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 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 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 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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JURIST – Paper Chase: UK Law Lords rule against use of secret …

posted by SarmaadAmin on May 26

[JURIST] Representatives of the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) and the Law Council of Australia (LCA) [official websites] said Monday that the Fijian government’s plan to take over the issuance of legal licenses threatens to disrupt the …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: Fiji government plan to issue law licenses …

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 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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JURIST – Paper Chase: Afghanistan president says controversial law …

posted by LaurenceHarmon on Apr 18

[JURIST] The Somali parliament voted Saturday to adopt Islamic Sharia law [CFR backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. A parliamentary spokesperson said that more than 300 Somali MPs voted [AFP report] for the implementation of Sharia law ..

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JURIST – Paper Chase: Somalia parliament votes to adopt Islamic …

posted by JohnMehtam on Apr 17

Though the legislation was originally meant to target terrorism and serious crime, RIPA does not rule out the use of its powers for tackling lesser crimes such as littering and illegal trash-dumping by otherwise law -abiding citizens. …

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JURIST – Paper Chase: UK to restrict use of surveillance law for …