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Ukraine to continue improving anti-corruption legislation
He also pointed to the need to improve the Criminal Code. In particular, Yanukovych noted that some economic crimes should be punished with fines and not imprisonment. The president said that many European countries apply substantial fines for economic
Updated: 06/08/2011 11:11A
Assault demands severe repercussions
Some Ontario students are about to get a crash course in criminal law, and we hope it's a lesson they'll remember for a long, long time. Several Grey Highlands Secondary School students spent their lunch hour allegedly involved in an assault at the
Updated: 06/08/2011 11:06A
EU Parliament agrees on common draft resolution on Tymoshenko case
Brussels, June 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The European Parliament has drafted a common resolution on Ukraine in which the basic clauses remained unchanged – with calls not to use criminal law to prosecute the opposition and not to restrict the freedom of
Updated: 06/08/2011 08:14A
SEC Enforcement Chief Hits Defense Lawyer Toe-Tapping, Scapegoating in
Speaking last week to the criminal law group of the UJA-Federation of New York, Robert Khuzami said he's sure that no audience members are engaging in conduct that frustrates his agency's investigations. But too frequently, he said, he is hearing of
Updated: 06/08/2011 07:55A
New Bill tackles Sharia courts
Cases of criminal law and family law are matters reserved for our English courts alone. “Through these proposals, I want to make it perfectly clear in the law that discrimination against women shall not be allowed within arbitration.
Updated: 06/08/2011 06:06A
Accepting homosexuality will disintegrate our society: Kwame Akufo
But Mr Akufo in an interview with Peace FM Wednesday, quoted Section 104 (1)(b) of the Criminal Code which saying whosoever has an unnatural carnal knowledge of any person of 16 years or over with his consent is guilty of a misdemeanour, while the same
Updated: 06/08/2011 05:54A
Accepting homosexuality will disintegrate our society: Kwame Akuffo
But Mr Akufo in an interview with Peace FM Wednesday, quoted Section 104 (1)(b) of the Criminal Code which saying whosoever has an unnatural carnal knowledge of any person of 16 years or over with his consent is guilty of a misdemeanour, while the same
Updated: 06/08/2011 05:54A
Edwards Prosecution Reflects Gross Overreaching By Feds
While this conclusion is undoubtedly accurate, the question from a federal criminal law standpoint is, “so what?” Having friends financially support a pregnant mistress so the wife and others will be less likely to discover the sordid affair,
Updated: 06/08/2011 05:09A
Illegal organ deals strike fear into Chinese hearts
In February this year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, approved a revision to the country's Criminal Law. The revision states that "organizing others to sell human organs" is a crime.
Updated: 06/08/2011 04:25A
Illegal organ deals strike fear into hearts of Chinese
At the end of March, public health authorities in north China's Shanxi Province revoked the medical license of Changliang Hospital, where Hu's surgery took place. The hospital's operations were suspended and the medical staff involved in the incident
Updated: 06/08/2011 02:36A
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