Jurist
DONATE NOW
  • News ▾
    • All Legal News
    • US Legal News
    • World Legal News
    • This Day @ Law
  • Dispatches ▾
    • All Dispatches
    • Afghanistan
    • Canada
    • EU
    • Ghana
    • India
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Myanmar
    • Pakistan
    • Peru
    • Romania
    • Sri Lanka
    • Taiwan
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • US
  • Commentary ▾
    • All Commentary
    • Faculty Commentary
    • Professional Commentary
    • Student Commentary
  • Features ▾
    • All Features
    • Explainers
    • Long Reads
    • Multimedia
    • Interviews
  • Topics
  • Rule of Law ▾
    • Materials
    • Podcasts
  • About ▾
    • FAQ
    • Staff
    • Awards
    • Apply
    • Journalist in Residence
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Donate ▾
    • Why Support JURIST?
    • Donate
    • Honor Roll
News Chirac to lift French state of emergency
Chirac to lift French state of emergency
Krista-Ann Staley
January 2, 2006 03:07:00 pm

French President Jacques Chirac on Monday said that he plans to officially end France's state of emergency on Wednesday. The status of heightened security and increased police powers, implemented in November...

READ MORE ▸
News Iran shuts down newspaper, bans magazine in media crackdown
Iran shuts down newspaper, bans magazine in media crackdown
Alexis Unkovic
January 2, 2006 12:56:00 pm

Iran announced Monday, without further explanation, that it has ordered the closure a daily newspaper, Asia, and banned the publication of a forthcoming, bi-weekly women's periodical, Nour-e Banovan. The Culture Ministry said the Supervisory Board on the Press has...

READ MORE ▸
News Syria to try former VP on treason charges for Hariri allegations
Syria to try former VP on treason charges for Hariri allegations
Alexis Unkovic
January 2, 2006 12:12:00 pm

The Syrian government announced Monday that it will put former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam on trial for high treason and investigate his alleged acts of corruption in response to demands by Syrian parliament members ...

READ MORE ▸
News Bulgarian AIDS case should be over by mid-2006, justice minister says
Bulgarian AIDS case should be over by mid-2006, justice minister says
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 11:43:00 am

Bulgaria's Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov said Monday that the Libyan trial of five Bulgarian nurses, accused of intentionally infecting over 400 patients with HIV in an attempt to discover a cure for the virus, should be finished by June...

READ MORE ▸
News Oregon high court allows jury resentencing based on aggravating circumstances
Oregon high court allows jury resentencing based on aggravating circumstances
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 11:13:00 am

The Supreme Court of Oregon has ruled that juries may retroactively resentence as many as 300-400 criminal defendants based on aggravating circumstances, such as the use of a gun, breach of trust, or racial motivation. In three...

READ MORE ▸
News UN Hariri commission requests interviews with Syrian leaders
UN Hariri commission requests interviews with Syrian leaders
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 10:46:00 am

A spokesperson for the UN commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced Monday that the commission will request interrogations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister...

READ MORE ▸
News Trial begins for alleged Muslim militants in Indonesia
Trial begins for alleged Muslim militants in Indonesia
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 10:16:00 am

Five Muslim militants went on trial Monday in Indonesia for allegedly having protected members of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah , the group responsible for several recent terrorist incidents, including the 2002 and October 1, 2005 Bali bombings and...

READ MORE ▸
News Uganda opposition leader released on bail
Uganda opposition leader released on bail
Joshua Pantesco
January 2, 2006 09:59:00 am

Ugandan opposition leader and presidential challenger Dr. Kizza Besigye , who has been imprisoned since November on charges of treason and rape was released on bail Monday by the Ugandan High Court. Uganda's military court, which...

READ MORE ▸
News Taiwan president promises steps toward new constitution
Taiwan president promises steps toward new constitution
Lauren Becker
January 2, 2006 07:56:00 am

In his New Year message , Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian promised Sunday to support a new Taiwanese constitution in his last two years of presidency. A new constitution would have to be approved by the legislature before...

READ MORE ▸
News 2005 Federal Judiciary Report [CJ Roberts]
2005 Federal Judiciary Report [CJ Roberts]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 1, 2006 10:37:00 pm

2005 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts, January 1, 2006. Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. 54
  4. 55
  5. 56
  6. 57
  7. 58
  8. Older
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest DISPATCHES
Nepal dispatch: Bhotekoshi disaster tests the limits of climate adaptation

Nepal dispatch: Bhotekoshi disaster tests the limits of climate adaptation

Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court defers jailed former PM’s medical case amid jurisdictional dispute

Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court defers jailed former PM’s medical case amid jurisdictional dispute

Latest COMMENTARY
When Court Interpretation Failed in Taiwan, I Turned to a Chatbot

When Court Interpretation Failed in Taiwan, I Turned to a Chatbot

by Ross Cline | KH
Can the US Keep a Diplomat Out of the UN?

Can the US Keep a Diplomat Out of the UN?

by Matthew R. Morley | Morley & Associates | US | Russia
Latest FEATURES
‘Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered’ — Conflict Resolution Scholar Johannes Langer on Mediation, Amnesty, and the Limits of the ICC

‘Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered’ — Conflict Resolution Scholar Johannes Langer on Mediation, Amnesty, and the Limits of the ICC

‘Genocide denial is often a state project’ — Iva Vukušić on Srebrenica and the politics of memory

‘Genocide denial is often a state project’ — Iva Vukušić on Srebrenica and the politics of memory

THIS DAY @ LAW

Berlin Airlift ends

The Berlin Airlift, a US-UK effort to circumvent a Soviet blockade of allied-occupied West Berlin, ended on September 30, 1949. After the Soviet Union cut off supply access to West Berlin, the US and UK sent necessities to the enclave by air. The effort ended four months after the Soviet Union ended the Berlin blockade. Learn more about the Berlin Airlift.

22 Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg

On September 30, 1946, the international military tribunal constituted by the Allied powers in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes committed during World War II.

Merck pulls Vioxx from drug market and faces class actions suit

On September 30, 2004, the pharmaceutical company, Merck, pulled its arthritis drug, Vioxx from the worldwide market, due to strokes and heart attacks in patients, but the move did not stop over 45,000 former users and their families from suing Merck. The plaintiffs, however, have struggled to collect damages awarded to them in successful litigations. Learn more about the plaintiffs in these suits from the New York Times.

Jurist
Home Attributions Disclaimer Privacy Policy Contact Us
Copyright © 2026, JURIST Legal News & Research Services, Inc.
JURISTnews is a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh