JURIST

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the recently passed the Indian state of West Bengal’s Aprajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 , which introduces the death penalty for rape cases that result in the victim’s death or leave them in a vegetative state.

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JURIST

JULY 2, 2024

The legislation will not be applied retroactively, targeting only offenses committed after 1 July 2024. The NSW Domestic Violence Deaths Review team found that 97 percent of intimate partner homicides in the State were preceded by emotional or psychological abuse as a form of coercive control between 2000 and 2018.

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LLRX

JANUARY 13, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2024

P revious trials under the Awami League government, which left office on August 5, 2024 were criticized for failing to meet international standards. This legislative effort marks an important step in addressing historical injustices and aligns with international efforts to combat impunity for war crimes.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 14, 2024

Registration for the 2025 Centre is open from 1 July to 15 October 2024 via the institution’s own Online Registration Form. Interested candidates must be researchers and preferably hold an advanced degree (PhD or Doctorate degree).

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LLRX

APRIL 27, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 14, 2023

This national conference will be held on 21 February 2024 at The University of Sydney Law School in Australia. The event will take place at the Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney Law School in Sydney, Australia, on February 21, 2024 in a hybrid format (in-person or online presentation).

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LLRX

APRIL 13, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

Khan has been in jail since August 2023 and was convicted in some cases ahead of a Pakistan national election which took place in February 2024.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The veteran, Ignat Aryomenko, had taken part in videos supporting constitutional reforms that allow Vladimir Putin to run for two additional terms after his current term ends in 2024. Navalny is accused of defaming those in the videos by calling them, traitors and lackeys.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

1, 2024, adding that the population of the region will have the right to choose independently whether they wish to stay in the region under Azerbaijani rule. ” The region’s dissolution was announced amid a months-long humanitarian crisis in the region and was the culmination of a decades-long territorial dispute.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher at Sciences Po Law School) In the Lafarge case (Cass. Following this ruling, the Defendants petitioned to the French Supreme Court to have the charges annulled, arguing that French law did not apply to the litigious employment relationship.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

It continued through January 2024, using personal identifying information, including home addresses, to falsely report emergencies to provoke a police response at the victim’s home. Their alleged conspiracy began as early as December 2020. According to the Justice Department, they used various monikers to communicate.

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JULY 8, 2024

Accessed: 7 July 2024. [7] 7] For its part, since 2020, UNIDROIT has commissioned a specialized group, at the initiative of some European countries, to prepare a regulatory instrument that contains principles and practical guides on Digital Assets and Private Law. Accessed: 7 July 2024. [8] Accessed: 7 July 2024. [9]

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 21, 2024

The question before the Court is: “Does the National Bank Act preempt the application of state escrow-interest laws to national banks?” McIntosh v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While none of the cases are considered “blockbusters,” the Court considered key issues related to employment, securities, healthcare, and white-collar criminal law. Last week, the justices heard oral arguments in four cases. Below is a brief summary of the questions before the Court: Wisconsin Bell, Inc. United States, ex rel.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 15, 2024

While written from the perspective of English law, it incorporates comparative insights from similar FDL claims in other jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, EU Member States, and the US.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. My background is primarily working in criminal law, and I typically work in a very small firm, and your lawyer is always off at court. Education M.Ed.,

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MARCH 11, 2024

That case arose in the crosshairs of a complex and changing area of criminal law. Justice Sotomayor wrote her own “statement” to “join [Justice Kavanaugh]” in “his desire. . . to resolve th[e] split.” In re Bowe , No. 22-7871 (U.S. 2244(b)(3)(E)), but concluded by offering solutions. Laufer case free from mootness.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2024

These bills have been enacted for the purpose of replacing the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively. These new pieces of legislation will replace the older Acts as the cornerstones of Indian criminal law. 2024 is finally upon us, and so is the general election to Lok Sabha.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

Share In the final argument scheduled for its 2023-2024 term, the Supreme Court will hear argument on Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s historic bid for criminal immunity. The question before the justices is whether Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 6, 2024

Those conversations allegedly occurred as late as January 2024 with Cindi Lee Yeager, a co-chief deputy district attorney for Cobb County. Now another prosecutor has come forward to say that Bradley also told her repeatedly and with complete clarity and certainty that Wade and Willis were involved long before his hiring.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 27, 2024

1, 2023, it charges Trump with four different violations of federal criminal law – conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Like the original 45-page indictment, filed in the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 26, 2024

With cliffs to the left and the right, the justices are looking at a free-fall dive into the scope of constitutional and criminal law as they apply to presidential conduct. Alvin Bragg is the very personification of the danger immunity is meant to avoid. They may be looking not for a foothold as much as a shorter drop.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts emphasized that the president “is not above the law.” 6, 2024 – before the court of appeals issued its opinion rejecting Trump’s claim to immunity. Smith went to the Supreme Court later that month, asking the justices to weigh in on Trump’s immunity without waiting for the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

There has been much debate for the possible use of a preemptive self-pardon by Donald Trump if he were to be elected in 2024. That was done by Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Judge Aileen Cannon has scheduled a trial for May 20, 2024, but that could easily move with additional delays or appeals in the case. However, Smith must be wondering if, assuming the schedule breaks in favor of Trump, he would be holding an empty sack come January 2024.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 22, 2024

United States , 603 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a former President is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. In Trump v. Madison , 5 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2025

Jonnathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage (Simon & Schuster, June 18, 2024).

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 20, 2023

And if Trump were to win in 2024 and a judge were to order his incarceration during his presidency, there would be an immediate challenge. If Trump is convicted, most courts would allow him to remain free pending appeals on the weighty constitutional and evidentiary issues raised by the Georgia case.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

Below is my column in the Hill on the recent decision in Georgia and the “odor of mendacity” raising out of various courtrooms across the country. It is the smell of not just selective prosecution but political bias in our legal system.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 29, 2023

Moreover, PICA did not just regulate the rights of the people to defend themselves; it restricted that right, and in some cases, completely obliterated that right by criminalizing the purchase and the sale of more than 190 “arms.” Law enforcement and prosecutors should take their obligations to enforce these laws seriously.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2022

Garland was aware of that history and the troubling context when he ordered the unprecedented raid on the home of a former president and the expected 2024 political opponent of President Biden. He may be justified in ordering it, but he cannot simply dismiss critics as unhinged extremists.

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JURIST

AUGUST 2, 2024

US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer introduced on Thursday the No Kings Act , establishing that US presidents and vice presidents do not enjoy immunity for violating federal criminal law. The US Constitution does not explicitly grant the president immunity from criminal laws during their presidency.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

On the New Yorker map circa 2024, once you cross the Hudson River eastward, you enter a legal wilderness. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University School of Law. He is the author of “ The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage ” (Simon and Schuster, 2024). and Maurice C.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2025

Since Trumps conviction in May 2024, Merchan has contemplated his sentencing options. Acting Justice Juan Merchan will finally decide whether to be or not to be the judge to sentence Trump to jail. Spoiler alert: He appears set to avoid a jail sentence and likely reversal.) They will likely be disappointed.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2023

He could wait to see if Biden does not run for reelection or loses in 2024. Hur can bring charges against third parties, who would not be barred from indictment under the DOJ policy. But what does Hur then do if he has evidence against the President himself?

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