JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Toone, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Class of 2012, has spent over two years working and studying in the Middle East, including six months as an embedded civilian social scientist with the First Armored Division in Baghdad, Iraq. He writes about some of the unintended consequences Muammar Gaddafi’s [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada Friday declared that the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) does not have the power to award compensation for legal costs. The high court’s 7-0 decision states that the language used in the relevant federal statute does not allow for the awarding of legal costs in the same manner prescribed by [...]

China passed new anti-terrorism legislation on Saturday that will amend current criminals laws by providing a definition of “acts of terror” and establish ways for security forces to deal with such acts. The law defines “terrorists” as “those who organize, plot and conduct terrorist acts as well as those who are members of terrorist groups,” [...]

Medical marijuana advocates Thursday filed suit in a California federal court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the federal government for its recent crackdown on marijuana dispensaries in the state. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) petitioned the US District Court for the Northern District of California to intervene in what the Oakland-based advocacy group claims [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced comprehensive changes on Thursday to its national communications subsidy program to make high-speed internet access available in rural areas . The Connect America Fund will have an annual budget of USD $4.5 billion, and the FCC estimates that the program will create more than 500,000 jobs while providing high-speed [...]

JURIST Contributing Editor Gabor Rona, International Legal Director of Human Rights First, argues that the death of Muammar Gaddafi may constitute a war crime under international standards and represents multiple missed opportunities for true justice by the parties involved…

JURIST Guest Columnist Patricia DeGennaro, International Affairs Specialist and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, says that the recent killing of Muammar Gaddafi sets a dangerous precedent of deposing dictators through military force over diplomatic efforts…

JURIST Guest Columnist Myroslaw Smorodsky of the Board of Governors of the Ukrainian American Bar Association says the sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko was politically motivated and a tragic miscarriage of justice that will impact the credibility of Ukraine worldwide…

A court-martial began Friday for US Army Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, 26, charged with murdering civilians in Afghanistan as part of a rogue platoon that has attacked villagers in the Kandahar province. Gibbs’ trial follows an 18-month investigation into crimes committed by US military personnel as part of the war in Afghanistan. Gibbs now faces three [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday ordered the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Citigroup to defend their recent settlement agreement . The agreement concluded the dispute that charged Citigroup with having misled its investors about a $1 billion loan that defaulted. The result [...]