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Indigenous Recognition in the Australian Constitution
JURIST Guest Columnist Anne Twomey of the University of Sydney Law School says that there are considerable challenges to passing the proposed changes to the Australian Constitution, in large part because they raise the question of how much control ov (More) |
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Judicial Activism and the Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
JURIST Assistant Editor Kimberly Bennett, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, argues that although it will be described as judicial activism, same-sex couples must be granted the same rights as opposite-sex couples under the Equal P (More) |
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UN Secretary General demands Africa countries respect gay rights
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said in a statement delivered Sunday to the African Union Summit that Africa must honor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Many Afri (More) |
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Italy must end violence against women: UN
A UN expert on violence against women urged [press release; official statement] Italy on Friday that it must do more to end violence against women, primarily by focusing at underlying causes of gender discrimination in Italian society. UN Special Ra (More) |
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Copyright Case May Have Profound Effect on Treaty Power
JURIST Guest Columnist Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, says that in the recent Golan v. Holder decision, the Supreme Court may have opened the door to reconsidering the unconstitutional practice of augme (More) |
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Setting the Stage for Big Changes to Fourth Amendment Searches
JURIST Guest Columnist Joshua Hausman, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2012, is a Managing Editor for the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and is a Teaching Fellow in the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. He discuss (More) |
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Minnesota high court upholds mandatory DNA samples from convicted criminals
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Minnesota statute requiring people convicted of crimes to submit a DNA sample does not violate the Fourth Amendment right to unreasonable search. The Minnesota law , which was enacted in 2010, re (More) |
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Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Threatens Activism
JURIST Guest Columnist Will Potter, an independent journalist who specializes in the topic of eco-terrorism, says the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act classification of activists as terrorists threatens to end activism, in part to stem corporate profi (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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Former Guatemala dictator to give testimony in genocide trial
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will be made to testify at his genocide trial, according to a statement by judicial officials on Saturday. Rios Montt was in control of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983 as a result of a coup and is being charg (More) |
Acts of Union creates Great Britain
On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act.
Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
