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Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago leaves for New York, USA to campaign for a
She was a Visiting Law Fellow at Oxford University and a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law at Cambridge University. The ICC is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity,
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:35P
NPC pushes specific anti-terror law
Legislator Sui Mingtai said anti-terror clauses do exist in China's criminal law and armed police law but fail to provide enough legal ground for anti-terror operations. Sui called for more research on anti-terrorism guidelines, as well as better
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:35P
Cops: Neighborhood canvass helps nab burglary suspect
“The clearance rate of criminal cases is far greater when there is cooperation between Law Enforcement and the Community” Law was sent to the Rensselaer County Jail without bail being set and is scheduled is to appear again in North Greenbush Court on
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:32P
Edwards' lawyers ask judge to throw out charges
But even if Edwards did know, Lowell told US District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles, no laws were broken. "Criminal laws are supposed to be written in Congress," Lowell said. "They should not be written on the desks of prosecutors who decide after
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:32P
John Edwards Attorneys Assail “Crazy Theory”of Campaign Finance Case
“Criminal laws are supposed to be written on the desks of members of Congress,” Lowell said in arguing the first of five defense motions to dismiss the case, “not on the desks of prosecutors who decide after the fact” what is permissible and what is
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:18P
Continuing the discussion of elite immunity and America's sprawling, merciless
In the first three years after I began writing about politics, (2006-2008), I wrote one book per year, largely because significant time constraints were imposed on those books. This new book is substantially different than those for many reasons,
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:52P
Wagner Bill To Augment School Bus Safety Laws
While the accused did not have a criminal record, Wagner said the incident highlighted the loophole that exempted bus aides from the background check requirements. The “School Bus Safety and Child Protection Act” would clarify current law by requiring
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:44P
Law expert: U.S. bishops should persuade Finn to resign
"But with civil society, when you break a law -- especially if it's a criminal statute -- you can expect to be indicted and tried." Referring to a June editorial in The Kansas City Star calling on Finn to resign, NCR asked Cafardi if he agreed that
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:38P
UN Special Rapporteur Takes on Laws Meant to Oppress and Subjugate Women
Discriminatory laws and the exercise of control over women's bodies often justified through arguments based in religion, culture and tradition and public morality oppress, subjugate and violate women's rights all over the world.
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:36P
Criminal Pancakes: Falsely Marketing Fake Maple Syrup Could Be a Felony
Called the "Maple Agriculture Protection and Law Enforcement Act" (yes, that's the MAPLE Act), the bill would mean that branding a food product as maple syrup when it's not real maple syrup would be a federal offense, punishable by up to five years in
Updated: 10/26/2011 01:31P
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