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Ensuring Justice in Transitional Libya
No amount of normative constitution-drafting and draft-circulation can blot out from the books, or collective memory, Gaddafi's undignified corpse being dragged through the streets, prompting a UN human rights investigation); Gaddafi's bullet-ridden
Updated: 11/10/2011 09:46A
Michael McCann answers the question: Will Joe Paterno be charged with a crime?
Guests -- a friend Michael mechanics of sports law professor sports law institute director Vermont Law School. Distinguished visiting hall of -- professor of law at Mississippi called school law also serves as NB ATV's on your legal analyst.
Updated: 11/10/2011 09:41A
Glut of Criminal Cases Puts the Squeeze on Civil Litigation
Despite the surge in case loads, the number of authorized federal judgeships has risen just 4% since 1990. Of the 677 district court judgeships currently authorized, about 9.5% are vacant, according to the Journal. Meanwhile, the number of pending
Updated: 11/10/2011 09:03A
COMMENT: A Dangerous, Costly Game: Part III: (Continuation: Stop Peace
The involvement of the International Monitoring Team and the International Contact Group validates the distinction of the GRP-MILF Ceasefire Agreement from Philippine Criminal Law. The problem is not with the ceasefire agreement and the implementing
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:35A
EX PARTE COLLIER
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court these applications for writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 SW2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967).
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:34A
EX PARTE NORWOOD
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court this application for writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 SW2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967).
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:34A
EX PARTE CAVAZOS
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court these applications for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 SW2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967).
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:34A
Penn State officials could exploit legal loophole
Under Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law, a wide range of professionals who come in contact with children and have a "reasonable cause to suspect" that a child in the care of their organization has been abused are required to report it or
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:33A
Who's to blame if Gloria does a Ramona?
Initially, her doctor certifies that she has “metabolic bone disease.” The day after, a second doctor says that the “she may require a bone biopsy” to determine if she has that disease. Two days later, her third doctor's medical abstract doesn't
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:20A
Criminal record almost like a book: judge
"Your criminal record, it's almost a book," Justice Richard Humphrey told Michael Neville, 41, in Greater Sudbury. "I'm just guessing that it looks like 200 convictions ... "When are you going to get out of this? You are not good at it.
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:18A