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News Proposed Pakistan constitutional amendments go to coalition partners
Proposed Pakistan constitutional amendments go to coalition partners
Deirdre Jurand
June 1, 2008 10:48:00 am

A senior member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) presented its proposed constitutional amendment package to its principal coalition partner Sunday. The 62-point package, which anticipates restoring the judiciary deposed by President Pervez Musharraf last...

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News Croatian ex-general convicted of war crimes against Serbs
Croatian ex-general convicted of war crimes against Serbs
Deirdre Jurand
May 31, 2008 02:53:00 pm

A Croatian district court judged convicted a retired Croatian general of war crimes Friday for failing to prevent his soldiers from torturing and killing Serbs and destroying their property during the Croatian War of Independence. Retired Gen. Mirko Norac...

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News Rwanda justice officials criticize ICTR refusal to transfer genocide suspect
Rwanda justice officials criticize ICTR refusal to transfer genocide suspect
Deirdre Jurand
May 31, 2008 01:34:00 pm

Rwandan justice officials Friday criticized a decision by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) denying a motion to transfer an accused genocide leader to the Rwandan court system for trial. An...

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News AGs from 10 states seek stay of California same-sex marriage ruling
AGs from 10 states seek stay of California same-sex marriage ruling
Deirdre Jurand
May 31, 2008 12:34:00 pm

Ten US state attorneys general have petitioned the Supreme Court of California to postpone implementation of its May 15 decision legalizing same-sex marriages until after state elections in November. California is...

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News Connecticut AG files lawsuit against drug company for alleged price inflation
Connecticut AG files lawsuit against drug company for alleged price inflation
Deirdre Jurand
May 30, 2008 04:06:00 pm

Connecticut filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson Corp. in US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Thursday, accusing the company of violating federal anti-racketeering laws by inflating drug prices for state-funded health...

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News Anti-Guantanamo protesters convicted for illegal Supreme Court demonstration
Anti-Guantanamo protesters convicted for illegal Supreme Court demonstration
Deirdre Jurand
May 30, 2008 12:27:00 pm

A Washington DC Superior Court found 34 members of anti-war activism group Witness Against Torture guilty Thursday on misdemeanor charges of illegal protesting. Police arrested 71 group members at a protest in front of the...

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News Vioxx jury awards overturned on appeal in Texas, New Jersey
Vioxx jury awards overturned on appeal in Texas, New Jersey
Deirdre Jurand
May 30, 2008 11:30:00 am

A Texas state appeals court Thursday overturned a jury verdict against pharmaceutical giant Merck concerning a death allegedly caused by painkiller Vioxx . The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals reversed ...

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News Former Guantanamo prosecutor says DOD punished him for Hamdan testimony
Former Guantanamo prosecutor says DOD punished him for Hamdan testimony
Deirdre Jurand
May 30, 2008 10:19:00 am

The former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay alleges that the US Department of Defense (DOD) retaliated against him for giving testimony at the pre-trial hearing of detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan ...

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News Balkan countries now among safest in Europe after crime drop: UN report
Balkan countries now among safest in Europe after crime drop: UN report
Deirdre Jurand
May 30, 2008 08:23:00 am

The Balkan region, once plagued by a reputation for dangerous crime and political instability, is now one of the safest regions in Europe, according to a UN study released Thursday. The United Nations Office on...

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News Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen disappearances
Europe rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen disappearances
Deirdre Jurand
May 29, 2008 02:15:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued five decisions Thursday finding Russia responsible for the disappearance of a dozen people during Russian armed raids in Chechnya in 2002 and 2003. Families of the victims, all of...

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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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