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News Fiji PM announces plan for new constitution by 2013
Fiji PM announces plan for new constitution by 2013
Andrew Morgan
July 1, 2009 01:57:00 pm

Fijian Prime Minister Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama on Wednesday announced plans to establish a new constitution by September 2013. Bainimarama said that the new constitution would be in place at least...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers prisoners to Benin to serve sentences
Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers prisoners to Benin to serve sentences
Andrew Morgan
July 1, 2009 11:48:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday announced that nine prisoners were transferred Saturday to a detention facility in Benin to serve their sentences. A May 18 order by ICTR President Sir Dennis...

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News Ex-Guantanamo detainee lawyers request access to CIA ‘black sites’
Ex-Guantanamo detainee lawyers request access to CIA ‘black sites’
Andrew Morgan
July 1, 2009 09:33:00 am

The lawyers for terrorism suspect Ahmed Ghailani on Tuesday requested access to secret prisons operated by the Central Intelligence Agency at which their client was held prior to his...

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News White House accepts impeached judge’s resignation
White House accepts impeached judge’s resignation
Andrew Morgan
July 1, 2009 08:31:00 am

The White House on Monday accepted the resignation of impeached federal judge Samuel Kent from his seat on the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas . In a resignation letter submitted [JURIST...

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News Europe rights court upholds Spain ban of Basque separatist parties
Europe rights court upholds Spain ban of Basque separatist parties
Eszter Bardi
July 1, 2009 07:26:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)  on Tuesday upheld  Spain's ban of Basque political groups Batasuna and Herri Batasuna for their alleged ties to Basque separatist group ETA [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius Caesar assassinated on Ides of March

Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated at the Roman Forum by a number of his own senators led by Marcus Brutus on March 15, 44 BC over concerns that he was becoming too powerful. The assassination wound up being a political failure as the Roman citizenry ended up becoming incensed at the conspirators and a civil war broke out, which Brutus and his supporters lost to Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus). William Shakespeare later wrote in his eponymous play about the assassination, "Beware the ides of March." Learn more about the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg born

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933.

Learn more about Justice Ginsburg from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia project at Northwestern University.

Code Napoleon promulgated

On March 15, 1803, the Code Napoleon (French Civil Code) was promulgated in France. The Code is considered the first successful legal code in Europe and is still used today as the basis for the modern French Civil Code. Napoleon's conquests spread his Code across the European Continent, influencing modern legal codes in Portugal, Austria, Italy, and other nations. Read a history of the Code Napoleon.

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