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China Criminalizes Foreign Bribery
On Friday, the National People's Congress approved a raft of 49 amendments to the country's criminal law. Tucked among them was a provision that criminalizes paying bribes to foreign officials. We welcome thoughtful comments from readers.
Updated: 03/02/2011 05:00P
Posted On Thursday, March 03, 2011 at 02:56:05 AM
What will it take to speak freely and boldly about Pakistan's dysfunctional criminal code, whose blasphemy provisions are at the heart of these assassinations? The one question that was almost entirely left unanswered and unexplored after the Salmaan
Updated: 03/02/2011 04:46P
Infanticide law upheld by Ontario's top court
The Women's Legal Defence and Action Fund, known as LEAF, intervened in the case, arguing the Criminal Code's infanticide provisions should remain intact. LEAF legal director Joanna Birenbaum told CBC News the law, as it exists, gives the court the
Updated: 03/02/2011 04:19P
Iraq: Work in Progress, Wishful Thinking or Propaganda Vehicle?
"Iraq's future as a society based on respect for fundamental human rights depends in large part on whether Iraqi authorities will adequately defend those rights and establish a credible national criminal justice system embodying international standards
Updated: 03/02/2011 04:17P
AIDS groups sway attorney general on nondisclosure cases
In September 2010, the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure (CLHE) launched a campaign aimed at Attorney General Chris Bentley; they asked the province to undergo consultations and put together guidelines for prosecutors.
Updated: 03/02/2011 03:36P
DOYEN OF THE GAMBIAN BAR CROSS EXAMINES SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT
He cited a portion for the court and argued that the section cited by the State counsel is irrelevant and has nothing to do with Criminal law. Mr. Agiah intervened and said side notes are main synopsis of the Provision of an enactment and so it cannot
Updated: 03/02/2011 03:01P
Wonders Of America
For a large swath of the American Jewish community, the best of all possible worlds is one in which religion stays in one corner and government in another. And yet, if we were to look a little more closely at the ways in which American Jewish life has
Updated: 03/02/2011 02:40P
AIDS groups sway Ontario on nondisclosure cases
In September 2010, the Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure (CLHE) launched a campaign aimed at the province's attorney general; they asked the province to undergo consultations and put together guidelines for prosecutors.
Updated: 03/02/2011 02:30P
Iraq: Work in Progress, Wishful Thought Or Propaganda Vehicle?
HRW notes that “Iraqi law protects perpetrators of violence against women: Iraq's penal code considers 'honorable motives' to be a mitigating factor in crimes including murder. The code also gives husbands a legal right to discipline their wives.
Updated: 03/02/2011 02:07P
FTC Steps Up Efforts Against Scams That Target Financially-Strapped Consumers
Ivy Capital Inc. and 29 co-defendants* allegedly have taken more than $40 million from people who paid thousands of dollars believing Ivy Capital would help them develop their own Internet businesses and earn up to $10000 per month.
Updated: 03/02/2011 02:04P
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