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- Legal Systems of the World
Hat tip to Joe, from Wikipedia comes this interesting map of the legal systems of the world.
In brief:
Civil Law is the most widespread legal system in the world, where the central source of law is codified in statutes passed by legislation. This can first be traced to Bablyon and later Justinian Rome, where it [...]
- Mugabe would be proud
Remember when President Robert Mugabe began forcibly expropriating white-owned farms, replacing their owners with his cronies and Zimbabwean civil-war veterans?
State to Confiscate Land of Pro-Japanese Collaborators
A presidential agency Monday decided to confiscate land that is now owned by the descendants of 10 pro-Japan collaborators during the colonial period (1910-1945). It was the second step [...]
- Criminal Law in North Korea
This article from the Japanese edition of the JoongAngIilbo about criminal law in North Korea is just too good not to translate.
Is prostitution a crime in Korea? The answer is, it depends on how many times you do the dirty deed. As of the amendments of 2004 of the North Korean Criminal Code, [...]
- Lest I be criticized for being soft on Nazis…
...let me start by saying that I think Hitler, the German Nazi regime, and the ideology behind it was very, very evil.
With that disclosure, let’s move on to the subject of this post: Maurice Papon was born in 1910 and served in the French Vichy government, which collaborated with the Nazis after the surrender to [...]
- He must have a pretty cool “Out of the Office” Autoresponder
I can’t really think of a cooler reason for a leave of absence.
- How to make friends and influence people?
What should a free society do when an organization arises in its midst to call for the overthrowing of the government to replace it with an Islamic superstate? That is a question that Australian officials may be facing shortly:
About 500 Muslims packed a hall in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba to hear speakers of [...]
- Why am I not surprised?
A map of the signatory states to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Countries not signatories: Cuba, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Pakistan, China, Burma, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Brunei, and a few scattered states. Via Wikipedia.
Curzon’s notes: Laos and China have signed but not ratified the treaty, and none of you [...]
- Ahh, Travel Warnings
I happened across this on the State Dept travel warning site and thought I’d post it. Sobering heads-up to the state of law and order across the globe, and probably a surprise to many Americans who expect to be read their rights upon arrest, see a lawyer upon request, and hire a hot-shot defense [...]
- Hussein Execution: Curzon’s Two Cents
The controversy surrounding Hussein’s execution has been aggravated by a crude video of the hanging in the last hours of 2006. This probably goes without saying, but be warned that this is a poor-quality snuff film and shouldn’t be viewed by the faint of heart.
One theological commentator had this to say:
[Saddam Hussein] shouldn’t have [...]
- Hussein Execution Upheld: 30-day Countdown
An Iraqi appeals court has upheld a ruling that Saddam Hussein should hang for crimes against humanity.
Under the statute governing the Iraqi High Tribunal, the death sentence must be carried out within the next 30 days.
A number of commenters have come out for or against the execution of Hussein over the past two years. [...]
