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WEB3 days ago · April 21, 2024 02:32:35 pm. Polish authorities arrested three people on Friday in relation to the attack on an ally of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Leonid Volkov was “brutally attacked” in mid-March outside his home in Lithuania, where he lives in exile. The arrests were announced by Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, who ...
EU Parliament approves ban on products made with forced labour
WEB13 hours ago · April 24, 2024 03:45:52 pm. The EU Parliament on Tuesday approved new regulations prohibiting the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour. The regulations, were approved by an overwhelming majority, with 555 in favour and six against, and aim to tighten access to EU single market for third countries.
Rule of Law Materials - JURIST - Legal News & Commentary
WEBThe rule of law ensures that laws are applied consistently and predictably, protecting individual rights and freedoms, fostering public trust, and preventing arbitrary exercise of power. Historically, the rule of law has been associated with various political systems, ranging from autocracies to democracies.
Natural Law and the United States Constitution: Still Vital ... - JURIST
WEBDec 3, 2021 · Abstract: Ideas of Natural Law were crucial in drafting the US Constitution.These seminal ideas were made known to document “framers” largely by way of William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England.The Commentaries represent the truest philosophic origins of America’s legal system.
New database compiles common traits of US mass shooters
WEBFeb 5, 2022 · The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) published an article Thursday detailing the findings from a new database on mass shootings in the United States. The Violence Project database has collected information on 172 mass public shooters from 1966 to 2019 and covered more than 150 psychosocial history variables regarding the shooters, …
US Supreme Court refuses ‘community caretaking’ exception …
WEBMay 17, 2021 · The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that there is no standalone “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment that would allow police to conduct a warrantless search and seizure of a person’s home as part of a welfare check.
US Supreme Court split on whether to allow broader punishment …
WEB2 days ago · The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on whether enforcing public camping ordinances against unhoused people without adequate shelter is cruel and unusual punishment and, therefore, prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution.. The case, Grants Pass v.Johnson, originated in southern Oregon. The …
Explainer: How Sharia Law is More Progressive Than the US
WEBOct 27, 2022 · On June 24, 2022, in the landmark Dobbs v.Jackson decision, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision, posing a risk to the reproductive rights of millions of American women. Though of course, the debate is limited in many ways to US constitutional laws and practices, it also draws on larger overarching issues …
Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court Over Non …
WEBMay 19, 2021 · Territorial jurisdiction of a court can be understood as the geographical bounds within which a court has the power to adjudicate. Article 12 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Statute) confers territorial jurisdiction on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where “conduct in question” was committed on the …
Should the US Supreme Court have an Ethics Code? - JURIST
WEBDec 9, 2022 · As the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States pointed out in its report a year ago, a “code of conduct for the Court would bring the Court into line with the lower federal courts and demonstrate its dedication to an ethical culture, beyond existing statements that the justices voluntarily consult the Code.”.
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