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EU dispatch: Council adopts new rules to combat pay discrimination

Tara O'Sullivan | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL

April 28, 2023 11:02:46 am

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Tara O’Sullivan is a law student at Maastricht University. She files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. The EU has taken steps forward in the battle to irradicate the gender pay gap. This [...]

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EU dispatch: new Space Strategy proposes creation of an EU Space Law framework for member states

Tara O'Sullivan | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL

March 16, 2023 12:44:55 pm

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Tara O’Sullivan is a law student at Maastricht University. She files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. Last Friday, March 10th, the European Commission and the High Representative for the Union for Foreign [...]

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EU dispatch: new EDPS opinion on airline passenger data addresses privacy and cross-border crime concerns

Tara O'Sullivan | Maastricht U. Faculty of Law, NL

February 15, 2023 09:43:17 am

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Tara O’Sullivan is a law student at Maastricht University. She files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has issued an Opinion on two legislative proposals from the [...]

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Pope Urban II sparks First Crusade

Pope Urban II threw his support behind what would become the First Crusade on November 27, 1095 during the Council of Clairmont. The Pope urged the council's participants to render aid to the Byzantine Empire, which was being attacked by the Seljuks. Pope Urban called for a wide coalition of rich and poor to combat the threat, which eventually resulted in the conquest of much of the Muslim-controlled Levant by the Crusaders and the establishment of the Crusader States. Read Pope Urban's address.

Catholic Code of Canon Law revised

On November 27, 1983, the revised Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church went into effect. Learn more about the history of Canon Law from Professor Kenneth Pennington of the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law.

Alfred Nobel creates Nobel Prize in his will

On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his will, creating the Nobel Prize. Learn more about the history of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Commission.