Articles Of Law

posted by PropertySales on Jul 2

[JURIST] Italy’s Senate [official website, in Italian] voted 157-124 Thursday to pass a controversial law making illegal immigration a crime [materials, in Italian], punishable by a fine of between 5000 and 10000 euros. …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: Italy senate passes law criminalizing …

posted by LJ on Jun 23

[JURIST] Chinese lawmakers on Monday reviewed a revised version of a state secrets law which aims to update existing legislation to address Internet leaks of classified data. A draft of the amended Law on Guarding State Secrets [text] …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: China lawmakers review revised state secrets law

posted by EdTerran on Jun 23

[JURIST] The Japanese Diet has passed an anti-piracy law , authorizing the government to dispatch forces to combat pirate attacks [JURIST news archive] against commercial vessels. The law , passed by the House of Representatives [official …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: Japan parliament approves anti-piracy law

posted by AnthonyWilliams on Jun 23

[JURIST] The Japanese Diet has passed an anti-piracy law , authorizing the government to dispatch forces to combat pirate attacks [JURIST news archive] against commercial vessels. The law , passed by the House of Representatives [official …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: Japan parliament approves anti-piracy law

posted by JohnNazareno on Jun 10

[JURIST] A panel of nine UK Law Lords [official website] decided [judgment, PDF] Wednesday that the use of secret evidence to impose controversial control orders to detain terrorism suspects violates the European Convention on Human …

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posted by MichaelE on May 24

[JURIST] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] said Saturday that he will seek to amend a 2008 amnesty law [JURIST report] because its application has allowed too many accused of corruption and …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: Iraq PM to further restrict amnesty law

posted by TravisMcCormick on May 5

[JURIST] The annual Webby Awards [awards website] in Law and more than 100 other subject categories were announced in New York Tuesday as the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences [profession website] honored excellence in …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: Webby Awards announce Law category winners

posted by MartinConnor on May 1

[JURIST] The Brazilian Supreme Court [official website, in Portuguese] on Thursday overturned a law restricting the press [press release, in Portuguese] as unconstitutional. The court ruled 7-4 that the Press Law [ Law No

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posted by ChrisBeckley on Apr 27

[JURIST] Afghan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] told reporters Monday that the controversial Shi’ite personal status law [Reuters backgrounder; JURIST news archive], which limits women’s rights, …

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posted by JordanHashem on Apr 26

[JURIST] Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International [advocacy websites] and 60 other groups on Friday urged the Burundian government [joint statement text; press release] to repeal a new law criminalizing homosexuality [JURIST news …

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