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Physician-Assisted Suicide Goes Back to Court in Canada
JURIST Guest Columnist Laura Crestohl, McGill University Faculty of Law Class of 2014, explains Carter v. Canada and its impact of physician-assisted suicide...The case Carter v. Canada is bringing the issue of physician-assisted suicide back to the (More) |
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Same-sex couples file lawsuit in Tennessee
Four same-sex couples filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Tennessee laws that prohibit recognition of their marriages. The federal lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of Tennessee's "Anti-Recognition" laws, which prohibit the state from (More) |
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Ukraine president to sign law allowing treatment abroad for ex-PM Tymoshenko
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday that he will sign a law allowing former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [official website; JURIST news archive] to travel abroad for medical treatment, if the bill is passed by the Verkhovna Rada , (More) |
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License Plate Readers are Watching You Without Restriction
JURIST Guest Columnist Stephanie Rainaud, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2014, is the author of the fourth article in a 10-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Rainaud exposes the contro (More) |
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Support Our Vets: Why the DOJ Should Adopt a Place of Celebration Rule
JURIST Guest Columnist Ginger Grimes, University of California, Irvine School of Law Class of 2015, discusses the recent announcement by the Department of Justice regarding veteran same-sex couples benefits and advocates that the place of celebration (More) |
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Kenya's Withdrawal from ICC was Bound to Happen
JURIST Guest Columnist Christopher Cardona, John Marshall Law School Class of 2014, discusses Kenya's recent withdrawal from the ICC and what that could mean for other ICC member states... (More) |
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Women still subject to legal inequalities: report
A new report by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Tuesday revealed that most countries still have legal disparities that prevent women from engaging in economic activity. The report determined that in 90 percent of all (More) |
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Humanitarian Intervention in Syria: Regime Change by Another Name
JURIST Guest Columnist Paul Juzdan, Seton Hall University School of Law Class of 2014, is the author of a series commenting on the Syrian civil war. Previously, Juzdan explored the the difficulty of identifying who the rebels are and what their overr (More) |
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Iran human rights lawyer released from prison
Iranian lawyer and prominent human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was permanently released on Wednesday, after spending over two years in prison. Sotoudeh was serving six-year sentence for her September 2010 arrest and conviction for propaganda an (More) |
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Mixed Signals in Cell Phone Location Decisions
JURIST Guest Columnist Hanni Fakhoury of the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses recent court decisions on constitutional challenges to law enforcement's use of cell phone tracking... (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.
