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 Habyarimana assassination report [Rwanda Mutsinzi Commission]
Habyarimana assassination report [Rwanda Mutsinzi Commission]
January 11, 2010 05:18:00 pm

Report of the Investigation into the Causes and Circumstances of and Responsibility for the Attack of 06/04/1994 Against the Falcon 50 Rwandan Presidential Aeroplane, Registration Number 9XR-NN, Mutsinzi Commission of the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, January 11, 2010...

READ MORE ▸
News Supreme Court hears arguments in interstate radioactive waste disposal suit
Supreme Court hears arguments in interstate radioactive waste disposal suit
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 11, 2010 03:44:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Alabama v. North Carolina , the Court heard arguments on an interstate dispute over...

READ MORE ▸
News Russia law allowing house arrest to reduce prison population takes effect
Russia law allowing house arrest to reduce prison population takes effect
Patrice Collins
January 11, 2010 02:18:00 pm

A Russian law allowing minor offenders to serve their sentences under house arrest rather than in prison entered into force on Sunday. The bill, approved by the Russian State Duma last month...

READ MORE ▸
News California federal court begins Proposition 8 trial
California federal court begins Proposition 8 trial
Steve Dotterer
January 11, 2010 01:07:00 pm

A trial on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban commenced Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California . Proceedings included opening statements from lead attorneys and testimony...

READ MORE ▸
News Supreme Court temporarily blocks YouTube broadcast of Proposition 8 trial
Supreme Court temporarily blocks YouTube broadcast of Proposition 8 trial
Carrie Schimizzi
January 11, 2010 12:01:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked an order allowing delayed video coverage of the Proposition 8 trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban to be...

READ MORE ▸
News Denmark prosecutors add terrorism charge in Muhammad cartoonist attempted killing
Denmark prosecutors add terrorism charge in Muhammad cartoonist attempted killing
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
January 11, 2010 11:58:00 am

Danish prosecutors on Monday brought an additional charge of terrorism against the Somali man already charged with the attempted murders of Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a...

READ MORE ▸
News Rwanda report finds Hutus responsible for 1994 killing that sparked genocide
Rwanda report finds Hutus responsible for 1994 killing that sparked genocide
Ann Riley
January 11, 2010 11:52:00 am

The Rwandan government released a report Monday concluding that the 1994 assassination of then-president Juvenal Habyarimana was the work of Hutu extremists. An independent committee of experts found that Hutu extremists, including members...

READ MORE ▸
News Supreme Court rules <i>habeas</i> reviews cannot consider non-record evidence
Supreme Court rules habeas reviews cannot consider non-record evidence
Andrew Morgan
January 11, 2010 11:41:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in McDaniel v. Brown that a federal district court may not consider non-record evidence when conducting a sufficiency review of...

READ MORE ▸
News Iran chief prosecutor urges sedition trials for election protest leaders
Iran chief prosecutor urges sedition trials for election protest leaders
Andrew Morgan
January 11, 2010 10:42:00 am

Iran's Prosecutor-General Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei on Monday called for sedition trials against leaders of protests following last June's contested presidential election . In a statement to Tehran prosecutors , Ejei said that he...

READ MORE ▸
News Italy authorities evacuate African immigrants following violence
Italy authorities evacuate African immigrants following violence
Hillary Stemple
January 11, 2010 09:50:00 am

Police in the southern Italian town of Rosarno began evacuating hundreds of African immigrants Saturday, following three days of violence that began Thursday when a group of immigrants was attacked while returning from the farms where they worked. The...

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. ...
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 21
  7. 22
  8. 23
  9. ...
  10. Older
  11. Oldest
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest DISPATCHES
France dispatch: mass marches as student protests spread nationwide

France dispatch: mass marches as student protests spread nationwide

Kenya dispatch: health ministry confirms first imported Ebola virus case as fears and suspicions collide

Kenya dispatch: health ministry confirms first imported Ebola virus case as fears and suspicions collide

Latest COMMENTARY
Federal Courts Should Ask Defendants Before Accepting Their Lawyers’ Concessions

Federal Courts Should Ask Defendants Before Accepting Their Lawyers’ Concessions

by John Anthony Castro | US
What War Teaches Us Before It Begins

What War Teaches Us Before It Begins

by AmirAli Maleki | JURIST Deputy Managing Editor for Global Commentary
Latest FEATURES
What Does the Constitution Owe a Prisoner When an Execution Goes Wrong?

What Does the Constitution Owe a Prisoner When an Execution Goes Wrong?

&#8216;Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered&#8217; — 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

THIS DAY @ LAW

Patent of Toleration grants religious freedom to Protestants in Holy Roman Empire

On October 21, 1781, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II issued the Patent of Toleration, which granted religious freedom to Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire.

First West law reports published

On October 21, 1876, the West Publishing Company, founded by John B. West, published its first law reporter, The Syllabi, which promised to provide Minnesota lawyers with legal intelligence that was "prompt, interesting, full, and at all times thoroughly reliable." The Syllabi eventually became the Northwestern Reporter, which later evolved into West's National Reporter System.

European Patent Institute established

On October 21, 1977, the European Patent Institute (EPI) was established by the European Patent Organisation pursuant to the European Patent Convention. The EPI serves as a non-governmental professional organization for patent lawyers in Europe.

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