Archive for the ‘Law’ Category
Most of Italy’s press is on strike today to protest a government-proposed law that would restrict the publication of investigative data such as recordings made by non-professional journalists or court documents containing wiretapped conversations.
After 17 days as Minister for the Application of the Federalist Reform, Aldo Brancher has stepped down from his government duties to take on a court trial against him and his wife. Brancher was nominated by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on June 19, after which he tried in vain to appeal to a recently approved [...]
On June 19 a new minister, Aldo Brancher, was nominated to take over the government’s efforts to pursue what is known in Italy as “federalism,” a plan long sought after by the separatist party Lega Nord. Brancher is a highly controversial figure in recent Italian history. As journalist Marco Travaglio pointed out on Il Fatto [...]
How much sense does it make, in today’s globalized world, to be a strenuous nationalist in judicial matters? Not much, if you ask me. In a recent article published by Newsweek, Stuart Taylor Jr. and Evan Thomas were somewhat critical of Harold Hongju Koh and how his probable confirmation as top legal adviser to the [...]
An New York Times article published on April 12 tried to evaluate if age is an important factor in determining whether a Supreme Court Justice should retire. The article’s author, Duke Law School Professor Paul D. Carrington, expressed his preference for a system – similar to the one in Great Britain – that would impose [...]
It is of some comfort to know that a thorough discussion takes place every time a controversial law or judicial case is brought to the Supreme Court’s attention. Nevertheless, the political composition of the Court, due to the fact that the president of the United States nominates every justice, constantly reminds everyone that a certain [...]
I opened a Twitter account recently. Before that, I opened this blog (which, I admit, I should take more care of). Add to that a Myspace account I’ve had for a year and a half, a Facebook account, a YouTube and a Vimeo channel for my videos, and then other accounts on not-so-popular sites. There [...]
