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Get Over It: This Is Who Obama Is
Obama shepherded key proposed changes in the state's criminal law, including the sensitive matter of taping interrogations of homicide suspects, all the while having cozy late-night poker games with legislative buddies, including conservative
Updated: 07/27/2011 08:35A
Nelly Koutskova: The judicial reform requires constitutional changes too
Countries with established democratic traditions and stable justice have been working for years on these problems - what about a country in transition, with constantly changing legislation? But if Bulgaria had begun to work on these issues a long time
Updated: 07/27/2011 07:12A
Mozambique proposes new anti-corruption laws
MAPUTO — Mozambique's government has proposed new anti-corruption laws and toughened its century-old criminal code to curb the theft of public money, state media reported Wednesday. The southern African country's highest decision-making body,
Updated: 07/27/2011 06:45A
Decision to Allow Live Reports from Federal Court 'Cutting Edge'
Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor and veteran criminal law scholar, was impressed by the judge's decision. "I think that's fantastic. It's cutting edge. The federal courts really haven't come to agreement on this
Updated: 07/27/2011 06:14A
Sale of fake design products - with or without a trademark or design
The Italian Supreme Court issued a decision enhancing the protection for design products under Italian criminal law. The dispute concerned the sale of counterfeit design furniture, which bore the fake signature of the designers,
Updated: 07/27/2011 04:45A
Kenya: Lumumba, Tobiko And Iteere Must Get Serious
Tobiko has no training or experience in criminal law. He specialised in trademark and patents, an arcane area of intellectual property law that prepares lawyers for teaching, research and drafting trademark and patents agreements.
Updated: 07/27/2011 03:52A
Dead woman's cousin feels cops shielding in-laws
MiD DAY spoke to lawyers and experts in the field of criminal law and domestic violence cases. Eminent Criminal lawyer Advocate Harshad Nimbalkar said: "Depending on the circumstances and case details, IPC 302 can be applied against the suspects.
Updated: 07/27/2011 02:32A
Dink Triggerman Sentenced
"The aim of the criminal law … is not just [to see] justice being done, but also to keep the social peace [and] provide a culture of co-existence with all our differences," she said. The Friends of Hrant platform has followed the trials since the
Updated: 07/27/2011 02:11A
Arena, Part II
My old criminal law professor Barney Sneiderman took a great interest in the Robert Latimer case. One of his more memorable lectures in law school involved him telling a story about writing some justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Updated: 07/27/2011 01:10A
Uganda: End Trials of Civilians in Military Courts
Since 2002, military courts in Uganda have prosecuted over 1000 civilians on charges under the criminal code, such as murder and armed robbery. A 2006 Ugandan Constitutional Court ruling, upheld on appeal in 2009 before the Supreme Court and consistent
Updated: 07/27/2011 01:00A
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