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On a public interest defence in the Secrecy Bill
The defence exists as a function of very basic, but well recognized, principles of criminal law. Within the framework of the requirements for criminal liability is an overarching and omnipresent requirement known as unlawfulness.
Updated: 12/11/2011 11:33A
Report proposes tough new laws on cyber bullying
The plan is contained in a Law Commission report which also recommends new laws to tackle online harassment. The laws would make it a criminal offence to encourage someone to commit suicide, to post "intimate images" online without the subject's
Updated: 12/11/2011 11:31A
Government plans to criminalise forced marriage
The Daily Telegraph reports that the Government is planning to use the criminal law to protect victims of domestic violence and forced marriage. Scotland brought into force legislation to criminalise forced marriage at the end of November.
Updated: 12/11/2011 10:39A
Online Colleges.org Announces First Winner of $10000 Online Education Scholarship
The recipient, Mary Nadeau, is an associate degree candidate studying criminal law at Remington College and a single mother of two young boys. The scholarship was developed to help economically disadvantaged students who are at risk of dropping out of
Updated: 12/11/2011 10:16A
Kentucky lawmakers want changes to human trafficking law
John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville, are behind the push. Tilley told The Daily News in Bowling Green that the criminal code can be enhanced to better deal with the issue. State prostitution laws don't specifically apply to adults. A child prostitute could be
Updated: 12/11/2011 09:52A
Rural law enforcement takes a special type of person
Many have criminal justice education or a background in corrections. Doug Kimball came to Pennington County from a small police force in South Carolina. His wife is a law enforcement ranger at Mount Rushmore. He has bachelor's degrees in biology and
Updated: 12/11/2011 09:47A
Students should be able to carry guns on campus
Passed by the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee in late October, HB 334 reasserts the state's sole authority to regulate firearms and prevents the University System of New Hampshire from denying licensed, law-abiding citizens the
Updated: 12/11/2011 09:22A
Mayor Mitch Landrieu recounts his murder jury experience -- and how he voted
The Justice Department, meanwhile, is negotiating a consent decree with the NOPD that will lay out guidelines and impose restrictions on how officers conduct themselves. "What I learned, that got reinforced for me that I already knew,
Updated: 12/11/2011 08:21A
Kolkata fire: Knee-jerk reactions stifling due process of law
There is a total clarity in law that in respect of such duties as may be properly left to some other official having regard to the exigencies of business or the articles of association of the company, a director is, in the absence of grounds for
Updated: 12/11/2011 07:28A
AMRI hospital fire: Knee-jerk reactions stifling due process of law
In Carlill Vs. Carbolic Gas Co, the Court had declined to pierce the corporate veil even when the two directors of the company were husband and wife, as the Court treated the entity called "Company" as sacrosanct. What could be the liability of
Updated: 12/11/2011 07:08A
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