TheLawMap Olympics Special Focus on Ancient Legal Code - Legal system of ancient INDIA included 18 titles of law. According to Laws of Manu (ascribed to have been written between 1500 to 500 AD but perhaps originating from as early as 8000 BC), these were non-repayment of debt, deposit, partnership business, resumption of gift, sale of an article by one other than its owner, non-payment of wages, breach of contract, duties of wife and husband, partition of inheritance, repentance after sale or purchase, dispute between the master and the keeper (of cattle), boundary dispute, abuse, too severe punishment, theft, violence, adultery, gambling and animal betting.
- Arresting A Judgement Debtor Without Sufficient Notice Unconstitutional http://t.co/zQAXNkil
- SRI LANKA: Rise in child abuse, sexual assault cases - Solicitor General http://t.co/aVQkZDDc
- Justice Prevails, as Saudi Woman Allowed To Wear Hijab in Olympic Judo Competition http://t.co/9i1TfQA4
- Clacton: ‘Justice’ as two guilty of killing http://t.co/Dl0EeGLx
- Legal Fiction - Harry Curry: The Murder Book http://t.co/MV54K5fj
- Is Your Law School A Dram Shop? http://t.co/HFqPlKlY
- Beleaguered Kodak strikes legal blow against Apple http://t.co/lgiRQwIt
- Airlines face legal challenge over baggage fees http://t.co/ll39jehq
- US: Legal maneuvers begin in Sneiderman case http://t.co/fPulHFC1
- Carlisle Airport: Legal and planning obstacles still remain http://t.co/PGMEBOUq
- PAKISTAN Legal reactions: Lawyers, bar associations divided over Supreme Court verdict http://t.co/Rn8COxEv
- New Twitter abuse laws not necessary, say police http://t.co/QnHPh3NS
- Phone hacking: Met chiefs given £300,000 payoffs after resigning http://t.co/YzxOYQl4
- Nearly half of those held over riots arrested again in past year, figures show http://t.co/2Ux8eCf7
- Jail for man who claimed for 'pothole' injury after breaking ankle in drunken leap http://t.co/OTXIE3Jo
- Twitter must tackle trolls say police http://t.co/lwye769S
- Spectators on the sidelines | Baby Barista Blog - Guardian Law http://t.co/IHqifmkd
- NHS trusts 'breaking the law' by denying access to treatment http://t.co/XNDBB6e3
- The conversation: How a tweet can change your life http://t.co/8GnVPUrw
- Waiter had to pay bill when customer didn't http://t.co/XxO1ryRM
- THE FIRM: Edinburgh University Law graduate Katherine Grainger has won a gold medal at the London Olympic Games http://t.co/0AcDXed6
- THE FIRM: Humanist marriages now third most common; religious marriage in "long term decline" http://t.co/UIVDMKyh
- THE FIRM: New law cracks down on "draconian" landlords http://t.co/ObfKzdQ9
- THE FIRM: BBC cleared over Sheridan documentary; tape leak query not considered pending COPFS findings http://t.co/IYc5DFEn
- THE FIRM: Clients have "embraced the concept" of Eddie Stobart barristers http://t.co/Ijh9vxfe
- THE FIRM: UK mortgage lenders complaining that it’s a sair fecht in Scotland having to dismiss repossession actions http://t.co/6r8KKCg4
- THE FIRM: Litigation Olympics: miscellany http://t.co/ESua3XgQ
- THE FIRM: Sword of Damocles to fall on rogue landlords http://t.co/csWpj5BC
- THE FIRM: The Law of Olympia - Draconian enforcement of Olympic sponsors' rights are bypassing civil courts http://t.co/T4QnhzRt
- THE FIRM: Mike's Blog - Last days of Rome http://t.co/WmsZd7rd
- PAKISTAN: Analysis: Culling the contempt law http://t.co/cEWx7zjH
- Northcliffe legal action against anonymous Twitter user wasn't about freedom of speech but about cyber bullying http://t.co/5E6uhWrA
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a
- Blacklisted builders launch mass legal action against Sir Robert McAlpine http://t.co/NFQfjb2E
- Codes of conduct and the legal system: ideas and implications http://t.co/jO83M3QX
- US: The economy added 1,400 legal services jobs in July http://t.co/yp3v0bXk
- Michael Jackson's mother reinstated as legal guardian of three kids http://t.co/pWY6WGU5
- US: A law school gave students "unlimited access" to alcohol at its annual "Barrister's Ball," http://t.co/Hfh2r20D
- NEW ZEALAND: Barrister Barry Hartfound guilty of professional misconduct by grossly overcharging a client http://t.co/IELNXljC
- AUSTRALIA: Barrister leaves controversial case behind him to take silk http://t.co/C1e5h8Tg
- NEW ZEALAND: Long-held dream for barrister http://t.co/3Wyyo1rS
- Justice served on cowboy clampers operating in Balham http://t.co/N2Q3blDA
- CZECH: Justice Ministry testing house arrest tagging http://t.co/uk8Ou54U
- Justice in SENEGAL http://t.co/BoQ80faD
- CANADA: Justice for all genres http://t.co/Ua2xQH1S
- MONGOLIA: Former president jailed for corruption http://t.co/wsgCyeia
- JAPAN condemned over executions http://t.co/UMgDtIc2
- Community justice centres are bold and radical. But do they work? http://t.co/6UwPCiIb
- Lord Chief Justice warns pay freeze will cause 'problems' http://t.co/lwcNC1OO
- INDIA: Four more posts of Additional Solicitor Generals proposed http://t.co/mf428Iwj
- Strict rules dash hopes of payouts by insurers http://t.co/Me0H7XPL
- Insider News North West – Ask The Expert: Solicitors professional indemnity insurance: http://t.co/lvYqf7f0
- Police Let Fake Solicitor Into Custody | UK Police News - Police Oracle: http://t.co/kFDWi3Ue
- “Ten Critical Human Rights Challenges for the Next American President” http://t.co/tqa6JnYh
- SWEDEN says Belarus has expelled its ambassador 'for being too supportive of human rights' http://t.co/wXDlqdOB
- Study exploited CHINA prisoners: rights group http://t.co/mBgcn1Yf
- US Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Antitrust Chief Nomination http://t.co/YDhEbssg
- PAKISTAN: Lawyers stay away from courts to protest contempt law changes http://t.co/DKfsnbAQ
- INDIA: Judicial appointments panel to replace collegium system http://t.co/KC8fZcpn
- US: Legislation left undone as Congress leaves for its summer break http://t.co/KtTeJTVe
- US: Pay up, patent trolls: New legislation would force failed plaintiffs to pay defendants’ legal bills http://t.co/MdB5kmrb
- US Judge Rules al-Qaeda and Iran Must Pay Billions to 9/11 Families - http://t.co/vo47mcqA
- Judge rules against Apple in Kodak patent dispute, cites disruption to next week's auction http://t.co/oSATinx4
- Judge denies Apple's bid for Samsung sanctions http://t.co/reHIOGs6
- US: Opera and law: Versed in both, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg searches for legal lessons in arias http://t.co/h6FrEHGX
- Archaic church law hits 'ordinary people' in Broadway, Cotswold http://t.co/Fdsw8nLq
- PAKISTAN judges strike down new contempt law http://t.co/EidzuZsN
- Female Huddersfield funeral director takes former employer to tribunal over sexual assault allegations http://t.co/elKSUQ4b
- Edo PDP Heads For Tribunal Over Gov Polls: http://t.co/Ne2WMWEJ
- Bungled racism case costs Royal Mail big tribunal payout http://t.co/Ze095Tpn
- INDIA: Corporate Tax Tribunal clarifies use of comparable uncontrolled price method http://t.co/ocSHaEZA
- INDIA: Tribunal upholds SIMI (Students islamic Movement of India) ban http://t.co/QoXzf5D1
- NEW ZEALAND: The Waitangi Tribunal has yet to say whether it will speed up the delivery of its report into water rights http://t.co/eJItaoqF
- BRAZIL: Congress to vote on “Bill of Rights” for Internet users http://t.co/BqAhJZCO
- TUNISIA: Prison, Fines for Offending ‘Sacred Values’ http://t.co/02mEyCN4
- The rights and wrongs of trying to unmask @UnSteveDorkland http://t.co/vyI7BfO8
- SAUDI ARABIA's judoka strikes blow for women's rights at Olympics http://t.co/Tp8hC78h
- US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton hails gay rights activists in wary UGANDA http://t.co/zYuVJj35
- BLARUS: Home of 'Europe's last dictator' Alexander Lukashenko - and at war with the teddy bear http://t.co/0ZcOnOfk
- Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Top court strikes down new contempt law: http://t.co/LqE5X4v1
- Psychology gives courts, policymakers evidence to help judge adolescents' actions http://t.co/pVpdIOgI
- CHINA: Charming tiger, hidden dragon: Gu in the dock http://t.co/F0jy787w
- CANADA: Lawyers for Tories and Council of Canadians trade letters over admissibility of evidence http://t.co/El6appcz
- RUSSIA: Putin "cheated us again", Russian band lawyer says http://t.co/VRvUAvOk
- Bo Xilai's wife on trial for murder of Neil Heywood next week http://t.co/RFIjhmuP
- Day 3 of Apple vs. Samsung trial http://t.co/oaw2UcmC
- US: Drew Peterson trial: Former cop 'told wife he would kill her six months before she was found dead http://t.co/TWxNpQyg
- Pussy Riot trial 'worse than Soviet era' http://t.co/jwZ38hEm
- 38 accused as BRAZIL corruption trial begins http://t.co/dzFX6Wxd
- ST. LUCIA: Charges against Guyanese for practicing illegal medicine http://t.co/IqZWXgrw
- US: Young illegal immigrants to pay $465 for temporary work permits with limited exceptions http://t.co/bs9MZ8nL
- Bangor woman Shannon Boyce on screwdriver attack charge http://t.co/cx9WaNYx
- Attorney General John Larkin advised DRD case appeal http://t.co/mdCqyjke
- Douglas and Welsh jailed for torturing John Alcroft http://t.co/nUzxD7yO
- New Scottish police investigation body to be 'more intrusive' http://t.co/9fiJosMq
- Cylch Meithrin nursery theft: Suzy Barrett sentenced http://t.co/1u7NZDKn
- Brick attack on pigs at Greenfield Valley Heritage Park http://t.co/Kn6LfnOo
- Buckley head teacher Andrew Wilkie must repay stolen £53k http://t.co/7RZC7Xh3
- Kirsty Jones' mother in Thailand murder appeal http://t.co/tkMf6wT9
- RBS boss admits banks became 'detached from society' http://t.co/uIYZSMHQ
- PERU burns record 50-tonne marijuana haul http://t.co/Cn9GAVNv
- London riots: Mark Duggan's mother seeks justice for son http://t.co/MI5pSY5j
- US: Cristobal Palacio guilty of Miami murder of Paul Winter http://t.co/ixS0Z3g4
- Microsoft to drop 'Metro' name for Windows 8 over trademark dispute http://t.co/O5HLHLF6
- 'Shock' as Olympic ticket alert feed is blocked http://t.co/n09KHap4
- Refuges 'under threat' from shake-up of benefit rules http://t.co/bHi9Yyui
