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News Bahrain top court overturns sentence of Shiite opposition leader
Bahrain top court overturns sentence of Shiite opposition leader
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
October 17, 2016 11:43:18 am

The Bahrain Court of Cassation on Monday overturned the sentence of Shiite opposition leader Ali Salman , who had been convicted for inciting hatred and encouraging violent regime change and sentenced to multiple years imprisonment ....

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News Kuwait ruler dissolves parliament
Kuwait ruler dissolves parliament
Mark Casper
October 16, 2016 02:52:18 pm

The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah , issued a decree to dissolve the parliament on Sunday. The decision was made due to "mounting security challenges as well as volatile regional developments." As of...

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News Federal judge cancels hearing on Florida vote-by-mail ballot lawsuit
Federal judge cancels hearing on Florida vote-by-mail ballot lawsuit
Mark Casper
October 16, 2016 01:43:33 pm

US District Court for the Northern District of Florida , issued an order on Saturday cancelling a hearing on a lawsuit regarding vote-by-mail ballots. Judge Mark Walker was highly critical of Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner...

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News Women protest at Mt. Kilimanjaro to fight for land rights
Women protest at Mt. Kilimanjaro to fight for land rights
Miracle Jones
October 16, 2016 01:27:37 pm

Women from various African countries gathered at Mt. Kilimanjaro to demand land rights Saturday during observations of International Day of Rural Women . The protest, dubbed the "Kilimanjaro initiative," is an attempt to bring attention to the...

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News UN SG calls for agriculture changes on World Food Day
UN SG calls for agriculture changes on World Food Day
Miracle Jones
October 16, 2016 12:52:33 pm

The United Nations (UN) on Sunday called for for changes to the ways in which the agriculture industry produces food due to climate change. The message was part of the annual World Food Day commemoration where UN...

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News UN reports high incidences of rape, impunity in Liberia
UN reports high incidences of rape, impunity in Liberia
Steven Wildberger
October 15, 2016 06:14:01 pm

A United Nations report released Friday documents high rates of rape and perpetrator impunity in Liberia. The report, released by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights...

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News Connecticut judge dismisses Sandy Hook suit against gunmakers
Connecticut judge dismisses Sandy Hook suit against gunmakers
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2016 04:09:30 pm

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis on Friday dismissed a suit filed against gunmakers, including Remington Outdoor, by the families of some of the young children and adults killed at the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school...

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News Florida: death sentence unconstitutional without unanimous jury vote
Florida: death sentence unconstitutional without unanimous jury vote
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
October 15, 2016 02:14:23 pm

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday held that a trial court may not impose the death penalty unless the jury's recommended sentence of death is unanimous. This ruling comes after remand to the high court in...

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Obama signs legislation creating Commission on Native Children
Steven Wildberger
October 15, 2016 10:26:11 am

President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a new bill creating the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, tasked with identifying and finding solutions to problems facing Native American youths. The...

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News ICC concerned about Philippines extra-judicial killings
ICC concerned about Philippines extra-judicial killings
Matthew Santiago
October 14, 2016 06:02:22 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) expressed concern over the rising occurrence of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines in connection with the ongoing war on drugs encouraged by President Rodrigo Duterte . Duterte has continued to draw international...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved the US's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the US Patent Board, the precursor to the modern US Patent Office. Read the current US Patent Law from the Cornell University Law School.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583. His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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