Latest Criminal Law News
Top court to rule on Ottawa's human reproduction law
Quebec says such services are between a doctor and a patient and come under its jurisdiction, not under criminal law as the federal government contends.
Updated: 12/21/2010 06:16P
Chinese lawmakers divided on whether to criminalize drunk driving
21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday continued discussing a draft amendment to the country's Criminal Law which, if passed, could criminalize the act
Updated: 12/21/2010 06:14P
General Counsel Scramble After Spain Passes Sweeping New Criminal Code
The changes, they explained, were done to adapt Spanish criminal law to the international obligations that Spain entered upon joining the European Union.
Updated: 12/21/2010 05:53P
West Papua - Failure of Justice System
The Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights and the District Head of the Department of Law and Human Rights should take measures that are more
Updated: 12/21/2010 05:31P
House Committees slim down
separate Juvenile Justice committee, the new system would have one Judiciary Committee with three subcommittees: Criminal Law, Civil Law and Family Law.
Updated: 12/21/2010 04:21P
Voters to Go to Ballot Box on Anti-Crime Measures
QUITO, Dec 21, 2010 (IPS) - A referendum on reforms to the new constitution and criminal law is to be held in Ecuador in response to the
Updated: 12/21/2010 04:11P
Georgia Tech Armed Robbery in Disarmed Victim Zone
Ironically, Georgia Tech was one of the most vocal advocates for keeping the current criminal law banning firearms from college campuses during the
Updated: 12/21/2010 03:33P
The Way Criminal Law is Supposed to Work
Companies routinely make lawful choices about when and how to recognize revenue for accounting purposes under GAAP, but federal prosecutors deemed it
Updated: 12/21/2010 03:19P
Regulation by prosecution
An IBD op-ed by James Copland, "Government Regulation by Prosecution is Just Criminal Law on Steroids," looks at the expansion of criminal law to cover
Updated: 12/21/2010 12:46P
Proactive police programs paying off, says inspector
“The criminal law has not changed one bit,” he stated. “There have been minor changes to civil law.” Walsh refuted criticisms that police have upped their
Updated: 12/21/2010 11:58A