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News Former Khmer Rouge leader denies guilt at Cambodia genocide tribunal
Former Khmer Rouge leader denies guilt at Cambodia genocide tribunal
Jamie Davis
December 5, 2011 10:54:11 am

Former second-in-command of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge regime on Monday denied responsibility for the deaths of around 1.7 million people during the regime's rule during the 1970s at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)...

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News ICJ rules Greece wrongfully blocked FYROM bid to join NATO over name
ICJ rules Greece wrongfully blocked FYROM bid to join NATO over name
Jennie Ryan
December 5, 2011 10:48:13 am

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Monday that Greece wrongly blocked the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in a dispute over the...

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News Supreme Court to hear qualified immunity case
Supreme Court to hear qualified immunity case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 5, 2011 10:08:29 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Reichle v. Howards , a case dealing with qualified immunity . The petitioners are two Secret Service agents who arrested the...

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News Seychelles president urges greater anti-piracy measures
Seychelles president urges greater anti-piracy measures
Jennie Ryan
December 5, 2011 09:49:38 am

Seychelles President James Michel on Monday asked world leaders to address security problems in Somalia with greater urgency on Monday in order to lower the rate of Somali pirate attacks in the southern Indian...

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News Afghanistan civilians struggle to exercise human rights: HRW
Afghanistan civilians struggle to exercise human rights: HRW
Maureen Cosgrove
December 4, 2011 03:19:59 pm

The Afghan government has failed to ensure and protect human rights since the Taliban government ended ten years ago, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. Afghanistan created a transitional government and announced intentions to hold...

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News Wall Street groups sue CFTC over trade regulation
Wall Street groups sue CFTC over trade regulation
Maureen Cosgrove
December 4, 2011 02:05:41 pm

Wall Street organizations International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging a regulation implemented by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ...

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News Myanmar president approves peaceful protest bill
Myanmar president approves peaceful protest bill
Ashley Hileman
December 4, 2011 11:41:45 am

Myanmar President Thein Sein on Friday gave his official approval to a bill allowing the country's citizens to conduct peaceful protests, if the protests are approved in advance. The bill includes requirements that demonstrators must...

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News Federal judge denies injunction request by Apple in Samsung patent case
Federal judge denies injunction request by Apple in Samsung patent case
Ashley Hileman
December 4, 2011 10:56:36 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against Samsung Electronics , as requested by Apple . District...

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News ICTY judges allow reduced indictment against Mladic
ICTY judges allow reduced indictment against Mladic
Max Slater
December 3, 2011 03:32:11 pm

A three-judge panel for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accepted a request by prosecutors on Friday to reduce the number of crimes they intend to prove against former Serbian general and...

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News Australia ruling party amends platform to support same-sex marriage
Australia ruling party amends platform to support same-sex marriage
Dan Taglioli
December 3, 2011 01:13:07 pm

The Australian Labor Party Saturday officially amended its platform to support same-sex marriage. The ruling party's decision to support same-sex marriage followed emotional debate and speeches from both sides of the issue at its national...

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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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