8th January 2012

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• US: Defining Rape - FBI Redefines Rape After 80 Years http://t.co/8ks3bEfz Jan 08, 2012
• Court warning to landlords - Sheffield Telegraph: http://t.co/6c2ujlZX via @AddThis Jan 08, 2012
• How divorces are resting on who gets the pension - http://t.co/7qxZNaul: http://t.co/Q3sC1VAt Jan 08, 2012
• Phone-hacking justice doesn't have to equal journalists in jail http://t.co/QDjQ88wk via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• Stephen Lawrence murder: I still don't believe a man should stand trial twice for the same crime http://t.co/L99DiE0A Jan 08, 2012
• Family seek justice for stab victim http://t.co/M1FVsO7o Jan 08, 2012
• US: Texas electoral maps at issue before Supreme Court http://t.co/aTB5PEiw via @WSJ Jan 08, 2012
• BENIN: Protesters strip PDP supporters naked http://t.co/gs8XWbWP Jan 08, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Ijaz’s counsel clarifies reports about his client: http://t.co/rHwTpSU0 Jan 08, 2012
• A splendid life of crime | The Spectator http://t.co/TnGnPQK2 Jan 08, 2012
• AUS: Lawyers are the winners in million-dollar defence probe | Herald Sun http://t.co/yT2Ys6mN Jan 08, 2012
• SRI LANKA: commitment to protect human rights of all Lankans http://t.co/vXmhflYB Jan 08, 2012
• Tunisian Human Rights Associations Oppose Extradition of Baghdadi Mahmoudi http://t.co/uUtNJOVz Jan 08, 2012
• CANADA: Court extends human rights protection to family leave http://t.co/jLk74sEc Jan 08, 2012
• Human rights group urge Formula One teams to boycott Bahrain GP http://t.co/rjGeuEKr via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• HSBC to launch conveyancing panel with Countrywide http://t.co/09RSnJuz via @mortgagesols Jan 08, 2012
• The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends Formalism and the Sources of International Law: http://t.co/ELiYExHx Jan 08, 2012
• Michael Gove faces legal action as rebel primary battles his academy plan http://t.co/p07ItA97 via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• Scottish independent vote 'must be legal and binding' http://t.co/Cawew0Mp via @Telegraph Jan 08, 2012
• NIGERIA: Church attacks in Nigeria leave at least 27 worshippers dead http://t.co/mx2KDK0c via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• A step closer to the legalisation of assisted suicide?: UK HUMAN RIGHTS BLOG http://t.co/6V7NYtKO via @wordpressdotcom Jan 08, 2012
• Stan Collymore subjected to racist abuse on Twitter http://t.co/62OXmpd8 via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• RT @defencelawyer: 2 arrested last night became 4. Crawled back into to bed after 6.30. Was it a full moon last night cos I dealt with s ... Jan 08, 2012
• TheLawMap SUNDAY LAW REVIEW: the week that was 1st - 7th January, 2012, WEEKLY LAW NEWS ROUND UP Blog http://t.co/u0Q5Gifa Jan 08, 2012
• Clinics refuse to pay for breast implant removal - http://t.co/i3sHJRLa via @Telegraph Jan 08, 2012
• David Cameron apologises for Ed Balls Tourette's syndrome jibe http://t.co/lXgkLmXy via @Telegraph Jan 08, 2012
• The life and legacy of Stephen Lawrence - The Independent http://t.co/jGwgFRZi Jan 08, 2012
• The life and devious times of Lib Dems' serial fraudster - The Independent http://t.co/yBuMArm4 Jan 08, 2012
• IRELAND: Sean Quinn and Ireland’s Boom and Bust: http://t.co/Aw2jKr3y Jan 08, 2012
• Iraq Turns Justice Into a Show, and Terror Confessions a Script: http://t.co/IhDBcYKo Jan 08, 2012
• Law Suit Alleges RIM Conducted Fraud Over BlackBerry PlayBook Discounts http://t.co/AiKOIOey Jan 08, 2012
• @HanShingler Is that a new years resolution?!? Hope kitten is going organic too?!? Jan 08, 2012
• US: Virginia law would offer tax breaks to residents buried in space http://t.co/HEn5Qup6 Jan 08, 2012
• SCOTUS for law students: Student speech and the Internet (sponsored by Bloomberg Law) : SCOTUSblog: http://t.co/b16IRkdn via @AddThis Jan 08, 2012
• US: Shootings unlikely to alter gun laws http://t.co/esbktRat via @Tennessean Jan 08, 2012
• US: Indian family protection law central to emotional custody battle http://t.co/MXKwop9U #cnn Jan 08, 2012
• US: Fed Should Fine Law-Defying Mortgage Servicers, Raskin Says - Businessweek http://t.co/6OheETOm via @BW Jan 08, 2012
• US: Ill. law allows salvage of roadkill fur, meat http://t.co/hE3SxG97 via @USATODAY Jan 08, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸ Top stories today via @juliewilkinsb @adsiddig Jan 08, 2012
• TheLawMap SUNDAY LAW REVIEW: the week that was 1st - 7th January, 2012, WEEKLY LAW NEWS ROUND UP http://t.co/u0Q5Gifa Jan 08, 2012
• Illegal parking blackspot revealed - Yorkshire Post: http://t.co/j4I0E49C via @AddThis Jan 08, 2012
• US: Opponents fall short of challenging California Dream Act http://t.co/m5eEK3dQ via @reuters Jan 08, 2012
• US: Illegal wildlife trade sting nabs 12 in Calif., Nev. | http://t.co/uiPxGK32 http://t.co/O25fXcx2 Jan 08, 2012
• US: Trial ordered for Saginaw man accused of shooting 13-year-old boy during shootout | http://t.co/nBqt7avS http://t.co/6YlEivow Jan 08, 2012
• US: Lawyer's tactics leave him bankrupt | http://t.co/zONKyD8d http://t.co/2LodJNBi Jan 08, 2012
• PAKISTAN: PLF slams Nawaz for proposing military courts’ establishment: http://t.co/t20sRH4q Jan 08, 2012
• US: Idaho wetlands fight lands in Supreme Court | Seattle Times Newspaper: http://t.co/AvgASUxG Jan 08, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Pervez Musharraf courts controversy ahead of return - International - http://t.co/7qxZNaul: http://t.co/Jg9JJHWc via @AddThis Jan 08, 2012
• US: Study Challenges Supreme Court’s Image as Defender of Free Speech: http://t.co/uG49J1mZ Jan 08, 2012
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• The Sunday Law Review of last week is out on TheLawMap. Please visit the website for the review -... http://t.co/ycTDWD8W Jan 08, 2012
• Phone-hacking justice doesn't have to equal journalists in jail http://t.co/QDjQ88wk via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• The Lawrence case has at last made us confront the complex nature of racism | Matthew Ryder http://t.co/TA3sUSfL via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• Don't let war on piracy break the internet http://t.co/JEftU4pc via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• We need transparency in stop and search | Observer editorial http://t.co/aYP1HAq5 via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• IBDINESIA: It's sheer bloody murder, right on our doorstep http://t.co/YhLm6tRB Jan 08, 2012
• US: Catholic Archbishop apologizes for comparing LGBT rights movement to the KKK http://t.co/L6AF8iVa Jan 08, 2012
• SRI LANKA: Animal rights activists oppose Sri Lanka reverting to mass culling of stray dogs http://t.co/UYgnktUk Jan 08, 2012
• AUS: Man charged over a roadrage incident wants the case dropped - four-year wait for trial breached his human rights http://t.co/wQZKqI4R Jan 08, 2012
• Saif Gaddafi sets Libya's new rulers a test of commitment to human rights http://t.co/UsB3EZcR via @guardian Jan 08, 2012
• US: Security guard 'shoots his estranged wife and mother-in-law dead' in hospital waiting room http://t.co/UVQFfbxk Jan 08, 2012
• US: Obama lawyers defend healthcare law in Supreme Court http://t.co/yJXORUFY via @reuters Jan 08, 2012
• SYRIA: 15 Law Enforcement Members and a State Driver Injured by Terrorists' Gunfire in Homs http://t.co/mD2p8rH9 Jan 08, 2012
• South Korean Law Casts Wide Net, Snaring Satirists in a Hunt for Spies: http://t.co/54Q6g4Jk Jan 08, 2012
• US: No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility but it fell short http://t.co/R6sZzRiD Jan 08, 2012