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April 12, 2014 08:19:11 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Hanan Salah of Human Rights Watch says that if the Libyan government does not take immediate steps to rectify its dysfunctional justice system it risks a complete collapse... This past week, Libya's official television station broadcasted a...

March 14, 2014 06:16:36 PM

Zachary Heiden, American Civil Liberties Union of Maine

March 6, 2014 08:53:39 AM

J. Wells Dixon, Center for Constitutional Rights

March 5, 2014 02:33:28 PM

Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch

February 26, 2014 04:19:40 PM

Ibrahim Saleh, University of Cape Town

February 23, 2014 11:55:42 AM

Eric Leonard, Shenandoah University

February 16, 2014 11:47:56 AM

Maya Wang, Human Rights Watch

January 21, 2014 01:30:00 PM

Samar Warsi, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

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Pakistan's Chief of Injustice

January 20, 2014 02:42:38 PM

Ali Dayan Hasan, Human Rights Watch

January 2, 2014 12:00:00 PM

Khaliah Barnes, Electronic Privacy Information Center

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Hitler and Nazis attempt failed coup in Beer Hall Putsch

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party attempted an ill-faited coup in Munich, Germany on November 8, 1923. Instead of seizing power, the conspirators suffered 15 casualties and their leaders were arrested, including Hitler. The future dictator would spend a year in prison as a result, where he would write his infamous Mein Kampf. Learn more about the Beer Hall Putsch.

Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide

On November 8, 1994, Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act by voter initiative, becoming the first US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Read the Death With Dignity Act,

France government opens the Louvre as a public museum

On November 8, 1793, the revolutionary government in France opened the Louvre for the first time as a public museum. Learn more about the history of the Louvre.