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 Pakistan court demands Musharraf medical report
Pakistan court demands Musharraf medical report
Taylor Gillan
January 6, 2014 10:54:25 am

The Islamabad Special Court trying former president Pervez Musharraf on Monday granted Musharraf an exemption from personal appearance due to health issues, but has instructed authorities at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)...

READ MORE ▸
News Louisiana urged to release prisoner from indefinite solitary confinement
Louisiana urged to release prisoner from indefinite solitary confinement
Benjamin Minegar
January 6, 2014 10:42:42 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday demanded that Louisiana state officials immediately release former Black Panther Albert Woodfox , who has been detained in solitary confinement since 1972 after being charged and convicted of fatally...

READ MORE ▸
News Cambodia authorities release activists after labor protests
Cambodia authorities release activists after labor protests
Benjamin Minegar
January 6, 2014 10:16:28 am

Cambodian police on Monday released five activists arrested earlier in the day for petitioning the French Embassy to release 23 demonstrators held for opposing the government's labor and political framework. The release was reportedly conditioned upon the demonstrators' collective...

READ MORE ▸
News Federal appeals court rules DOJ memo can remain classified
Federal appeals court rules DOJ memo can remain classified
Amy Mathieu
January 5, 2014 01:52:13 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that the executive branch may continue to withhold a Department of Justice (DOJ) memo that established the legal basis...

READ MORE ▸
News Tunisia assembly opts for civil law over Sharia in constitution
Tunisia assembly opts for civil law over Sharia in constitution
Amy Mathieu
January 5, 2014 12:52:46 pm

Tunisian members of parliament rejected Islam as the main source of law for the country on Saturday as they voted to establish a new constitution. The Islamist-led party and secular parties overcame intense debate about Islam's role...

READ MORE ▸
News DOJ appeals district court ruling against NSA phone surveillance program
DOJ appeals district court ruling against NSA phone surveillance program
Lauren Laing
January 5, 2014 11:17:13 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed an appeal to a federal district court ruling that held that the National Security Agency (NSA) program of collecting phone call data is likely unconstitutional...

READ MORE ▸
News Utah same-sex marriage supporters urge Supreme Court to reject stay request
Utah same-sex marriage supporters urge Supreme Court to reject stay request
Lauren Laing
January 5, 2014 11:02:48 am

The respondents challenging Utah's ban on same-sex marriage on Friday filed a brief with the US Supreme Court opposing the state's request to stay the district court's ruling striking down the ban pending appeal. The...

READ MORE ▸
News Turkish court releases detained Kurdish lawmakers
Turkish court releases detained Kurdish lawmakers
Amy Mathieu
January 4, 2014 11:53:52 am

A Turkish court on Saturday ordered the release of three Kurdish lawmakers charged with having links to militants after ordering the release of two others on Friday. A judge in Diyarbakir ruled that the detainment of Selma...

READ MORE ▸
News Nepal top court rejects amnesty legislation
Nepal top court rejects amnesty legislation
Amy Mathieu
January 4, 2014 11:27:28 am

The Supreme Court of Nepal rejected legislation on Saturday that proposed amnesty for those responsible for serious rights abuses during the country's civil war. A Maoist-led government proposed the legislation last year as part of a planned...

READ MORE ▸
News US government asks Supreme Court to lift stay on contraception mandate
US government asks Supreme Court to lift stay on contraception mandate
Matthew Pomy
January 3, 2014 02:33:20 pm

The US government filed a motion Friday asking the US Supreme Court to remove the stay on the contraception mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that...

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 21
  7. 22
  8. Older
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest DISPATCHES
Nepal dispatch: Bhotekoshi disaster tests the limits of climate adaptation

Nepal dispatch: Bhotekoshi disaster tests the limits of climate adaptation

Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court defers jailed former PM’s medical case amid jurisdictional dispute

Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court defers jailed former PM’s medical case amid jurisdictional dispute

Latest COMMENTARY
A Baby Died After FGM in The Gambia. Why Was No One Convicted?

A Baby Died After FGM in The Gambia. Why Was No One Convicted?

by Santana Simiyu | Equality Now | KE
Students, Your Freedoms Are on the Line. Here’s How to Defend Them

Students, Your Freedoms Are on the Line. Here’s How to Defend Them

by Gary J. Simson | Mercer University School of Law | US
Latest FEATURES
‘Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered’ — 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

‘Genocide denial is often a state project’ — Iva Vukušić on Srebrenica and the politics of memory

‘Genocide denial is often a state project’ — Iva Vukušić on Srebrenica and the politics of memory

THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed Immigration and Nationality Act into law, ending country quotas

On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. The Act ordered the elimination of the national origins quota system established in 1882 in favor of a worldwide quota blind to national origin. Immigration was redistributed by pooling unused quotas and making them available on a first-come, first-served basis to oversubscribed nations. Learn more about the 1965 Act and its aftermath.

Germany reunified

On October 3, 1990, the German Democratic Republic was absorbed by the Federal Republic of Germany, reunifying the country for the first time since the Second World War. Today, the event is marked annually by German Unity Day. Read the Unification Treaty, signed in Berlin on August 31, 1990.

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