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News India prosecutors seeking death penalty in Mumbai terror trial
India prosecutors seeking death penalty in Mumbai terror trial
Sarah Paulsworth
May 4, 2010 12:08:36 pm

Indian prosecutors on Tuesday argued for the death penalty for Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone gunmen to survive the three-day siege of Mumbai in November 2008 that killed 166. Kasab was...

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News Europe rights court orders immediate release of Azeri journalist
Europe rights court orders immediate release of Azeri journalist
Sarah Paulsworth
April 23, 2010 11:58:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Azerbaijan's government to "secure the immediate release" of imprisoned Azeri journalist Eynulla Fatuallyev and pay him over 25,000 euros in compensation. Fatuallyev has...

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News Russia Constitutional Court upholds ban on jury trials for terrorism suspects
Russia Constitutional Court upholds ban on jury trials for terrorism suspects
Sarah Paulsworth
April 20, 2010 02:44:00 pm

Russia's Constitutional Court on Monday upheld the practice of trying terrorism cases in the absence of juries. Several Russian citizens had challenged the constitutionality of certain provisions of the country's Criminal...

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News UN chief legal counsel urges financial support for Cambodia genocide tribunal
UN chief legal counsel urges financial support for Cambodia genocide tribunal
Sarah Paulsworth
April 20, 2010 01:20:00 pm

The Chief Legal Counsel to the UN, Under-Secretary-General Patricia O'Brien , and Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Sok An said Monday that the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) needs financial support...

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News Germany court convicts UK bishop for Holocaust denial
Germany court convicts UK bishop for Holocaust denial
Sarah Paulsworth
April 16, 2010 01:20:00 pm

The Regensburg District Court in southern Germany convicted British Bishop Richard Williamson of incitement on Friday for denying the Holocaust and ordered him to pay a 10,000 euro fine. The case stemmed from an interview to...

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News Son of deposed Kyrgyzstan president facing abuse of power charges
Son of deposed Kyrgyzstan president facing abuse of power charges
Sarah Paulsworth
April 16, 2010 11:57:00 am

The Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General’s Office announced Friday that the son of deposed president Kurmanbek Bakiyev , Maksim Bakiyev, faces charges of abuse of power and misuse of state credit. Maksim Bakiyev ran Kyrgyzstan's Central Agency for Development, Investment...

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News Rights groups concerned over Fiji draft media law
Rights groups concerned over Fiji draft media law
Sarah Paulsworth
April 13, 2010 12:08:00 pm

International rights organizations voiced concern Tuesday about a draft media law the Fijian government is slated to approve in the near future. The Media Industry Development Decree 2010 includes several provisions that could result in the imprisonment...

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News Europe rights court rules Azerbaijan violated election rights
Europe rights court rules Azerbaijan violated election rights
Sarah Paulsworth
April 9, 2010 12:17:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Azerbaijan violated parliamentary candidate Namat Aliyev’s rights to stand freely and fairly in the country's 2005 elections. Aliyev alleged that the government violated his...

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Turkish ruling party submits new version of proposed constitutional amendments
Sarah Paulsworth
April 6, 2010 01:52:00 pm

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Monday submitted a new version of their proposed Constitutional amendments to the Grand National Assembly . The draft differs only...

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Pakistan AG resigns amid corruption investigation controversy
Sarah Paulsworth
April 2, 2010 02:22:00 pm

Pakistan's Attorney General Anwar Mansoor announced his resignation Friday over controversy surrounding a Supreme Court order to investigate corruption allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari . Mansoor cited a lack of cooperation ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius Caesar assassinated on Ides of March

Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated at the Roman Forum by a number of his own senators led by Marcus Brutus on March 15, 44 BC over concerns that he was becoming too powerful. The assassination wound up being a political failure as the Roman citizenry ended up becoming incensed at the conspirators and a civil war broke out, which Brutus and his supporters lost to Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus). William Shakespeare later wrote in his eponymous play about the assassination, "Beware the ides of March." Learn more about the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg born

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15, 1933.

Learn more about Justice Ginsburg from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia project at Northwestern University.

Code Napoleon promulgated

On March 15, 1803, the Code Napoleon (French Civil Code) was promulgated in France. The Code is considered the first successful legal code in Europe and is still used today as the basis for the modern French Civil Code. Napoleon's conquests spread his Code across the European Continent, influencing modern legal codes in Portugal, Austria, Italy, and other nations. Read a history of the Code Napoleon.

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