The US Supreme Court Monday unanimously ruled in Rousey v. Jacoway that Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) can be exempted from a bankruptcy estate, allowing bankruptcy filers to retain their IRAs rather than forcing...
Sudan over the weekend formally rejected UN Security Council Resolution 1593 authorizing the International Criminal Court to conduct investigations and prosecutions of individuals alleged to have committed war crimes in the...
Former Serbian police general Sreten Lukic was delivered Monday to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. It is as yet unclear whether he surrendered, or was arrested and forcibly transferred. Eyewitnesses reported...
As anticipated , former Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev signed resignation papers Monday in Russia, removing himself from the highest office in the recently troubled Central Asian republic. Akayev, accompanied by long-time political opponent and current Parliament...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, April 4.The US Senate resumes its session at 2 PM ET today. Watch a live webcast of the session. The US...
A UN envoy announced Sunday that Syria will withdraw its 14,000 troops from Lebanon by the end of April, before Lebanese parliamentary elections in May. Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara told the UN's Terje Roed-Larsen that "all Syrian troops,...
Iraq's transitional National Assembly took an important step forward Sunday, naming a Sunni Arab, Hajim al-Hassani, as parliament speaker . The selection ends days of shouting, bickering, and accusations. Two deputies were also chosen--Kurdish politician Aref...
The body of Terri Schiavo was cremated Saturday amidst continued disputes between her husband Michael and her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler. Michael Schiavo wanted the body cremated and the ashes buried at the family plot...
Updating a Saturday report on JURIST's Paper Chase, US military officials Sunday raised the casualty total from Saturday's late-night attack on the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to 56, including 44 Americans and 12 detainees....
Former US Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell Saturday joined the Democratic party chorus opposing Republican threats to ban Senate filibusters of judicial nominees. Delivering the Democrats' Saturday radio address, Mitchell chided Republicans for seeking to overturn a...