Latest Criminal Law News

Case for sentencing guidelines
Criminal law practitioner Datuk V. Sithambaram calls the disparity in sentencing between “regular” and white collar crime shocking. He says judges should give reasons when they hand down a sentence so the public can understand it better.
Updated: 04/29/2012 08:41P

EUROPEAN UNION: Fair trial rights: European Commission Proposal Giving
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Updated: 04/29/2012 08:40P

Regressive clause clashes with IPC rape laws
This flies in the face of the general law, Indian Penal Code (IPC), which recognizes 16 as the age of consent for girls. The uncertainty inherent in this conflict makes a mockery of the lofty intentions with which the age of consent is sought to be
Updated: 04/29/2012 08:35P

Regressive clause clashes with IPC rape laws
This flies in the face of the general law, Indian Penal Code (IPC), which recognizes 16 as the age of consent for girls. The uncertainty inherent in this conflict makes a mockery of the lofty intentions with which the age of consent is sought to be
Updated: 04/29/2012 08:35P

Condemned unheard?
His right to a fair trial would be compromised if he is convicted of an offence without having had a chance to present his case. Prime Minister Gilani has been convicted of contempt of court under Article 204(2) of the Constitution read with Section 3
Updated: 04/29/2012 08:31P

Vote for Ellen for AG
While federal law regulates many facets of our lives, it is generally state law that regulates the issues you are most likely to worry about: how homes can be foreclosed, how divorce and child custody cases are resolved, what kind of recovery you can
Updated: 04/29/2012 08:26P

Vote for Ellen Rosenblum for Attorney General
While federal law regulates many facets of our lives, it is generally state law that regulates the issues you are most likely to worry about: how homes can be foreclosed, how divorce and child custody cases are resolved, what kind of recovery you can
Updated: 04/29/2012 08:26P

Criminal Justice Scholars: Women Advancing to Head of The Classroom
By A. Allen-Jones, MPA - PHD Candiate in Organizational Leadership Long gone are the days when women were seen as doing nothing more than attempting to overshadow male roles or thought of as seeking “personal options” in their choice to enter the
Updated: 04/29/2012 08:07P

Scots Softball spilts against Saint Mary's College
Created in 2006 by students at the London School of Economics, the ICCSN aims to promote the work of the ICC and increase knowledge of international criminal law. Alma joins Duke University School of Law, the University of Cambridge and other
Updated: 04/29/2012 07:26P

Ex-Dewey chair Davis faces criminal probe as firm opens internal inquiry
into allegations of wrongdoing by former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis, while the firm has turned to two of its own lawyers to lead an internal probe, according to a memo issued by Dewey management and obtained by The Am Law Daily.
Updated: 04/29/2012 07:07P