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Moving the Chains: Why Employee Status for College Athletes is Necessary to Ensure their Protection
JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Prager of St. John's University School of Law Class of 2016 is the ninth author in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Prager discusses the influence of the up (More) |
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Tokyo High Court rules the government is not responsible for deportee death
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday reversed a Tokyo District Court ruling from 2014 regarding the death of a detained immigrant. Immigration authorities were under investigation after restraining Abubakar Awudu Suraj, ultimately leading to his death. T (More) |
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UN calls for continued aid to Syria civilians
United Nations humanitarian agencies on Monday called for continued aid to Syrians due to the "deteriorating conditions" in the area of Deir-Ez-Zor. UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq announced in the daily briefing that the individuals residing in (More) |
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Supreme Court to hear appeal for former Virginia governor
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in eight new cases for this term. In McDonnell v. United States , the Supreme Court is asked to decide the meaning of "official action" under the fraud statutes used to convict former Virginia gove (More) |
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UN chief: starvation as weapon in Syria is war crime
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that the use of starvation as a weapon in Syria is a war crime . According to Ban, UN teams have witnessed horrifying scenes of "the elderly and children, men and women, who were little more than skin a (More) |
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Tobacco Plain Packaging Legislation
JURIST Guest Columnist Craig Welch of LWC Policy Consulting, Inc. discusses legislation regulating tobacco packaging in the international context, and related health and safety issues... A recent Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) decision in S (More) |
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Lawsuit seeks removal of 'In God We Trust' from US currency
California attorney Michael Newdow filed suit Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio seeking the removal of the phrase "In God We Trust" from US Currency. Newdow represents 49 plaintiffs, including organizations like Mich (More) |
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Indiana's Body Camera Growing Pains
JURIST Guest Columnist Alexander Burns of Valparaiso University discusses growing pains associated with law enforcement body cameras use, implementation, and pending Indiana legislation...In this article I will address several legal and practical iss (More) |
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Disparaging Trademarks and the First Amendment
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert A. Sedler of Wayne State University Law School discusses the validity of censoring disparaging trademarks...The Constitution changes everything. When the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused to register as a tr (More) |
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UNICEF: nearly 24 million children in crisis zone not in school
UNICEF said Tuesday that approximately 24 million children living in crisis zones are out of school, further threatening the future of their societies. Nearly one in four children between the ages of six and 15 in conflict are out of school. South (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
