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Peru dispatch: the world’s most unpopular president is still acting against Peru’s people

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca | CIED, Facultad de Derecho, U. Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, PE

December 3, 2024 01:32:20 pm

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading [...]

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Peru dispatch: parliamentarians are making Peru’s various crises worse

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca | CIED, Facultad de Derecho, U. Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, PE

October 9, 2024 10:59:39 am

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuscoare reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal [...]

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Peru dispatch: the Alejandro Soto case shows how parliamentarians can craft laws to achieve personal impunity

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca | CIED, Facultad de Derecho, U. Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, PE

November 15, 2023 08:13:06 am

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho, a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information [...]

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Peru dispatch: the disappearance of ‘La Descarada’ shows that freedom of expression is in serious danger in Peru

Vanesa Escobar Marcavillaca | CIED, Facultad de Derecho, U. Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, PE

July 11, 2023 12:55:47 pm

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and improving [...]

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott

On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Stalin born

On December 21, 1879, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1922, he became leader of the USSR until his death in 1953. During his time as Soviet dictator, Stalin industrialized his country, which he then led to become one of the world's two superpowers after WWII. Through his infamous purges, show trials and nationwide famines, Stalin also became responsible for millions of deaths.