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News Germany justice minister calls for greater journalist protections
Germany justice minister calls for greater journalist protections
Hillary Stemple
April 5, 2010 07:41:00 am

German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger on Sunday announced plans to enact a law to increase protections for journalists using information obtained from government sources. Under section 353b of the German Penal Code , public officials who release...

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News Rwanda high court sends Congo militia leader case to military court
Rwanda high court sends Congo militia leader case to military court
Dwyer Arce
April 4, 2010 03:48:00 pm

The Rwandan Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that the plea for release by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda can only be heard by a military court. According to Nkunda's counsel, Aime...

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News Afghanistan parliament backs presidential appointment of election commission
Afghanistan parliament backs presidential appointment of election commission
Dwyer Arce
April 4, 2010 01:54:00 pm

The upper house of the Afghan parliament, the Meshrano Jirga, on Saturday backed a decree allowing the president to appoint all of the members of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) . The decree was issued in February by...

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News UN SG urges Kyrgyzstan to protect human rights
UN SG urges Kyrgyzstan to protect human rights
Steve Czajkowski
April 4, 2010 10:04:00 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on Kyrgyzstan to protect all forms of human rights , including "free speech and freedom of the media." In a statement to the to the Jogorku...

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News Federal judge dismisses 105 former Guantanamo detainee <i>habeas</i> cases
Federal judge dismisses 105 former Guantanamo detainee habeas cases
Ximena Marinero
April 3, 2010 02:24:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed as moot 105 habeas corpus petitions of non-citizen former Guantanamo Bay detainees who are no longer in...

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US government announces changes to airport screening rules
Bhargav Katikanen
April 3, 2010 10:38:00 am

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced changes to airport security rules , moving toward a screening system based on intelligence information. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said the new system will...

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News Serbia issues arrest warrant for US Nazi war crimes suspect
Serbia issues arrest warrant for US Nazi war crimes suspect
Daniel Richey
April 2, 2010 03:21:00 pm

The Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor announced Friday that it has issued an international warrant for the arrest of alleged Nazi war criminal and naturalized American citizen Peter Egner . Head Serbian prosecutor...

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News Pakistan AG resigns amid corruption investigation controversy
Pakistan AG resigns amid corruption investigation controversy
Sarah Paulsworth
April 2, 2010 02:22:00 pm

Pakistan's Attorney General Anwar Mansoor announced his resignation Friday over controversy surrounding a Supreme Court order to investigate corruption allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari . Mansoor cited a lack of cooperation ...

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News Kenya Constitution draft [Kenya Parliament]
Kenya Constitution draft [Kenya Parliament]
April 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

Proposed Constitution of Kenya, Kenya Parliament, April 2, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Constitution of Kenya....

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News UN SG urges respect for rule of law in Guinea-Bissau conflict
UN SG urges respect for rule of law in Guinea-Bissau conflict
Steve Dotterer
April 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on leaders in Guinea-Bissau to respect the rule of law and maintain constitutional order in the wake of a confrontation between the military and...

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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.

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