Interim Libyan leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil said Monday that he has ordered an investigation into the death of former leader Muammar Gaddafi . He said that the National Transition Council has formed a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding Gaddafi’s capture and death last week at the hands of opposition forces in his hometown of Sirte [...]
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Maria Fechter, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2012, is the author of the final article in a ten part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development under the direction of Professor Leonard Baynes. She writes on the need to provide regulations that prevent bill shock… In [...]
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler of Webster University and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, both in Geneva, Switzerland, says the killing of Muammar Gaddafi appears to be another violation of international law involving the US, sending the dangerous message that one must kill or be killed… Although the facts are far [...]
A Bahrain court on Sunday began hearing the appeals of 20 medical staff members convicted last month of participating in the country’s pro-democracy protests against the ruling regime. The 13 doctors, one dentist, nurses and paramedics who were jailed for providing treatment to injured protesters all worked at the Salmaniya Medical Complex in Manama, which [...]
A Nigerian village on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in US federal court against Royal Dutch Shell PLC alleging the oil company polluted a drinking water well with benzene at levels 900 times the limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO) . The lawsuit is based on a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report assessing the [...]
Libyan transitional Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril on Sunday declared the country’s official liberation from the regime of former leader Muammar Gaddafi and set a schedule for establishing a new government. Jibril made the announcement in front of thousands of supporters celebrating in the city of Benghazi, the location of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and [...]
A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Friday dismissed a counterclaim filed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) and state Attorney General Tom Horne against the US government in the lawsuit challenging the controversial Arizona immigration law . While the court ruled that Arizona had standing to bring [...]
After the local Human Rights Ombudsman filed an action of unconstitutionality, the 11 justices of the Supreme Court of Mexico gathered last month to discuss and rule on the constitutionality of an amendment to the Constitution of Baja California effectively banning abortions. The state of Baja California is one of 32 federal entities of Mexico. Although politicians and [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Laurie Blank of Emory University School of Law says that two great works of literature highlight the ancient pedigree of the law of war principles violated in the death of Muammar Gaddafi (if killed after capture) and the treatment of his remains by Libyan rebels…
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit unanimously ruled to restore the Roadless Rule , ending a 2008 national injunction . The Roadless Rule blocks road-building and commercial timber harvesting on expanses of roadless areas around the country, primarily the National Forests. The National Forest Services (NFS) and the US Department of Agriculture [...]
