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Obama signs Violence Against Women Act into law

March 8, 2013 09:26:06 AM

US President Barack Obama signed into law an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Thursday. The VAWA, originally passed in 1994, provides legal assistance, counseling and other...

February 25, 2013 01:40:00 PM

Nicholas Johnson, Fordham University School of Law

February 4, 2013 11:58:02 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday overturned the genocide convictions of former Rwandan ministers Justin Mugenzi and Prosper Mugiraneza after concluding that the trial chambers had erred in assessing...

December 20, 2012 09:14:08 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday convicted former Rwandan minister Augustin Ngirabatware , sentencing him to 35 years in prison and concluding the tribunal's final trial. Ngirabatware was found...

December 13, 2012 02:56:18 PM

The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the term of office of five judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Justices Mehmet Guney of...

December 6, 2012 02:54:54 PM

Officials from the International Criminal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday told the UN Security Council that they are making progress in...

October 3, 2012 12:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Leonard, the Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs at Shenandoah University, says that Archbishop Desmond Tutu's statements regarding the prosecution of George W. Bush and Tony Blair serve as an ardent call for advancement towards a...

September 26, 2012 08:23:21 AM

The US Supreme Court added six cases to its docket on Monday, including a rare grant of certiorari in two pro se cases. In Levin v. United States , the court will consider whether...

August 8, 2012 01:31:04 PM

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an application to stay the Texas execution of a man with in IQ of 61. Justice Antonin Scalia refused the challenge brought by Marvin Wilson who...

August 2, 2012 10:45:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Qandeel, an LL.M. Graduate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of an eight-part series that explores which party should bear the legal responsibility of providing medical and health care for Palestinian...

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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).