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Glasgow's Strathclyde Launching 2 New LL.M. Programs
The University of Strathclyde Law School in Glasgow is starting two new LL.M. programs in September 2012: an LL.M. in Advocacy and an LL.M. / M.Sc. in Criminal Justice and Penal Change. According to the university, the LL.M. in Advocacy program will be
Updated: 04/11/2012 08:08A
Crackdown cause for some concern
As our sister paper reported, police arrested nine Hells members and associates last month as part of Project Flatlined and laid a number of drug and gang-related charges. Those arrested include Manitoba chapter president Dale Sweeney,
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:45A
Massachusetts CORI reform: a wave of new obligations for employers conducting
As employers who do business in Massachusetts are aware, on August 6, 2010, Governor Patrick signed into law a bill that overhauled the Commonwealth's Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law. The first round of amendments, which went into
Updated: 04/11/2012 07:18A
Administrative Court Suspends the Constitutional Assembly
Of the appeals filed by a number of famous activists and lawyers including; Mr. Hafez Abu Seada, attorney at law & the Chairman of EOHR, Prof. Gaber Nassar, Professor of Criminal Law at The Egyptian Administrative court, in its rule today,
Updated: 04/11/2012 06:42A
Defending Breivik: Get ready for Scandinavia's newest crime drama starring
By Amy Oliver Coming this spring, Scandinavia's latest crime drama starring mass killer Anders Breivik... and his rather slick legal team. Thankfully, the Norwegian right-wing extremest, who confessed to killing 77 people in last year's gun rampage,
Updated: 04/11/2012 05:52A
Defending Breivik: Get ready for Scandinavia's newest crime drama starring
By Amy Oliver Coming this spring, Scandinavia's latest crime drama starring mass killer Anders Breivik... and his rather slick legal team. Thankfully, the Norwegian right-wing extremest, who confessed to killing 77 people in last year's gun rampage,
Updated: 04/11/2012 05:36A
Bill aims to protect gender identity
It proposes to recognize gender identity and gender expression as identifiable groups in a section of the Criminal Code on hate crimes and to offer protection in the Canadian Human Rights Act. This is the fourth incarnation of a bill introduced by NDP
Updated: 04/11/2012 05:21A
Colombia: Tribal law affects case of 10-year-old mother
Under Colombian law, any sexual relations with a child age 14 or younger is a crime punishable by at least nine years in prison. But legal and indigenous affairs experts say that under Colombia's 1991 constitution the Wayuu have jurisdiction.
Updated: 04/11/2012 05:08A
Lyle Dickson will run for prosecutor
Dickson said family law lawyers are "often grieved" when they sue a client to collect their fee. According to the complaint, however, the client's divorce judgment included a provision that said the husband "shall be solely liable" for attorney fees
Updated: 04/11/2012 05:01A
Area gets law chief
INVERCLYDE has a new senior procurator fiscal after a radical shake-up of the criminal justice system was confirmed. The Lord Advocate has appointed the new supremo to run what will now be known as the West of Scotland Prosecution Network.
Updated: 04/11/2012 04:46A
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