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Loughner's Lawyers Keep Up Fight Over Drugs
“The introduction of psychiatric considerations into the administration of the criminal law – for example, the insanity plea and verdict, diagnoses of mental incompetence to stand trial, and so forth – corrupt the law and victimize the subject on
Updated: 06/26/2011 10:10A
Anyanwu's lee way into Basic Nigerian Legal System
The Bar Part One Course, as it is called in the Law School, includes aspects of Nigerian Legal System, Nigerian Constitutional law, Criminal law, Jurisprudence, Evidence and Procedure and is meant to indigenize students who had their legal education
Updated: 06/26/2011 08:10A
APSU celebrates Highland Crest Campus opening
Contributed photo/APSU To help students earn degrees, sometimes a college or university has to go beyond its campus map and take education to the students. That is what Austin Peay State University is doing at the new Highland Crest Campus in
Updated: 06/26/2011 06:04A
“Officials' immunity needs reduction”
“The experts who analyzed the law determined that immunity is too broadly interpreted in Serbia, regardless of the Constitution,” he added. “The laws that need amendments include the parliament law and rules of procedure and criminal code, because they
Updated: 06/26/2011 05:51A
US immigration lawyer: Vargas will not be deported
“When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, she was breaking a law. She was breaking a criminal law in Alabama at the time,” Leopold explained. “The truth is sometimes, people have to break the law, and they can't avoid breaking the law.
Updated: 06/26/2011 05:17A
The Pentagon Papers, now declassified, resound in the WikiLeaks era, says
Justice William Brennan, one of the Court's strongest First Amendment advocates, noted that in some circumstances there might be legitimate limitations on publication such as information about contemporaneous military operations, troop movements,
Updated: 06/26/2011 05:05A
African legal scholars to meet
The lecturers will discuss the nature of armed conflicts in Africa, how they affect provision of humanitarian action and international criminal law. "Their main discussions will centre on challenges posed by changing nature of armed conflicts and
Updated: 06/26/2011 01:45A
State Supreme Court to hear medical marijuana case
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two criminal cases about medical marijuana, the first such appeals accepted by the state's highest court since voters approved the limited use of pot in 2008. The Oakland County case — People vs.
Updated: 06/25/2011 08:35P
Hacker Ryan Cleary has Asperger's syndrome
Cleary, who was arrested this week as the result of investigations by Scotland Yard and FBI appeared at City of Westminster magistrates court in a hearing relating to the five offences under the Criminal Law and Computer Misuse Act with which he has
Updated: 06/25/2011 04:49P
One Last Time for Goren and Eames: Guess 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' Finale
We're sure the finale of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sunday night on USA won't set a series high. Back in the NBC days, it once hit a 6.0 adults 18-49 rating, but the “Gunsmoke Rule” is definitely in effect since that was more than 8
Updated: 06/25/2011 03:45P
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