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Khodorkovsky appeals parole rejection

September 1, 2008 08:55:00 pm

A lawyer for imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Monday that the founder of the now-defunct Yukos oil company has appealed a Siberian court's rejection late last month of his request...

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Cambodia genocide court judge warns colleagues against corruption

Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff

September 1, 2008 08:15:00 pm

A New Zealand judge serving on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia warned colleagues and prosecutors Monday that its upcoming genocide trials "are so important for the people of Cambodia must not be...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.