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News Serbia slams ICTY for Babic suicide, calls for thorough investigation
Serbia slams ICTY for Babic suicide, calls for thorough investigation
Lauren Becker
March 8, 2006 10:24:00 am

Serbian officials have criticized prison officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for failing to prevent the suicide of Milan Babic , former wartime leader of Croatia's...

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News Senate panel to consider port security bill
Senate panel to consider port security bill
Lauren Becker
March 8, 2006 09:57:00 am

The US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will vote in April on legislation to improve port security at American ports, according to committee chair Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) . Collins hopes...

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News UK judge approves sale of US ports operating rights to Dubai firm
UK judge approves sale of US ports operating rights to Dubai firm
Lauren Becker
March 2, 2006 12:19:00 pm

A British judge on Thursday approved the takeover of a British shipping and ports company by the United Arab Emirates company Dubai Ports World , a move which could lead to the Arab company taking control...

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News Uganda military court reinstates terror charges against opposition leader
Uganda military court reinstates terror charges against opposition leader
Lauren Becker
March 2, 2006 11:27:00 am

A Ugandan military court-martial has reinstated firearms and terrorism charges against defeated presidential candidate Kizza Besigye after the military trial was postponed during elections . Besigye's lawyers said Thursday that they...

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News Gitmo military commission hearings resume for alleged bin Laden bodyguard
Gitmo military commission hearings resume for alleged bin Laden bodyguard
Lauren Becker
March 1, 2006 10:29:00 am

Military commission hearings for two Guantanamo Bay detainees scheduled to begin Wednesday have been delayed, but a third detainee will face a pre-trial hearing as scheduled. Ali Hamza al...

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News Russian anti-terror bill overwhelmingly approved in Duma vote
Russian anti-terror bill overwhelmingly approved in Duma vote
Lauren Becker
February 22, 2006 10:20:00 am

The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma , Wednesday gave critical second-reading approval to an expansive anti-terror bill which would grant a broad range of new counter-terrorism powers to law enforcement and the military. The...

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News Judge orders Abu Ali sentencing delayed for surveillance check
Judge orders Abu Ali sentencing delayed for surveillance check
Lauren Becker
February 22, 2006 09:59:00 am

A federal judge has granted a request by defense attorneys that sentencing for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali , convicted in November of last year for joining al Qaeda and conspiring to assassinate President...

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News Saddam claims US offered exile in exchange for help ending insurgency
Saddam claims US offered exile in exchange for help ending insurgency
Lauren Becker
February 10, 2006 04:26:00 pm

Saddam Hussein defense lawyer and former head of the Jordanian Lawyers Association Saleh al-Armouti said Friday that Hussein has claimed that the United States had offered him life in exile "like Napoleon" if he would use...

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News Hong Kong judge rules covert surveillance law unconstitutional
Hong Kong judge rules covert surveillance law unconstitutional
Lauren Becker
February 10, 2006 03:12:00 pm

Hong Kong High Court Justice Michael Hartmann has ruled that an executive order on covert surveillance operations made last year by Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen is unconstitutional. Instead of immediately repealing it,...

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News Media magnate Black seeks speedy trial on fraud charges
Media magnate Black seeks speedy trial on fraud charges
Lauren Becker
February 10, 2006 02:42:00 pm

Conrad Black , former chairman of media company Hollinger International , told a US federal judge in Chicago Friday that he would prefer to have a trial soon. Black appeared at a court hearing held to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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