John Paul Regan, Author at JURIST

Europe rights court upholds ban on use of Holocaust images

November 8, 2012 10:25:14 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday upheld a German injunction preventing the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) from using Holocaust images...

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France Cabinet approves draft bill legalizing same-sex marriage

John Paul Regan

November 7, 2012 12:05:34 pm

The French Council of Ministers approved a draft bill Wednesday providing same-sex couples with the right to marry. The bill extends the rights of marriage, including adoption rights, to same-sex couples living in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

OPEC oil embargo begins

On October 17, 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) launched an oil embargo against Western countries in an attempt to end support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Read a personal account of the 1973 oil embargo by Saudi Arabia's former oil minister.