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A Call for Reform: Azerbaijan's Repression of Controversial Lawyers
JURIST Senior Editor Sarah Paulsworth, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, is a Boren Fellow and has lived and worked in Azerbaijan. She writes about the impermissible pressure Azerbaijan's Lawyers' Collegium exerts on independent l (More) |
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Targeted Killings Increasingly Supplant Legal Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist Mark Kersten, an MPhil/PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, says that Gaddafi's death is just one example of worrying trend, in which legal justice is being replaced with targeted killings... (More) |
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Eighth Circuit Upholds Negotiations as Primary Labor Dispute Forum
JURIST Guest Columnist Erick Posser, Villanova University School of Law Class of 2013, is a staff writer for the Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal and an Executive Board member of the Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Society. He wr (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on government immunity, prisoner rights
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Rehberg v. Paulk [transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the court considered whether government officials who act as "complaining witnesses" to initiate a prosecution by providing fa (More) |
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UN concerned with China restrictions on Tibet
UN experts expressed concerns Tuesday over human rights restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in China's Sichuan province. UN experts are concerned about reports of heavy security measures surrounding the Kirti monastery, which houses appro (More) |
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Bangladesh war crimes trial delayed
The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) on Sunday delayed the start of its first war crimes trial. The ICTB, a special court established to try individuals suspected of war crimes in relation to the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War ag (More) |
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UN, Arab League denounce Syria violence
The UN and the League of Arab States on Saturday released statements condemning violence in Syria after an estimated 40 people were killed in protest-related encounters this week. UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon issued a statement saying "the ca (More) |
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Kashmir amends tough detention law
An anonymous official in India-controlled Kashmir reported Saturday that amendments to the Public Safety Act (PSA) have been approved. Prior to amendment, the law treated youth 16 years and older as adults, allowing them to be arrested . Now, no on (More) |
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ICC prosecutor has evidence against Gaddafi son for planning civilian attacks
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Sunday that he has evidence against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi for his role in planning attacks on Libyan civilians. According to Ocampo, Saif al-Islam, who remains on the run (More) |
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Unintended Consequences: Gaddafi's Death and the Arab Spring
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Toone, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Class of 2012, has spent over two years working and studying in the Middle East, including six months as an embedded civilian social scientist with the First Armored (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.
