Musharraf emergency rule constitutionality judgment [Pakistan SC] News
Musharraf emergency rule constitutionality judgment [Pakistan SC]

Sindh High Court Bar Association through its Secretary, et al. v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Law
and Justice, Islamabad, et al., Supreme Court of Pakistan, October 1, 2009 [full judgment holding that former president Pervez Musharraf violated the Constitution of Pakistan when he declared emergency rule in November 2007].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Pervez Musharraf.

THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1948, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.