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Top judge opens revamped Wrexham Law Courts
Wrexham Law Courts opened in April after a £700000 refurbishment. The "state of the art" centre now deals with criminal, civil and family cases. It includes four courtrooms, two hearing rooms and secure enclosed docks. Wrexham court room.
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:49A
Judicial Independence Explored at Oct. 20 Symposium at DePaul College of Law
Issues of judicial independence like these will be explored at a day-long symposium co-sponsored by the DePaul University College of Law's “Journal for Social Justice” and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:41A
Failing law leaves children unprotected in Somaliland
Child rights activists have expressed concern over the stagnation of a juvenile justice law in Somalia's self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland, where officials say an average of 200 children are detained every month by police.
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:31A
The man who got passed over for the Supreme Court
So it was this week, when Stephen Harper nominated Justice Michael Moldaver and Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, both of the Ontario Court of Appeal, to fill two Ontario vacancies on the top court. But Don Stuart, a law professor at Queen's University,
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:14A
Force, Not Law, Got Qaddafi
Daniel Pipes observes that Qaddafi is the sixth former tyrant to be tracked down like a common criminal in the past decade – Milosevic, Karadzic, and Mladic from Serbia, Hussein in Iraq, bin Laden in Pakistan, and now Qaddafi.
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:04A
New Ohio law lessens penalty for driving under suspension and driving without
By Gabriel Baird, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A new law cuts the penalties for driving without a license and most instances of driving with a suspended license. Although criminal penalties -- jail time and fines -- remain unchanged,
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:03A
I can see Surrey from my house — and it needs a law school
And if you're into criminal law, the newspapers would suggest that opportunities abound. After articling at an established medium-sized Vancouver firm myself 26 years ago, and pretty well staying with downtown Vancouver firms for most of my
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:03A
David Kennedy, Pioneering Advocate for Methods Proven to Reduce Inner-City
The program, sponsored by the law school and the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, will be held at 4 pm and followed by a book signing. In his new memoir, titled Don't Shoot: One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America
Updated: 10/24/2011 10:02A
The Rule of Law After 7/22
that a civilized country ruled by law must function regardless of personal likes or dislikes. My unpleasant encounter with the Norwegian police raises fundamental questions regarding the handling of witnesses in major criminal investigations.
Updated: 10/24/2011 09:54A
Gangs Expanding and Some Activity Now Includes Mortgage Fraud and Human
The FBI, along with its federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, strives to disrupt and prevent their criminal activities and seek justice for innocent victims of their crimes,” Assistant Director Kevin Perkins of the FBI Criminal
Updated: 10/24/2011 09:36A
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