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News China adopts first mental health law
China adopts first mental health law
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 26, 2012 10:08:03 am

China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Friday adopted the nation's first mental health law to protect the rights of the mentally ill, according to a report by the country's state-run news agency. The new law is...

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News Wikileaks begins release of confidential US ‘detainee policies’
Wikileaks begins release of confidential US ‘detainee policies’
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 25, 2012 01:32:17 pm

The controversial intelligence-leaking website Wikileaks on Thursday began releasing a series of confidential US detainee policies , according to the website. The site said that it will release "more than 100 classified...

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News New Jersey Supreme Court upholds surrogacy law
New Jersey Supreme Court upholds surrogacy law
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 25, 2012 12:50:47 pm

The Supreme Court of New Jersey on Wednesday upheld a decision by a New Jersey appellate court finding that an infertile woman is not the legal parent of a child conceived using her husband's sperm...

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News Kenya appeals court allows jurisdiction over international piracy cases
Kenya appeals court allows jurisdiction over international piracy cases
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 18, 2012 01:10:49 pm

An appeals court in Kenya ruled Thursday that Kenyan courts have jurisdiction to try international piracy suspects. The court's decision overturns a 2010 ruling which found that Kenya does not have jurisdiction outside of its national waters....

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News UK appeals court rules Samsung tablets do not infringe on Apple design
UK appeals court rules Samsung tablets do not infringe on Apple design
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 18, 2012 12:14:13 pm

A UK appeals court ruled Thursday in favor of Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited in a design infringement case brought by Apple, Inc. . The decision by the three-judge panel upheld a lower court ruling ...

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News Sierra Leone war crimes court sentences four for contempt
Sierra Leone war crimes court sentences four for contempt
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 12, 2012 11:04:29 am

The Special Court for the Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Friday sentenced four men to prison terms ranging from 18 months to 2 years on contempt charges stemming from allegations of witness...

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News Federal appeals court rejects Ohio law discarding provisional ballots cast in wrong precinct
Federal appeals court rejects Ohio law discarding provisional ballots cast in wrong precinct
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 12, 2012 10:25:01 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday upheld a preliminary injunction against an Ohio state election law adopted in 2006 that discards provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct. Pursuant to...

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News Federal appeals court upholds immunity for Rwanda president
Federal appeals court upholds immunity for Rwanda president
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 11, 2012 12:58:12 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against Rwandan President Paul Kagame alleging he ordered the killings of the former presidents of Rwanda and...

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News Nigeria residents sue Shell in Netherlands for oil spills
Nigeria residents sue Shell in Netherlands for oil spills
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 11, 2012 12:17:19 pm

Four Nigerian residents and an advocacy group told a Dutch court on Thursday that Shell should be held liable for damage from oil pollution in the Niger Delta. The suit, which was filed...

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UK court approves extradition of terror suspects to US
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 5, 2012 11:30:53 am

The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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