesday, reversing the holding of the Delhi High Court , which had just lifted the ban on Tuesday. The lower co (More) |
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US criticizes Egypt defamation conviction of rights activist
The US State Department on Monday criticized Egypt's sentencing of Saad Eddin Ibrahim to two years in prison for defaming the country. Ibrahim has been a prominent human rights activist and outspoken critic of Egypt's President Hosni (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.
