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A Modest Proposal on Kirkuk
JURIST Guest Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that a recent proposal to turn the contentious northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk into an independent federal regionate could be a starting point for further disc (More) |
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Egypt government releases Shiite activists who criticized torture
The Egyptian government has released two Shiite activists held in Egyptian custody since October who repeatedly criticized the systematic torture of prisoners in Egyptian custody. Mohammed al-Dereini and Ahmed Sobh are charged with “promoting (More) |
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Iraq's Parliament: A House (Even More) Divided
JURIST Guest Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Sunni-Shi'i divide in the Iraqi parliament is only one split complicating the passage of controversial legislation in the troubled state... Convent (More) |
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Islamic charity NSA wiretapping ruling [9th Circuit]
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc., et al., v. George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, November 16, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal appeals court rules against Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday ruled that a defunct Muslim charity cannot use a document turned over to it by the US government as evidence that it was the subject of an illegal wiretap. The court held that a secret call log (More) |
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Former Pakistan PM Bhutto barred from meeting with ousted chief justice
Police blocked former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto from visiting deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry Saturday, despite orders issued Friday lifting her house arrest and allowing her to freely move about the country. Bhutto (More) |
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Pakistan in Emergency: Resisting the Enemy Within
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Naseem Chaudhry, an advocate of the Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, says that the greatest danger to law and the constitution in Pakistan in the wake of General Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emerge (More) |
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Pakistan high court battles Musharraf over emergency rule as constitution suspended
Pakistan's Supreme Court Saturday rejected a declaration of emergency rule issued by President Pervez Musharraf earlier in the day after paramilitary troops and police blocked off the Supreme Court building with the judges still inside. Mush (More) |
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Palestinian president signs anti-money laundering decree aimed at Hamas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed new money laundering regulations meant to hinder the flow of funds to Hamas and to show foreign banks doing business with Palestinian counterparts that they are not violating US and Israeli counter-te (More) |
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Federal judge declares mistrial in Muslim charity terrorism financing case
A Dallas federal judge declared a mistrial Monday on nearly all 197 counts in a controversial case against the Islamic Holy Land Foundation [LOC archived website; ADL backgrounder] charity and five of its leaders. Judge A. Joe Fish took the step aft (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.
