(Reuters) – The state that fired the first shot in the Civil War is once again battling the US government in a racially charged conflict that is drawing heated rhetoric from Republican presidential candidates. South Carolina is in a standoff with Democratic President Barack Obamas administration over a new state law that would require residents [...]
Vladimir Putin is a snake–he says so himself. At his latest four-hour press conference, the Russian prime minister compared himself to Kaa, the huge, hypnotic python from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. And the growing ranks of protesters against his regime? He called them “monkeys.” As any Jungle Book fan (which includes most Russians) knows, [...]
A leading barrister has called for the UK to become more sharia-literate, while arguing that Islamic law can be compatible with the toughest human rights legislation. Sadakat Kadri told the Guardian that so-called sharia courts, such as the Muslim arbitration tribunal, were good for the community as a whole by putting Sharia on a transparent, [...]
ATLANTA, Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – John Foy, leading Atlanta personal injury lawyer and founding partner of The Law Offices of Foy and Associates, has taken steps to ensure Georgia’s future attorneys are well prepared for the careers that lay before them. In a stroke of inspiration, Mr. Foy and his Associates decided [...]
Westminsters senior adviser on Scots law has warned that Holyrood risks flouting the rule of law if it runs its own independence referendum. Advocate General Lord Wallace said it would be a worrying step for a democratically-elected government. The Scottish government insisted MSPs had the power to hold a referendum, but Lord Wallace disagrees. The [...]
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