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Update on interest rate ceilings
The interest rate ceiling, introduced on April 29 2011 by an amendment to the Criminal Code, is calculated and published by the Central Bank of Cyprus quarterly and was set at 12.18% for its first quarter (for further information please see "Interest
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:47A
Are doing harm and allowing harm equivalent? Ask fMRI
That difference is even codified in criminal law. A new study based on brain scans, however, shows that people make that moral distinction automatically. Researchers found that it requires conscious reasoning to decide that active and passive behaviors
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:40A
Rodricks crosses the line
I frequently disagree with Dan Rodricks' views on criminal justice, but his column on November 30th ("Calvin Ash, political prisoner?") was particularly disgusting. To claim that Calvin Ash is a political prisoner is an insult to all those who are
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:30A
International criminal court hopes to continue legacy
By Tzvetina Borisova for Southeast European Times -- 02/12/11 Since its establishment in 1993, the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has been working to bring to justice those responsible for war crimes committed
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:23A
War Crimes in Video Games Draw Red Cross Scrutiny
"It is regrettable that game producers hardly ever use this possibility to creatively incorporate the rules of international law or even representatives of such rules (such as the ICRC or the international criminal courts etc.) as specific elements in
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:17A
The Bush Administration Was an Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy Under International
Finally, according to basic principles of international criminal law set forth in paragraph 501 of US Army Field Manual 27-10, all high level civilian officials and military officers in the Bush administration who either knew or should have known that
Updated: 12/02/2011 10:07A
The history of 'honour killings'
"I think we need to be careful not to allow social phenomena to change our response in terms of the criminal justice system," says Carissima Mathen, a professor of law at the University of Ottawa. "Ultimately, motive doesn't make you more or less
Updated: 12/02/2011 09:33A
BC must balance rights, drinking laws
Drivers who ask for a review are prohibited from questioning the reliability of the screening device and their grounds of appeal are severely restricted, said the Justice Jon Sigurdson, so the Charter breach can't be sanctioned given the heavy
Updated: 12/02/2011 09:27A
New evidence sets convicted murderer Jeffrey Gilham free
The prosecution case was always that Jeff murdered his family and then set the living room alight in a bid to cover his crime. But that key piece of evidence was this week undermined by a forensic expert, with the court told the level of carbon
Updated: 12/02/2011 09:15A
Crime Increase Likely Police Chief Tells Council
"They get back into the (criminal justice) system because it's easier," Spagnoli said of repeat offenders. "They get three meals and a shower." The discussion on realignment was just one slice of a meeting that lasted over three hours and was meant as
Updated: 12/02/2011 08:58A
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