TheLawMap Olympics Special Focus on Ancient Legal Code - The Code of Hammurabi from ancient Babylon (1795-1750 BC) - Law 109: If conspirators meet in the house of a tavern-keeper, and these conspirators are not captured and delivered to the court, the tavern-keeper shall be put to death.
- US: Seattle reaches police reform deal with government http://t.co/EUTQOBgO
- BRAZIL: Brazilian Indians fear ‘absurd’ setback over land rights http://t.co/pjj0U0dq
- IRELAND: County Limerick’s Kevin is fourth generation of the Power family to qualify in law http://t.co/9MCQKOF1
- Leslie Thomas is Legal Aid Barrister of the Year 2012 http://t.co/mekOY2Vd
- IRELAND: Man faces sentencing for threatening barrister http://t.co/tX2ifjhg
- PAKISTAN: Murder of Farida Afridi Kausar directs for strict action against lady worker's killers: http://t.co/cAHOUE2O
- Extended interview with Teesside's retiring top judge http://t.co/2Oxihh3e
- The Arms Trade Treaty: so near and not so far? http://t.co/C6vzlYry
- Legal victory for campaigners over Woolley Valley farm plan http://t.co/lSUKPBzA
- INDIA: Tiwari's legal troubles have just begun: Rohit Shekhar http://t.co/IPXDPwqs
- Olympics will not take legal action over Nike ad campaign http://t.co/VMTdH5QV
- Jailed for importing 'legal highs' - Wiltshire http://t.co/iwDeYtMY
- THE FIRM: G4S in the frame to take privatised prison tagging contract http://t.co/Kt1uuINF
- THE FIRM: Scottish Government defends “opposition” to Supreme Court as a “position of principle” http://t.co/P37kOhH2
- THE FIRM: PCC ruling upholds journalists right to use subterfuge in public interest http://t.co/KUGUd2lX
- THE FIRM: Litigation Olympics: miscellany http://t.co/ESua3XgQ
- THE FIRM: Arrest Seb Coe! Korea Flag debacle breaches Offensive Behaviour at Football Act http://t.co/JtnEwfGT
- THE FIRM: Equal marriage: consultation responses from legal bodies http://t.co/jMiWkpYF
- THE FIRM: Statement on equal marriage from the Scottish Government http://t.co/doxUeP3m
- THE FIRM: The Five Ring Event that dare not speak its name http://t.co/OCHd4vlA
- Arrests in Critical Mass bike ride near Olympic Park under section 12 of the Public Order Act http://t.co/E1CQLwqT
- US: Pennsylvania's readiness to implement voter ID law questioned http://t.co/GCEX379S
- Slow Laws and Fast Technology | Wall Street Journal http://t.co/tLibTGx7
- SINGAPORE: Law has special role in strengthening fabric of S'pore society: Chief Justice: http://t.co/W9qpe0aE
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/qhkPRFVG
- Twitter joke trial: authorities akin to 'The Stasi', says Al Murray http://t.co/RbqITtiz
- Killers and rapists could be released earlier as High Court waters down parole terms http://t.co/moZ6F1ZE
- Paul Chambers twitter trial and a deserved last laugh http://t.co/8E78OWqJ
- Teenage boy detained indefinitely for attack on 10 year old girl http://t.co/bJhGdUK8
- Mother says police denied her justice after model's death fall http://t.co/KLQZbGoL
- Mr Bean, Michael Fish and Jerusalem: Is this the Britain that immigrants know and love? - Congolese refugees respond http://t.co/kzDHYYGl
- Stiff sentences for 'print room' insider trading ring http://t.co/Yb6zR5qA
- Barclays hit by new storm as chiefs probed over £7bn Arab bailout http://t.co/KFRjvm7e
- “Retards” rant Tory councillor let off by independent tribunal http://t.co/hcA97wuf
- INDIA: Claim can be granted without service, income proof: Tribunal http://t.co/GAcinBxx
- Deloitte to face tribunal over MG Rover role http://t.co/TOZiDyYO
- MI5's role in the Smithwick Tribunal http://t.co/MZ7SChhY
- AUSTRALIA 'breached rights' of Indonesian minors http://t.co/OUqlY9Ve
- BP's $3bn Russian court bill over tie-up failure http://t.co/TZHpJJg8
- Lawyers shadowed Olympic torch relay to stop ambush marketing http://t.co/VhVvlNyW
- CHINA dismisses case against lawyer, tiny win for rights movement http://t.co/W4nJR80g
- CANADA: Lori Douglas sex scandal inquiry: Manitoba judge and husband Jack King known as standout Winnipeg lawyers http://t.co/koLDaszq
- Call for review of riot verdict http://t.co/g5itxq7N
- Twitter joke trial became confrontation with judicial establishment http://t.co/VIJEN8le
- 'Landmark' Neil Heywood murder trial will be fair, says CHINA http://t.co/3KloWfAi
- Sean Quinn says jail scares him but he remains proud http://t.co/oSxGqd4L
- Court told that Derry man 'active and prominent member' of RAAD http://t.co/KS8ZyHIb
- Smithwick Tribunal: Breen and Buchanan families in call http://t.co/qeJGkkoJ
- Officer charged after pair hit by police car in Dundee http://t.co/21seJH86
- Care home rapist Stephen Murray jailed for seven years http://t.co/2eS028fa
- Inspectors fine ScotRail £373,000 http://t.co/BVlCTvPh
- Police mephedrone warning after death in Pembroke Dock http://t.co/z1hwwSaA
- Megabus coach driver jailed for M5 crash death http://t.co/VqHvLt9k
- High Court orders recount of election result - Penlington-Pennington Denbighshire vote mix-up recount http://t.co/eebv5qkt
- Palace coup provides Danny Boyle's master stroke http://t.co/chggrHym
- Academies told they can hire unqualified teachers http://t.co/DbJTR6uk
- Holocaust in FRANCE: Exhibition documents deportation http://t.co/cYtPEEDn
- BURMA: UN calls for inquiry over Rakhine violence http://t.co/PcSeqm0Q
- US: Aurora shootings: Suspect 'saw psychiatrist' http://t.co/cxOpu8z7
- UN global arms treaty talks end without agreement http://t.co/VGJPs0Tb
- AUSTRALIA: Westpac lends to firms tied to illegal logging http://t.co/2hiK7mwU
- The LawNewsIndex Daily is out http://t.co/Y4Lrurkd
- Olympics 2012: Temporary accommodation built for police are ILLEGAL and they will be evicted http://t.co/Kseg1qFp
- How illegal immigrants affect the US economy http://t.co/UX7pxyIb
- Education Minister of Northern Ireland John O Dowd accused of 'illegal' school board appointments http://t.co/jv4f2USu
- Three 'illegal immigrants' hired as security guards for Olympic football are arrested by police http://t.co/uHwvijb3
- Illegal meat market may be fuelling sheep thefts - Northern Ireland http://t.co/USVwqdVS
- PAKISTAN: ‘Contempt law intended to serve some bigwigs?’ asks Chief Justice http://t.co/nX3OlWFm
- New law would see solicitors collect legal aid contributions from clients in Scotland http://t.co/wJY3aatM
- RUSSIA: Chief investigator dismisses fraud charge http://t.co/QX7AHKDg
- US: Amazon's Jeff Bezos backs US gay marriage law http://t.co/DkC96oM6
- Kodak Has Its Moment: Judge Denies Apple’s Bid to Move Patent Suit to New Court http://t.co/2eyDH5se
- US: Judge orders probe into welfare of Michael Jackson’s kids http://t.co/RZodEZNM
- UGANDA: Judiciary needs money for 76 Wigs http://t.co/idUrGZ8V
- PAKISTAN: Judiciary wants democratic system to continue, says Chief Justice http://t.co/qaDqMHKJ
- AUSTRALIA 'breached children's human rights' http://t.co/cZgVJj9w
- UN Human Rights Chief Alarmed By Escalating Violence In SYRIA http://t.co/Zm2wMFPo
- VENEZUAELA to Pull out of OAS Human Rights Bodies http://t.co/P0YRMrb4
- Google 'in breach' of UK data privacy agreement http://t.co/TdTkcu8M
- ICO blog: Justice Select Committee post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information Act http://t.co/uxxd7f4a
- European Court of Justice Rules Supplementary Protection Certificates Available for "New Medical Use" http://t.co/wAMNEBfR
