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A Farce of Law: The Trial of Saddam Hussein
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler, an American member of Saddam Hussein's legal defense team and a professor of law at An-Najah National University on the Palestinian West Bank, says that Hussein's trial is unfair and orchestrate (More) |
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Egypt president says emergency laws could be extended
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [official profile; JURIST news archive] suggested Tuesday that the country's emergency laws will be extended before they expire in June. Mubarak said that a nearly two-year gap between the expiration of the emerg (More) |
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Al-Arian plea agreement [US DC]
US v. Sami Amin Al-Arian, Plea Agreement, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida . Read the full text of the plea agreement . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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CAIR defamation suit appeal [DC Circuit]
Council on American Islamic Relations v. Ballenger, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, April 11, 2006 . Read the full text of the dismissal . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Egypt emergency laws to be replaced by anti-terror legislation
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has said that he plans to replace the country's 25-year-old emergency laws with anti-terror legislation. The emergency laws, renewed every three years, are set to expire in May. They were adopted in 1981 in (More) |
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Muslim clerics call for execution of Christian convert in Afghanistan
Leading Muslim clerics have urged that Afghanistan ignore international pressure and execute Abdul Rahman for converting from Islam to Christianity. "The people will kill him if he is freed," declared the chief cleric of a Kabul mosque, (More) |
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Afghan judge says courts will not bow to outside pressure in Christian convert case
Afghanistan Supreme Court Judge Ansarullah Mawlavizada said Thursday that Afghan courts will not bow to outside pressure in the case of Abdul Rahman , who has been jailed for converting to Christianity and who could face the death penalty under Isl (More) |
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Denmark charges Islamic group spokesman for threatening leaders
Danish prosecutors have charged a spokesman of radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir [advocacy website; Global Security backgrounder] with threatening the government and for breaking anti-racism laws. Hizb ut-Tahrir preaches in favor of a Muslim sta (More) |
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International brief ~ Afghan citizen faces death penalty for converting to Christianity
Leading Monday's international brief, an Afghani man is on trial for criminal charges punishable by death related to his conversion from Islam to Christianity over 16 years ago while working for a Christian aid organization in Pakistan. Abdul Ra (More) |
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Denmark prosecutor rejects charging newspaper for Muhammad cartoons
Denmark's Director of Public Prosecutions Henning Fode has decided not to press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten , the Danish newspaper that first published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which last month set off worldwide protest (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.
