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UK authorities appeal Abu Qatada extradition denial

December 3, 2012 11:21:01 AM

UK authorities led by Home Secretary Theresa May on Monday challenged a UK immigration decision that effectively blocked Jordanian extradition requests for Muslim cleric Abu Qatada . Qatada is wanted in Jordan on...

October 4, 2012 12:15:00 PM

Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law

June 29, 2012 10:18:40 AM

The Referral Chamber of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday transferred the case of Pheneas Munyarugarama to the Rwandan authorities. The decision was based on ICTR prosecutors' request two...

April 18, 2012 02:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Valerie Vollmar of Willamette University College of Law says the Georgia legislature seems to have acted hastily without thinking through the potential consequences of its new assisted suicide law, which differs dramatically from the legislative schemes in...

February 10, 2012 12:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnists Hassan Jabareen and Sawsan Zaher of Adalah argue that the political polarization of the Citizenship and Entry Into Israel Law deflects the real constitutional and legal issues at the heart of the controversy...Raneen, a 36 year-old Palestinian...

December 19, 2011 01:01:59 PM

Amnesty International (AI) responded Monday to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il by urging his son and likely successor Kim Jong-un to improve the nation's human rights record. AI...

October 6, 2011 08:34:44 AM

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC , the court considered whether an employment discrimination claim can...

September 21, 2011 08:53:54 AM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday suggested a need for UN intervention in Belarus and demanded the nation free non-violent political prisoners. Although Belarus is an active member of the...

September 8, 2011 01:41:41 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld a ruling that juveniles convicted of murder may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole . Kenneth Loggins was convicted of brutally murdering a...

August 31, 2011 03:00:00 PM

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler of Webster University and Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, both in Geneva, Switzerland, says that the right to participate in government is a recognized aspiration in international law and that in the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).