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News Defense begins in Enron fraud trial
Defense begins in Enron fraud trial
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2006 09:55:00 am

Defense lawyers begin their case this week in the trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling . The prosecution's case ended last week with US District Judge Sim Lake...

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News Sept. 11 detainees claim guards used dogs to intimidate prisoners
Sept. 11 detainees claim guards used dogs to intimidate prisoners
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2006 09:23:00 am

Two men who are part of a class-action lawsuit against the US government have claimed that they were abused by dogs while being held in a New Jersey jail after the Sept. 11 attacks . Ibrahim Turkmen...

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News French CPE labor law may be back on negotiating table
French CPE labor law may be back on negotiating table
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2006 09:17:00 am

French union leaders and student groups hinted Monday that they might be willing to re-enter negotiations with the government of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin a day after the law establishing the so-called First Employment Contract (CPE) [text, JURIST...

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News UK launches FBI-style crime-fighting agency
UK launches FBI-style crime-fighting agency
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2006 08:15:00 am

The United Kingdom launched its first non-police law enforcement agency Monday - the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) - modeled after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US....

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News Advisor claims Taylor was arrested by same Nigerians who helped him flee
Advisor claims Taylor was arrested by same Nigerians who helped him flee
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2006 07:46:00 am

A spiritual advisor for former Liberian President Charles Taylor has said that Nigerian security forces led Taylor to the border of Cameroon to facilitate his escape, but then returned to arrest him...

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News Frist pushing for immigration reform vote in Senate this week
Frist pushing for immigration reform vote in Senate this week
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2006 07:08:00 am

US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said Sunday that he wants the full Senate to vote on an immigration bill by the end of the week, detailing three areas that must be addressed : border...

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News ‘Minuteman’ private border patrols restart amidst heated immigration debate
‘Minuteman’ private border patrols restart amidst heated immigration debate
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 11:51:00 am

Members of the private Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have begun a new month-long campaign in US states bordering Mexico and Canada to raise public awareness of illegal immigration. Minuteman volunteers watch the borders...

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News La loi CPE – contrat premiere embauche [Journal officiel]
La loi CPE – contrat premiere embauche [Journal officiel]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 2, 2006 11:17:00 am

Loi no 2006-396 du 31 mars 2006 pour l'egalité des chances , Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise, April 2, 2006. CPE excerpt:Article 8I. − Les...

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News Contrat premiere embauche (CPE) statute [France JO]
Contrat premiere embauche (CPE) statute [France JO]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 2, 2006 11:17:00 am

Loi no 2006-396 du 31 mars 2006 pour l'egalité des chances , Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise, April 2, 2006. CPE excerpt:Article 8I. − Les...

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News French CPE labor law goes on the books despite controversy
French CPE labor law goes on the books despite controversy
Elizabeth Schultz
April 2, 2006 11:06:00 am

A controversial French labor law that has prompted strikes and mass demonstrations by students and workers across France was officially published Sunday in France's Journal officiel gazette after being signed by President Jacques Chirac . The...

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English legal historian Frederic Maitland born

Frederic Maitland, legal historian and co-author of the History of English Law, was born on May 28, 1850.

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Indian Removal Act passed

On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act. The act authorized Johnson to exchange federal lands in the West for Indian lands in the American Southeast. While some tribes gave up their lands peacefully, others resisted. The "Trail of Tears" killed approximately 4,000 Cherokees in a forced march into the West. Learn more about the Indian Removal Act from the US Library of Congress.

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