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News UN rights expert urges Mali to strengthen judicial system
UN rights expert urges Mali to strengthen judicial system
Bradley McAllister
March 2, 2014 12:00:48 pm

The UN independent expert on human rights in Mali, Suliman Baldo, expressed concern on Friday at the difficulties facing the the prosecution of war crimes in Mali and urged the international community to assist...

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News Pakistan court sentences 6 for murder of journalist
Pakistan court sentences 6 for murder of journalist
Bradley McAllister
March 2, 2014 11:19:22 am

The Pakistani High Court of Sindh Karachi sentenced six men on Saturday for the 2011 murder of prominent TV journalist Wali Khan Babar. The landmark ruling makes the first time in Pakistan's history that...

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News UK police arrest former Guantanamo detainee on Syria terrorism charges
UK police arrest former Guantanamo detainee on Syria terrorism charges
Bradley McAllister
February 26, 2014 01:06:20 pm

British police counter-terrorism forces announced on Tuesday the arrest of Moazzam Begg in his hometown of Birmingham, England, along with three other individuals on suspicion of terrorism offenses related to the war in Syria . Begg...

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News Turkish president signs law increasing government control over judiciary
Turkish president signs law increasing government control over judiciary
Bradley McAllister
February 26, 2014 12:22:33 pm

Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a law on Wednesday which increases government control over the appointment of judges and prosecutors in the country. The new law grants the Ministry of Justice greater control...

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News Rights group claims evidence of official discriminatory policies in Myanmar
Rights group claims evidence of official discriminatory policies in Myanmar
Bradley McAllister
February 25, 2014 12:39:50 pm

Fortify Rights , an independent human rights group based in Southeast Asia, issued a 79-page report on Tuesday claiming evidence the Myanmar government ordered policy discrimination against Rohingya Muslims . The report is based...

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News Italy high court overturns convictions in CIA rendition program
Italy high court overturns convictions in CIA rendition program
Bradley McAllister
February 25, 2014 11:27:04 am

Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation , on Monday dismissed the convictions of five Italian agents related to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) abduction and extraordinary rendition of Egyptian cleric and terror...

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News UK appeals court upholds life sentences despite ECHR ruling
UK appeals court upholds life sentences despite ECHR ruling
Bradley McAllister
February 18, 2014 12:23:55 pm

A panel of five judges for the UK Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that UK laws do allow for whole life prison sentences, despite a July European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling...

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News Philippines high court upholds portions of cybercrime law
Philippines high court upholds portions of cybercrime law
Bradley McAllister
February 18, 2014 11:14:44 am

The Philippines Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Act) , which penalizes libel online, is constitutional, despite a number of petitions challenging the law on the grounds that it unjustly limits citizens'...

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News HRW: African nations should investigate the use of cluster bombs in South Sudan
HRW: African nations should investigate the use of cluster bombs in South Sudan
Bradley McAllister
February 16, 2014 12:07:57 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the governments of South Sudan and Uganda on Saturday to investigate new evidence that cluster bombs were used in the South Sudan conflict. HRW cited new evidence of cluster bombs,...

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News Morsi trial adjourned after brief court appearance
Morsi trial adjourned after brief court appearance
Bradley McAllister
February 16, 2014 11:01:41 am

Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi appeared in court in Cairo on Sunday in his trial for espionage and conspiring to commit acts of terrorism. Morsi continues to reject the allegations against him, and the trial...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College case

On February 2, 1819, the US Supreme Court decided Dartmouth College v. Woodward, ruling that the charter of a college was a contract that a state could not alter arbitrarily.

New Amsterdam incorporated

On February 2, 1653, the City of New Amsterdam was incorporated by the Dutch Republic. After the British conquest, the city was renamed New York after the Duke of York.

Breviary of Alaric put into effect by Visigoth king

King Alaric II of the Visigoths put the Breviary of Alaric, a collection of Roman laws, into effect on February 2, 506. The breviary contains constitutions and laws of the newly fallen Roman Empire, including the Theodosian code, and parts of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes. The Breviary of Alaric predated the Byzantine Empire's Code of Justinian by 23 years.  Read an entry on the Breviary of Alaric from the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

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