Judges, lawyers, and court clerks went on strike in France Thursday to protest a proposal to eliminate 319 French courts. French Justice Minister Rachida Dati has proposed the cutbacks, which the Magistrates' Trade...
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was sworn in to a new five-year term as the country's civilian president Thursday, taking the oath of office under the 1973 Constitution a day after stepping down as chief of the army [JURIST...
R (on the application of Countryside Alliance and others and others (Appellants)) v Her Majesty's Attorney General and another (Respondents), House of Lords, November 28, 2007 [upholding a controversial ban on hunting with hounds under the Hunting Act 2004 on...
Human rights groups have expressed concerns about repression and rights violations in the run-up to Russian parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday. Amnesty International (AI), alleged Wednesday that the Russian government has interfered with opposition parties' rights of...
The Japanese House of Councillors passed a bill Wednesday to end Japan's air force mission in Iraq, with opposition leaders insisting that Japan should work through the United Nations rather than the United States. Japan withdrew its...
A military court established in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian militant group Hamas handed down its first ruling on Wednesday, sentencing three members of rival party Fatah to...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ruled Wednesday that former Croatian general Ante Gotovina must remain in detention in The Hague until his trial. The court...
The Iraqi parliament met briefly Wednesday to continue debate on a controversial bill that would allow former Baath Party members not convicted of any crimes to return...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday reduced the sentences of three Rwandan media executives imprisoned for their roles in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Ferdinand Nahimana and...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport , 06-457, where the Court is considering whether a Maine tobacco transport law...
