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Governor appoints Clayton appellate judge
“You handle family law, to criminal law, to contract law, to business law. You cover all aspects of cases that go before the court system and you have a major role in setting policy in how the laws are interpreted,” he said. While the Eastern District
Updated: 07/18/2011 07:06P
Avoiding “Caylee's Law”
“Personalizing criminal law usually stems from fruitless outrage at a freakish event,” and comes with some serious inherent risk. Plenty of legislators are ignoring that risk. Their proposals, all going by the name “Caylee's Law,” are an understandable
Updated: 07/18/2011 05:27P
Stop the drone assassination industry
Because the British judicial system is more likely to comply with international criminal law, I suggest Reprieve and its Pakistani colleagues might do better to indict those in Britain who are accessories to these killings.
Updated: 07/18/2011 04:36P
Why We Don't Need a 'Caylee's Law'
As a general rule of sound government, it's also a good idea never to enact a law named after a person. Personalizing criminal law usually stems from fruitless outrage at a freakish event. Plenty of legislators are ignoring that risk.
Updated: 07/18/2011 04:10P
LeRoy Wulfmeier Has Been Elected as a Member of the American Board of Trial
Areas of practice include corporate and business law, health care law, family law, business transactions, estate planning, commercial litigation, governmental law, real estate, creditors' rights, criminal law, employment and labor law, and workers'
Updated: 07/18/2011 02:17P
Can Lawyers Be More Ethical?
He has published more than forty law review articles and has lectured widely in the areas of legal ethics, criminal law, law and religion, Jewish law, and constitutional law. Professor Levine graduated cum laude from Fordham Law School and with highest
Updated: 07/18/2011 12:21P
NS: Amherst lawyer under investigation by CRA
Court documents show Jim O'Neil had a number of items seized from his office at the end of June and indicate he is facing an investigation by the Canada Revenue Agency under the Excise Tax Act and the Criminal Code. The investigation is under section
Updated: 07/18/2011 10:00A
Michigan Judge Misunderstands What “Facing Your Accuser” Means
It dates back to English common law, as well as being mentioned in the Bible. In many ways, the right to confront your accuser is the bedrock of criminal law. While that's all well and good, someone should've tapped 36th District Judge Vanessa Bradley
Updated: 07/18/2011 09:55A
Rightist lawmaker sues against settlement boycott
Eldad filed the complaints under a criminal law that prohibits conspiracy to harm an individual or his livelihood, which carries a two-year prison sentence. While the Meretz Party's act appeared designed to challenge the boycott bill approved last week
Updated: 07/18/2011 09:21A
Media and the NDC Congress
The culture of silence and the Criminal Libel Law are still fresh on the minds of some journalists who practiced in that era. But this did not stop the NDC from dominating the media in the run up to the recent congress. The congress, which is perhaps,
Updated: 07/18/2011 08:39A
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