Israel Court Rules Prenup Must be Voided for Divorce
The Jerusalem Regional Rabbinical Court has ruled that a couple who signed a prenuptial agreement must have it officially voided before being granted a divorce, according to the Times of Israel. The...
View ArticleControversial Texas Law on Illegals Blocked by Judge
According to LA Times, Texas federal judge temporarily blocked Senate Bill 4, a new law that would put a stop to sanctuary cities in the state. This comes just before the law was set to take effect...
View ArticlePet Registration Law Proposed to Combat Stray Problem
Numbers of stray dogs and cats on Thailand’s streets continue to rise, posing health risks as well as ethical concerns. It’s estimated that there are more than 700,000 stray dogs in Thailand, 140,000...
View ArticleLouisiana Supreme Court Disputes Prenuptial Agreement
On May 3rd, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that prenuptial agreements are invalid if signatures aren’t acknowledged before marriage, Louisiana Record reports. Under the Louisiana Civil Code Article...
View Article19 Year Old Dies in Fraternity Hazing Ritual
Four Chinese American students from the fraternity Pi Delta Psi at Penn State University were charged with voluntary manslaughter after the death of college freshman Michael Chun Deng in 2013. During...
View ArticleSomaliland Achieves Milestone with Bill to Criminalize Sexual Assault
The drought in the Horn of Africa in 2017 left tens of thousands of Somaliland women and young mothers displaced and vulnerable to sexual assault. The lower house of parliament has now passed a bill...
View ArticleNo Law in Alabama that Prohibits Police Engaging in Sexual Relations with...
Alabama is among one of the 35 states that has not banned law enforcement from having sex with those held in custody. However, a Pickens county teacher has been jailed for three years for having...
View ArticleSan Francisco to Dismiss Thousands of Marijuana Related Cases
The District Attorney and his office will let go of around 3,000 misdemeanor cases, even the ones occurring before the legalization of Marijuana (some cases from 1975) in San Francisico. Around 4,000...
View ArticleSwitzerland Bans Cooking Lobsters Alive
Switzerland will be the first country in the world from March 1st to adopt an animal dignity law that stops lobsters from being boiled alive. The provision is a part of a larger animal protection law...
View ArticleCambodia Performs Poorly in the Rule of Law Index
The World Justice Project released the 2017-2018 Rule of Law Index, where countries are ranked on factors such as human rights, access to criminal justice and government powers. Cambodia ranked second...
View ArticleOwners that Eat Pet Pig Spark Animal Rights Law Amendments
An Animal rights lawyer has called for stricter laws for the protection of animals after a Vietnamese pot belly pig was nursed back to health by the BC SPCA, adopted and less than a month later was...
View ArticleLocal Town in Georgia Requires Every Household to Own a Gun
Local authorities in Kennesaw, Georgia, commented on the matter that it might be local law to own a gun but it is not mandatory. The law was enacted in 1982 as a crime deterrent. The town of 33,000 has...
View ArticlePopular Opinion on Marijuana Legalization in Thailand
The legalization of Marijuana has become a hot topic in Thailand since rumors began spreading early January that the government had plans to initiate medical marijuana farms up north. Registering a...
View ArticleAung San Suu Kyi Faces Procesution Charges for Rohingya Crisis
The leader of the Myanmar government, Aung San Suu Kyi is currently visiting Australia where she may face charges of crimes against humanity. Attorneys in Melbourne are finding it difficult to proceed...
View ArticleArizona Court Backs Law Compelling Businesses to Service Same-sex Couples
An anti-discrimination law that makes it illegal for businesses to deny service to same-sex couples based on religious grounds was upheld in an Arizona court on Thursday, according to the Denver Post....
View ArticleSeven Vietnamese Die From Drugs at EDM Festival
Seven Vietnamese have died and five were left in a coma after doing drugs at an EDM festival in Hanoi, according to authorities. As of now, officials in the Vietnamese have not been able to identify...
View ArticleThailand Amends Labor Law Regulations Regarding Employee Leave
Earlier this year, Thailand made a number of amendments to its labor laws, especially when it comes to the regulations surrounding working leave. Business lawyers in Thailand state that the changes add...
View ArticleInternational Board Issues Concerns Over Thailand’s Cannabis ‘Liberalization’
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has urged the Thai government to pump the brakes on its brand new medical marijuana policy. The international group based in Vienna argued that Thailand...
View ArticleThai Authorities Want to Put GPS in Private Vehicles to Monitor Traffic Behavior
Thailand’s Department of Land Transport (DLT) is contemplating installing GPS in all privately-owned cars and motorbikes in order to create safer roads. The idea is that the GPS would monitor (or spy...
View ArticleThailand’s Justice Minister Plans to Hurry Kratom Decriminalization
Thailand’s Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has said that he will speed up the decriminalization of Kratom, a mildly psychoactive plant with health benefits. The announcement comes after researchers...
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