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Padilla terror trial judge bars 'defensive jihad' defense
US District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled Thursday that jurors in the terror trial of Jose Padilla and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi will not be able to consider the "defensive jihad" defense, agreeing with federal (More) |
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Defense rests in Padilla terror support trial
The defense in the Jose Padilla terror trial rested its case Tuesday without Padilla's lawyers calling any witnesses. Padilla did not testify in the trial, nor did co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi . Jurors heard testimon (More) |
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Padilla lawyers not planning to call witnesses
Lawyers representing Jose Padilla indicated Tuesday that they are not expecting to present a defense case, telling presiding US District Judge Marcia Cooke that the defense will not call any witnesses. Jurors have been hearing the testimony from s (More) |
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Hamas replacing Gaza courts with legal committee
Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri said Saturday that the government in Gaza Strip is replacing Palestinian Authority courts with a judicial panel consisting of an Islamic legal scholar, a military court lawyer, and a prison warden. Abu Zuhri said th (More) |
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Shi'ism, Sunnism and State Authority in Iraq
JURIST Guest Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the much-discussed ideological divide between Shi'is and Sunnis in Iraq is actually more subtle and complex than is usually depicted... There has b (More) |
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Padilla judge rejects defense motion for acquittal
US District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled Tuesday that prosecutors had produced enough evidence in the trial of Jose Padilla and his co-defendants that the case should go to a jury, rejecting a motion for acquittal filed by the defense. The prosecution (More) |
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Pakistan Needs a Bold Decision on Chaudhry
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that Pakistan's Supreme Court should resolve the legal dispute between suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and President Pervez Musharraf by delivering a (More) |
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Prosecution rests in Padilla terror support trial
The prosecution in the Jose Padilla terrorism conspiracy case rested Friday after nine weeks of presenting witness testimony and wiretap evidence to jurors. The final witness for the prosecution, an FBI linguist, testified that the name and teleph (More) |
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Against a US 'Terrorists' Court'
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says it is a sad day for America when respected legal scholars writing in the New York Times are advocating a separate US judicial regime - what they call a "nation (More) |
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Padilla jury hears co-defendant wiretap conversations supporting bin Laden
The jury in the Jose Padilla terrorism conspiracy case heard new wiretap evidence Tuesday suggesting that Padilla's co-defendants supported Osama bin Laden . The prosecution first played a video interview that aired on CNN in 1997, in which bin (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.
