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News The Crisis in Darfur – Secretary of State Colin Powell
The Crisis in Darfur – Secretary of State Colin Powell
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 9, 2004 03:24:00 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee, September 9, 2004. Read Secretary Powell's prepared testimony here. Excerpt:Since the US became aware of atrocities occurring in Sudan, we have been reviewing the Genocide Convention and the obligations it places on the Government of Sudan....

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News Carhart v. Ashcroft [NE]
Carhart v. Ashcroft [NE]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 8, 2004 01:15:00 pm

United States District Court - Nebraska; US District Judge Richard Kopf, September 8, 2004. Review the opinion and read the judgment. Excerpt from the judgment: 1. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, 18 U.S.C....

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News Castle v. State of Washington [WA]
Castle v. State of Washington [WA]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 7, 2004 04:30:00 pm

Superior Court of Washington, Thurston County; Judge Richard D. Hicks, September 7, 2004. Review the opinion . Excerpt: The clear intent of the Legislature to limit government approved contracts of marriage to opposite sex couples is in direct conflict with...

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News Rutherford & Anor v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [UK]
Rutherford & Anor v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [UK]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 4, 2004 08:03:00 pm

England and Wales Court of Appeal, September 3 2004. Read the full document . Excerpt: In my judgment, the employment tribunal erred in law, as it failed to adopt the approach to disparate adverse impact laid down in Seymour-Smith. It...

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News State of Utah v. Thomas Arthur Green [UT]
State of Utah v. Thomas Arthur Green [UT]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 4, 2004 07:30:00 pm

Utah Supreme Court, issued September 3, 2004. Read the opinion. Excerpt: ...Utah's bigamy statute does not attempt to target only religiously motivated bigamy. Any individual who violates the statute, whether for religious or secular reasons, is subject to prosecution. See,...

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News Decision by the Deputy Registrar in Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic [ICTY]
Decision by the Deputy Registrar in Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic [ICTY]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2004 05:44:00 pm

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, issued September 2, 2004. Read the full decision by the Deputy Registrar. Excerpt: CONSIDERING the Trial Chamber's oral Order of 2 September 2004, by which "ursuant to the Chamber's decision to assign counsel,...

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News Arrests under UK anti-terrorist legislation since September 11, 2001 [UK]
Arrests under UK anti-terrorist legislation since September 11, 2001 [UK]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2004 04:25:00 pm

Institute of Race Relations , issued September 2, 2004. From the press release: The Institute of Race Relations publishes today a catalogue that details how hundreds of Muslims have been arrested under terrorism powers before being released without charge; how...

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