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Northern Bank verdict quashed
In February, the Supreme Court declared that section 29 (1) of the Offences Against the State Act (as inserted by section 5 of the Criminal Law Act 1976) was repugnant to the Constitution, as it permitted a search of a person's home on foot of a
Updated: 05/11/2012 07:02A
Northern Bank verdict quashed
In February, the Supreme Court declared that section 29 (1) of the Offences Against the State Act (as inserted by section 5 of the Criminal Law Act 1976) was repugnant to the Constitution, as it permitted a search of a person's home on foot of a
Updated: 05/11/2012 07:02A
Bush & Associates Found Guilty of Torture
The five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered a guilty verdict against former United States President George W. Bush and his associates at the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal hearing that had started on Monday, May 7th.
Updated: 05/11/2012 06:58A
Star-struck senators hear legal appeal from ultimate fighter
"This bill" is a piece of Senate legislation that will amend the Criminal Code to make mixed martial arts legal under the country's prizefighting laws. Making the sport legal nationwide has been a goal of the UFC for years, lobbying cabinet ministers,
Updated: 05/11/2012 06:58A
Star-struck senators hear legal appeal from ultimate fighter
"This bill" is a piece of Senate legislation that will amend the Criminal Code to make mixed martial arts legal under the country's prizefighting laws. Making the sport legal nationwide has been a goal of the UFC for years, lobbying cabinet ministers,
Updated: 05/11/2012 06:58A
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BERLIN (AP) — German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is suggesting the eurozone could deal with an abrupt exit by Greece, even though he says he doesn't want that to happen. Schaeuble was quoted by the Rheinische Post newspaper Friday saying Greece
Updated: 05/11/2012 06:15A
Borders of punishments: criminology and migration control
Against the backdrop of this everyday pathos, scholars of all ilks and from all over the world came to the Oxford University “Borders of Punishment” conference to discuss “the relationship between immigration control, citizenship and criminal justice”
Updated: 05/11/2012 05:52A
Senators see stars in effort to legalize MMA
"This bill" is a piece of Senate legislation that will amend the Criminal Code to make mixed martial arts legal under the country's prizefighting laws. Making the sport legal nationwide has been a goal of the UFC for years - it has been lobbying
Updated: 05/11/2012 05:52A
Thai PM insists no reform of royal defamation law
Under article 112 of the Thai criminal code, anyone convicted of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent faces up to 15 years in prison on each count. Ampon, who was described as a "prisoner of conscience" by Amnesty International, pleaded not guilty
Updated: 05/11/2012 05:19A
Courts in Charge of (Re)writing History?
By Vincent Larochelle, 10 May 2012 Are international criminal courts serving political agendas rather than upholding legal principles of justice? The recent ruling on the Charles Taylor case raises troubling questions. '[M]y only worry is that the
Updated: 05/11/2012 05:15A
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