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More law students forced to take unpaid internships
She's researched criminal law and observed several high-profile cases, and the experience has convinced her she wants to be in the courtroom. Yount knows life after school could be difficult. A fellow W&M law school friend who recently graduated has at
Updated: 08/01/2011 12:08A
Why is Breivik Facing a Maximum Sentence of Just 21 Years?
Jrn Jacobsen, a post-doctoral researcher in criminal law at the University of Bergen, told me that Norwegian attitudes are connected to the country's historical and social identity as a welfare state—in his words, a “small community with a high level
Updated: 08/01/2011 12:06A
Blake Lapthorn | Ministry of Justice: new crime of squatting proposed
Currently, squatting is not a criminal offence. However, there are a number of criminal offences that squatters may commit. The main statutory provisions are as follows. Section 7 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 provides that any person who is on
Updated: 08/01/2011 12:04A
Altaf deplores conspiracies to incite sectarian violence
London—Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has deplored the conspiracies to incite sectarian violence and spoil law and order situation in the country including Karachi. He said that some criminal elements wanted to
Updated: 07/31/2011 11:47P
Arthur Cox | Law Business Research: The Public Competition Enforcement Review
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Updated: 07/31/2011 11:31P
Anti-terror law in Pakistan
Anti-terror laws crosscut boundaries between administration, constitution, criminal, immigration, military law, and laws of war within and beyond. That is, one cannot analyze the anti-terror regime of any state in isolation from its domestic
Updated: 07/31/2011 11:28P
Bring Nazaruddin home
In the wake of the public debate over graft scandals involving fugitive graft suspect and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin, it is often said and interpreted that advocates are part of law enforcement. The reason and origin of this
Updated: 07/31/2011 11:18P
VIDEO: New law to tackle India corruption
a string of corruption scandals from a multi-billion dollar telecom scandal to last year's commonwealth games. Several top government officials including a former minister have been arrested and are facing criminal charges. Sanjoy Majumder reports.
Updated: 07/31/2011 11:12P
New law to tackle India corruption
a string of corruption scandals from a multi-billion dollar telecom scandal to last year's commonwealth games. Several top government officials including a former minister have been arrested and are facing criminal charges. Sanjoy Majumder reports.
Updated: 07/31/2011 11:11P
California may curb jail testimony
LOS ANGELES – No blood, fingerprints, weapon or other physical evidence ever was found to link Thomas L. Goldstein to the 1979 shotgun murder of John McGinest, a Long Beach neighbor he had never met. Goldstein, then a 28-year-old
Updated: 07/31/2011 10:59P
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