JURIST Contributing Editor Nancy Rapoport of the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas, says that the housing bailout provisions of the recently announced stimulus package not only do not go far enough to cover mortgage...
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SEC settles stock options backdating charges against BlackBerry maker executives
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged four executives from Research In Motion (RIM) , the company that makes BlackBerry, with stock options backdating and reached a settlement agreement. The four...
Spain's ban on radical nationalist Basque parties adds unpredictability to March election
Manuel Alvarez-Rivera : "When voters in Spain's Basque Country go to the polls next March 1st to elect members of the self-governing community's 75-seat regional parliament, they will have a choice of fifteen parties taking part...
Zimbabwe terrorism case against MDC cabinet nominee postponed
Criminal proceedings against Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer general and cabinet member-designate Roy Bennett were delayed Monday, as members of his party continued to protest his arrest . According...
Zimbabwe minister nominee indicted on terrorism and other charges
Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer general Roy Bennett has been indicted on terrorism and other charges, a lawyer for Bennett said Sunday. Bennett, who was scheduled to be sworn in as deputy agriculture minister...
Benbrika case shows limits of current Australian counter-terrorism strategy
Stephen Blanks : "Last week, Abdul Nacer Benbrika and 6 followers were sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court, Melbourne, to terms of imprisonment ranging from 6 years to 15 years, for terrorism related offenses committed...
Supreme Court rules failure to report to prison not a 'violent felony'
The US Supreme Court decided two cases Tuesday. The Court ruled in Chambers v. United States that failure to report to prison does not constitute a "violent...
On the eve of a long-anticipated ruling in the Bagosora "Military I" genocide trial, JURIST Special Guest Columnist Roland Amoussouga, Spokesperson and Senior Legal Adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), reviews the Tribunal's challenges and achievements as...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Maria Alvanou of the Hellenic Police Officers Academy says that the riots that followed the recent police shooting of a Greek teenager in a troubled district of Athens highlight major problems facing Greek police forces and...
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law, says that the recent conviction of "Chuckie" Taylor suggests that President-elect Obama has a chance to demonstrate, by example, what the Rule of Law and "equality before the law,"...