Jurist
DONATE NOW
  • News ▾
    • All Legal News
    • US Legal News
    • World Legal News
    • This Day @ Law
  • Dispatches ▾
    • All Dispatches
    • Afghanistan
    • Canada
    • EU
    • Ghana
    • India
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Myanmar
    • Pakistan
    • Peru
    • Sri Lanka
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • US
  • Commentary ▾
    • All Commentary
    • Faculty Commentary
    • Professional Commentary
    • Student Commentary
  • Features ▾
    • All Features
    • Explainers
    • Long Reads
    • Multimedia
    • Interviews
  • Topics
  • Rule of Law ▾
    • Materials
    • Podcasts
  • About ▾
    • FAQ
    • Staff
    • Awards
    • Apply
    • Journalist in Residence
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Donate ▾
    • Why Support JURIST?
    • Donate
    • Honor Roll
News Israel ex-PM given suspended sentence, fine for breaching public trust
Israel ex-PM given suspended sentence, fine for breaching public trust
Brandon Gatto
September 24, 2012 03:03:57 pm

The Jerusalem District Court on Monday sentenced former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to a one-year suspended sentence and a fine of about USD $19,000 on a charge of...

READ MORE ▸
News UN concerned over enforced disappearences in Pakistan
UN concerned over enforced disappearences in Pakistan
Brandon Gatto
September 20, 2012 02:52:41 pm

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Thursday welcomed Pakistan's "declared will" to address the issue of enforced disappearances in the country but concluded that "serious challenges remain" ....

READ MORE ▸
News California judge rejects plea to remove anti-Islam video from YouTube
California judge rejects plea to remove anti-Islam video from YouTube
Brandon Gatto
September 20, 2012 02:08:30 pm

A judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday denied a request for a temporary restraining order to remove a controversial anti-Islam film on YouTube that has sparked violent protests throughout the Muslim world....

READ MORE ▸
News UN urges Libya to pursue transitional justice strategy
UN urges Libya to pursue transitional justice strategy
Brandon Gatto
September 17, 2012 02:58:21 pm

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Monday called on Libyan authorities to implement a transitional justice strategy in order to rebuild and reshape its decades-long history of dictatorial cruelty and last...

READ MORE ▸
News Second Circuit suspends Google books case pending appeal of class action status
Second Circuit suspends Google books case pending appeal of class action status
Brandon Gatto
September 17, 2012 02:30:27 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday suspended litigation between the Authors Guild and Google pending an appeal of a May ruling allowing a class action lawsuit ...

READ MORE ▸
News US House reauthorizes FISA surveillance law
US House reauthorizes FISA surveillance law
Brandon Gatto
September 13, 2012 03:34:54 pm

The US House of Representatives on Wedneday voted to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA) , a highly contested law designed as a national security protection against terrorism and other foreign threats....

READ MORE ▸
News UN rights chief condemns 16 nations for activist reprisals
UN rights chief condemns 16 nations for activist reprisals
Brandon Gatto
September 13, 2012 02:51:22 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday told a special session of the Human Rights Council that 16 nations have failed to prevent members of their own governments from intimidating and...

READ MORE ▸
News Hungary charges 90-year-old former communist minister with war crimes
Hungary charges 90-year-old former communist minister with war crimes
Brandon Gatto
September 10, 2012 03:45:40 pm

The Budapest Chief Prosecutor on Monday announced charges against a near-91-year-old former communist interior minister for war crimes in connection with the killing of more than 50 civilians demonstrating against the Hungarian regime in 1956....

READ MORE ▸
News US State Department: Mexico ex-president immune from massacre suit
US State Department: Mexico ex-president immune from massacre suit
Brandon Gatto
September 10, 2012 02:54:56 pm

The US Department of State on Friday said that former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo should be immune from a Connecticut lawsuit filed over the 1997 killings of 45 people...

READ MORE ▸
News South Korea to investigate Samsung antitrust complaints
South Korea to investigate Samsung antitrust complaints
Brandon Gatto
September 6, 2012 03:50:35 pm

The Fair Trade Commission of Korea (KFTC) on Thursday said that South Korean regulators are investigating an Apple complaint alleging that Samsung Electronics is unfairly competing in the market to the disadvantage of its competitors....

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. ...
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. ...
  10. Older
  11. Oldest
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest DISPATCHES
Ghana dispatch: Former Finance Minister detained by US immigration authorities pending extradition review

Ghana dispatch: Former Finance Minister detained by US immigration authorities pending extradition review

US dispatch: Luigi Mangione’s federal trial could begin in late 2026, death penalty decision pending

US dispatch: Luigi Mangione’s federal trial could begin in late 2026, death penalty decision pending

Latest COMMENTARY
The Age of Aggression: How Strongman Politics Is Dismantling the Post-1945 Order

The Age of Aggression: How Strongman Politics Is Dismantling the Post-1945 Order

by David M. Crane | Founding Chief Prosecutor of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone
The Lunar Jurisdictional Trap: Why AI and Nuclear Ambition Are Outpacing Space Law

The Lunar Jurisdictional Trap: Why AI and Nuclear Ambition Are Outpacing Space Law

by Vishal Sharma
Latest FEATURES
‘The Powerful Already Know the Truth’ — An Interview with Academic Noam Chomsky

‘The Powerful Already Know the Truth’ — An Interview with Academic Noam Chomsky

The Charges Against Nicolás Maduro: What the Indictment Alleges

The Charges Against Nicolás Maduro: What the Indictment Alleges

THIS DAY @ LAW

Connecticut adopts first modern constitution

On January 14, 1639, the first written governmental constitution in modern history was adopted in the Colony of Connecticut. The Fundamental Orders represented the first time that a government was based upon a written constitution anywhere in the world. Along with the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders served as bases for the United States Constitution 150 years later, which in turn influenced the development of later constitutions throughout the world. Three hundred and twenty-six years after the original Fundamental Orders were adopted by Connecticut, the modern Constitution of Connecticut was ratified.

Guatemala constitution takes effect

On January 14, 1986, the current constitution of Guatemala took effect.

Read the Spanish-language text of the constitution, as amended in 1993.

First constitution adopted by Connecticut

On January 14, 1639, Connecticut adopted its first constitution, one of the earliest such documents in the American colonies. Review the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

Jurist
Home Attributions Disclaimer Privacy Policy Contact Us
Copyright © 2026, JURIST Legal News & Research Services, Inc.
JURISTnews is a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh