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Power for smacking ban disputed
A senior backbench MP has called for clarification over whether the Welsh assembly can stop parents smacking their children. Welsh Affairs Committee chairman David Davies said the issue should be referred to the Supreme Court if AMs vote in favour of a
Updated: 10/19/2011 02:04A
Select committee chairman disputes smacking ban powers
A senior backbench MP has called for clarification over whether the Welsh assembly can stop parents smacking their children. Welsh Affairs Committee chairman David Davies said the issue should be referred to the Supreme Court if AMs vote in favour of a
Updated: 10/19/2011 02:03A
The real trouble with Canadian justice
"It shouldn't happen," says Alan Young, a professor of criminal law at Osgoode Hall Law School and a veteran criminal defence lawyer. "But it does happen, all the time." So there's uncertainty about the charge. But let's set that aside and assume our
Updated: 10/19/2011 01:58A
Criminal's fight for right to smoke
A law change wasn't required for Corrections to introduce the ban. Taylor's wife, Carolyn, confirmed her husband was challenging the ban but said due to restrictions on his phone calls from Paremoremo Prison she didn't have much information on what his
Updated: 10/19/2011 01:58A
18.10.11 - ICTR/NGIRABATWARE - SISTER-IN-LAW BACKS EX-MINISTER'S ALIBI
Arusha, October 18, 2011 (FH) - A sister-in-law of Rwandan ex-Planning Minister Augustin Ngirabatware Tuesday appeared as the twenty-eighth defence witness in his genocide trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Updated: 10/19/2011 01:33A
Criminal fight's for right to smoke
A law change wasn't required for Corrections to introduce the ban. Taylor's wife, Carolyn, confirmed her husband was challenging the ban but said due to restrictions on his phone calls from Paremoremo Prison she didn't have much information on what his
Updated: 10/19/2011 12:19A
Norris Ward McKinnon | Commercial eSpeaking - October 2011
Businesspeople will be exposed to the criminal process because of the establishment of a parallel framework between the civil and criminal jurisdictions; it seems harsh to put legitimate commercial arrangements through the criminal law and criminal
Updated: 10/19/2011 12:16A
Chapman Tripp | Two year deferral of criminal sanctions in new cartel Bill
with Australia are unlikely to exceed the costs imposed on businesses, the Commerce Commission and the Courts, and that clarification of the law on cartel behaviour could have been achieved without the introduction of criminal penalties.
Updated: 10/19/2011 12:15A
Maine Voices: War on drugs has costs that can outweigh its benefits
What once was a matter for criminal law now is a threat to national security at the highest level. CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — A recent Portland Press Herald article on the drug popularly called "bath salts" ("Southern Maine braces for bath salts," Oct. 9)
Updated: 10/19/2011 12:04A
Home > Criminal Law > Barbara Sheehan and The “Battered Woman's Defense”: Must
The criminal law justification of self-defense represents a well-worn accommodation to the reality that the police may not arrive in time to protect a resident from an intruder. Facing an armed burglar, a resident cannot be expected to afford that
Updated: 10/19/2011 12:03A
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