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The “Homer Defence” has, according to the Times, been pleaded before a UK court for the first time. In relation to a firearms offense, the accused’s lawyer pleaded that his client was “like the cartoon character Homer Simpson… [discharging a Taser gun] was a silly thing for him to do but he hasn’t used it [...]
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Could the question of “Arctic ownership” push the US to sign the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention? As we have reported earlier, and as frequently reported in the media (see e.g. this latest article at tampabay.com), the support for the ratification of UNCLOS is growing by the day. Not only are prominent members [...]
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The Santa Clara Journal of International Law is organizing a symposium on the “Future of International Criminal Justice” between March 13 and March 14. The keynote speaker at the symposium is Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law. The conference will feature four papers on the following topics: complementarity and the International [...]
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