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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 3 March 2018

March 3, 2018 12:00:08 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned Syria that air strikes, shelling and use of toxic agents in Eastern Ghouta likely...

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

Read Jonas Doberman, The Treason Debate: Ezra Pound and his Rome Radio Broadcasts[PDF].

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