Search Results for: 2015-04-17

JURIST Guest Columnist Shannon Riordan of St. John's University, discusses domestic violence in the NFL ... On February 15, 2014, Ray Rice, a top National Football League (NFL) player for the Baltimore Ravens, was arrested on assault charges, after he...

JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University and Sarah A. Noe of the University of Pennsylvania Law School discuss the recent national call for a Presidential state of emergency...

The government of France, under its newly elected president Emmanuel Macron , announced its intention on Friday to introduce a law ending prison terms for marijuana usage by the end of the year, although marijuana consumption...

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Friday allowing the use, production and distribution of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes. The bill was approved by the other chamber...

European Union vice president Frans Timmermans announced on Wednesday that a legal assessment will be launched "as soon as possible" regarding Hungary's recently enacted Higher Education Law. Opponents argue the law is meant to close the...

The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Wednesday essentially dissolved the opposition-controlled National Assembly, assuming all legislative powers. The court ruled that because the legislature had defied previous court rulings, all of its decisions...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by Senator Bob Menendez in a bribery and fraud case. The appeal argued that Menendez's alleged conduct was immune from legal scrutiny because...

The Constitutional Court of South Africa on Friday enforced a contract between the South African Social Services Agency (SASSA) and Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to ensure that beneficiaries will...

The lower house of the Dutch parliament on Tuesday voted 77-72 to approve a bill that would tolerate the cultivation of cannabis. Possessing and buying the drug at shops has been tolerated in the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of a pro-marijuana student group that was barred from using university trademarks. Iowa State University (ISU) [official...