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International Law
Is it legal for one country to invade another to change its government?
Can one country invade another because they don't like its government? The answer is no. International law prohibits it, and here’s why.
Charter is crystal clear: it forbids the use...
International Law
Can one country put the President of another country in jail?
According to international law, the answer is no, at least not while they are in office.
The International Court of Justice has already ruled on this: Heads of State enjoy...
Legal History
Daly v. Liverpool Corporation: There is no such thing as a “Perfect Pedestrian”
"Have you ever felt pressured to cross the road quickly just because a car is waiting for you?
That sudden urge not to 'get in the way'?
Well, back in...
Legal History
When Christmas was illegal
"Christmas is cancelled!" That's what you’d hear in 1647, when the English Parliament officially banned the holiday.
Why? Because the Puritans saw Christmas as a pagan festival that represented the...
Spain
Spanish court acquits man accused of resisting an unlawful arrest.
Is a person justified in resisting unlawful arrest by police officers?
Elements of the Spanish National Police Corps responded to a call for a fight between several people. However, on...
Legal History
The government sought to reduce the pension of Sara Pérez, widow of Madero.
The Mexican government sought to reduce the pension former president Francisco Madero's wife, Sara Pérez Romero received.
In 1917, Sara Pérez Romero was granted a pension as the widowed spouse...
Legal Analysis
Judicial Reform in Mexico: It contravenes international law
The President of Mexico presented in February 2024 a Constitutional Reform bill to the Federal Judiciary of great magnitude. One of the transcendental points of the reform is that...
Chile
Court of Appeals in Chile authorizes the vaccination of a newborn after her mother’s refusal.
A mother refused to vaccinate her newborn daughter despite the insistence of a medical clinic, which turned to the Chilean courts to authorize the vaccination of the child.
Facts
A Clinic...
Brazil
A law banning neutral language in schools must be suspended, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal rules
A law banning neutral language in schools must be suspended, Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal rules
United States
Preliminary Injunction to allow parents to exclude children from exposure to LGBTQ books is denied, US Court of Appeals rules.
A group of parents filed a claim against the decision of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland, United States, to include LGBTQ-inclusive books in the English language...
Kenya
Life imprisonment is an inhuman punishment, rules a Court of Appeal in Kenya
Life imprisonment is an inhuman punishment and an unconstitutional sentence.
The Court of Appeal at Malandi, Kenya ruled that the sentence of life imprisonment is unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal...
United Kingdom
UK High Court finds a man liable for contempt of court for allowing someone else to impersonate him at a hearing.
Due to the restrictions of the pandemic, the courts implemented virtual hearings. However, what would happen if a person, taking advantage of this modality, allegedly failed to connect and...
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Analysis and Opinion
Legal Analysis
Judicial Reform in Mexico: It contravenes international law
The President of Mexico presented in February 2024 a Constitutional Reform bill to the Federal Judiciary of great magnitude. One of the transcendental points of the reform is that...
Comparative Law
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Freedom of expression at universities. It has been reported that university...
International Protection of Human Rights
Persons with disabilities have the right to found a family
The human right of persons with disabilities to start a family.
The right to found a family of...
Spain
Supreme Tribunal in Spain rules that it is not discriminatory to deny Spanish nationality to a person because of his or her polygamous marriage.
Polygamy is a valid reason to deny Spanish nationality according to the Spanish Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STS...
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