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Argentina arms trafficking trial begins for ex-president Menem
Former Argentine president Carlos Menem failed to appear in a Buenos Aires court Thursday as he and other former officials went on trial on arms trafficking charges. The court excused Menem's absence after a defense lawyer presented a medical c (More) |
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EU lifts travel ban on Belarus president
The European Union Monday temporarily suspended its travel ban on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko [official website; BBC profile] and several other Belarussian officials following the first high-level talks between Belarus and the EU in fo (More) |
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Uganda generals could be prosecuted under new US child soldier law: report
Senior officers in the Ugandan military could held responsible for the use of child soldiers under a new US law, according to a Monday report in Kampala's Daily Monitor. The Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008 , signed into law by US Pr (More) |
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Lawsuit alleges US passport procedure discriminates against Mexican-Americans
A group of American citizens from Texas' Rio Grande Valley filed suit against the US Department of State (DOS) [official website; JURIST news archive] Tuesday, alleging they had been denied passports because they are of Mexican descent and were (More) |
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Lebanon court issues warrants for Gaddafi, other Libyan officials
Lebanon on Wednesday charged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [official website; JURIST news archive] and six other officials with the 1978 disappearance of a prominent Lebanese cleric and issued warrants for their arrests. In Beirut, investigating ma (More) |
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Peru institutes state of emergency after indigenous groups protest energy law
The government of Peru on Monday instituted a state of emergency [Peruvian Times report] in the northern region of the country, banning public gatherings, limiting travel, and increasing police presence for 30 days. The measure comes in response to (More) |
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IRAQ: Women's Rights and the Iraqi Constitution in Practice
Sara Burhan Abdullah, Pitt Law LLM '08, files from Sulaimaniya:A recent incident showed me that while the Iraqi Constitution has a great deal of material from which a society based on equality of the sexes can be built, there are significant lega (More) |
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Florida House joins state in defending challenge to regulation on Cuba travel
Florida House of Representatives Speaker Marco Rubio announced on Monday that the House will join the state of Florida in defending a challenge to a law [CS/CS/SB 1310 materials] requiring travel agencies booking flights to Cuba to post a bond ten (More) |
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Thailand negotiations provide no resolution to Cambodia border dispute
Thai and Cambodian officials agreed Monday that neither country will use military force against the other in their dispute over the border area surrounding the Preah Vihear temple [Telegraph backgrounder], over which both countries claim ownership. (More) |
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Cambodia alerts UN Security Council to territorial dispute with Thailand
Cambodia has submitted a letter to the UN Security Council [official website; JURIST news archive] seeking to draw UN attention to its border dispute with Thailand. Disagreement between the two countries has arisen over the border area surrounding t (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.
