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Uni exchanges win top marks
The law/commerce student spent the first half of this year as a law student at the University of Utrecht, where she studied gender and the law, introduction to European law and criminal law. Her course work for a unit on forensic mental health took her
Updated: 09/05/2011 10:02A
MPs to grill ex- NotW editor as Met cuffs another man
The Met cuffed a 30-year-old man on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to the Criminal Law Act, and attempting to pervert the course of justice. The unnamed man was held in custody at a north London police station and
Updated: 09/05/2011 08:02A
Zimbabwe: 20 Underage Girls Forced Into Marriage
He said under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, it was a criminal offence to engage in sexual intercourse with minors. "Under section 7 of the Act . . . since it involves sexual activity it becomes rape. The Act makes it an offence to
Updated: 09/05/2011 07:10A
Montana case workers 'save the world'
A lot of case law and state law has to be interpreted before that can happen. "Your gut can tell you something is wrong, but you have no evidence to support that," she said. "In civil law, it's just like criminal law — you're innocent until proven
Updated: 09/05/2011 07:10A
Legal changes clarify existing law, reduce abuse
The draft amendment to China's Criminal Procedure Law is under public review. As a major issue in China's legal reform, the change naturally drew attention from the public and China observers. Under the context that official abuse of power,
Updated: 09/04/2011 09:38P
Why is Agar Relieved? .. Is the Decision Correct?
The answer is; the governor of the state has violated law and constitution when attacked the Sudanese armed forces. The attack also violates the Sudanese criminal law for the year 1991 that bans any direct or indirect act leading to waging war against
Updated: 09/04/2011 04:43P
Meet lawyer for post-election violence victims
As a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, Chana also conducted prosecutions and criminal appeals, extradition proceedings, and courts martial, advised on major criminal matters and legislation, and gave training on criminal law issues to army and
Updated: 09/04/2011 03:04P
Drunken drivers to lose jobs and CCP memberships under Guangdong law
According to traffic law, drivers whose alcohol level exceeds 80 mg for every 100 milliliters of blood are considered drunk. The regulation is the first to mete out penalties for illegal street racers, who will lose their drivers licenses,
Updated: 09/04/2011 02:36P
Beijing court finds 21 defendants guilty of criminal privacy violations
In this case, the personal information involved included call lists, text message details, registration information for cell phones and landlines, registered residence information, bank account details, automobile and housing registration information,
Updated: 09/04/2011 01:30P
The DOJ's escalating criminalization of speech
That's because: (1) the criminal law does not apply to politically powerful elites, only to ordinary citizens and residents (indeed, many of those MEK-shilling politicians cheer on broad and harsh application of the "material support" statute when
Updated: 09/04/2011 01:02P
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