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SRI LANKA: Innocent man brutally assaulted and DIG (Central Province
an immediate investigation into the allegations of illegal arrest, illegal detention, torturing by the police perpetrators, and the prosecution of those proven to be responsible under the criminal law of the country for misusing powers of a state.
Updated: 05/29/2011 10:44P
Scottish party to challenge UK supreme court
“Scotland's distinct legal system, including our criminal law, has served our country well for centuries, ensuring justice for victims while also protecting the rights of those accused of a crime,” Scottish justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said
Updated: 05/29/2011 07:33P
DiManno: Supreme Court's consent ruling infantilizes women
Indeed, the convoluted details were so specific to this couple's relationship that there appears no good rationale for investing it with Supremo consequence for all when appeal was sought by the Crown and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
Updated: 05/29/2011 07:05P
Paul Greenberg, plus playgrounds and an 1810 American rebellion against Spain
Already “preoccupied with law and order and insistent on individual rights,” both frontiersmen and gentleman farmers chafed against the erosion of civil and criminal law under the Spanish, and on Sept. 23, 1810, overcame Spain's garrison at Baton Rouge
Updated: 05/29/2011 05:06P
Sex in Canada: It's a conscious decision
The provisions of the Criminal Code regarding consent “were intended to protect women against abuse by others. Their mission is not to protect women from themselves.” “Put differently, they aim to safeguard and enhance the sexual autonomy of women,
Updated: 05/29/2011 04:45P
Thai-American faces new security charge
Mr Lerpong is charged with lese majeste in breach of Section 112 of the Criminal Code and is also charged with instigating people to break the law under Section 116 of the Criminal Code. The American was arrested on Thursday in Nakhon Ratchasima for
Updated: 05/29/2011 03:12P
Violators of human dignity
Capital punishment is the legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. This form of punishment is based on the principle that “everyone is to be punished alike in proportion to the gravity of his offence or to the extent to which
Updated: 05/29/2011 02:44P
Supreme Court's role in Nat Fraser case to be scrutinised
"Scotland's distinct legal system, including our criminal law, has served our country well for centuries, ensuring justice for victims while also protecting the rights of those accused of a crime. "We believe the UK Supreme Court should have no role in
Updated: 05/29/2011 01:12P
Scotland questions role of UK Supreme court
A spokesman for Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said: "We believe the UK Supreme Court should have no role in matters of Scots criminal law - a view supported by Scotland's leading legal figures, including the previous Lord Advocate, who set out the
Updated: 05/29/2011 10:29A
The legal system in the balance
Human rights lawyer and Solicitor-Advocate John Scott accused Salmond of “beating a nationalist drum” to stir up support for independence, adding: “They really can't posture on something so important for justice.” Labour peer Lord Boyd, the former Lord
Updated: 05/29/2011 07:02A
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