JURIST - This Day at Law

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72793462009-11-23T00:00:06.173-05:00JURIST - This Day at LawBernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger647125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-6110951280600518492009-11-23T00:00:00.005-05:002009-11-23T00:00:06.181-05:00Convention on Cybercrimes opens for signature

On November 23, 2001, the Convention on Cybercrime was opened for signature in Budapest, Hungary, before entering into force on July 1, 2004. The Convention seeks to coordinate the Internet laws of signatory states and promote international enforcement of cybercrime laws.Learn more about the Convention on Cybercrime from the Council of Europe.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100984739168249512009-11-23T00:00:00.001-05:002009-11-23T00:00:04.811-05:00President Harding signed "anti-beer bill"

On November 23, 1921, President Warren G. Harding signed the Willis-Campbell Act, popularly termed the "anti-beer bill", prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes. Read David Kyvig, America Sobers Up (chapter 2 of Repealing National Prohibition, 1979).

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-19857871473894724902009-11-22T00:00:00.005-05:002009-11-22T00:00:01.275-05:00President Kennedy assassinated, VP Lyndon Johnson sworn inin

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Later that day, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. Earl Warren, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was later tasked with leading a commission to investigation the assassination. President Johnson received the final report of the Warren Commission on September

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100983058626314342009-11-22T00:00:00.001-05:002009-11-22T00:00:00.785-05:00UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in Six Days' War

On November 22, 1967, the UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied during the Six Days' War, and for respect of the right of all States in the area to "live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries." Read Resolution 242, which remains a cornerstone of efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-64618459941588517312009-11-21T00:00:00.007-05:002009-11-21T00:00:01.963-05:00Dayton Accords settled, ending war in Bosnia

On November 21, 1995, leaders of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia agreed to the Dayton Accords, ending the civil war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The Accords were formally signed in Paris, France on December 14.Learn more about the Dayton Accords from the European Union.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100982527683073822009-11-21T00:00:00.001-05:002009-11-21T00:00:02.553-05:00Women's rights activists founded NOW

On November 21, 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in Chicago.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100395930881668832009-11-20T00:00:00.008-05:002009-11-20T00:00:03.556-05:00Nuremberg war crimes trials began

On November 20, 1945, the war crimes trials of Nazi World War II leaders began in the German city of Nuremberg. Review the Nuremberg Tribunal's Charter and the verdicts and sentences handed down on major war figures.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-18378835120889616802009-11-20T00:00:00.007-05:002009-11-20T00:00:03.125-05:00Justice Department brings anit-trust action against AT&T

On November 20, 1974, the Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. United States v. AT&T was ultimately settled out of court with an agreement that the corporation would break up its monopoly on phone service throughout the country.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100395557094740952009-11-19T00:00:00.008-05:002009-11-19T00:00:00.522-05:00Jay Treaty signed

On November 19, 1794, US Chief Justice John Jay and British foreign secretary Lord Grenville signed a treaty in Philadelphia under which British forces pulled out of the disputed Northwest Territory. Review the Jay Treaty and associated documents.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-9646489346063004932009-11-19T00:00:00.007-05:002009-11-19T00:00:02.600-05:00Egypt President Anwar Sadat visits Israel

On November 19, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Israel, becoming the first leader of an Arab nation to officially visit. Two years later, President Sadat became the first Arab leader to recognize Israel by signing the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.Read President Sadat's address to the Israeli Knesset.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100395121435427992009-11-18T00:00:00.002-05:002009-11-18T00:00:03.630-05:00Panama Canal Treaty signed

On November 18, 1903, Panama and the United States signed a treaty on the proposed Panama Canal. Read the full text of the Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal. Visit the website of the Panama Canal Authority.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-27484243120375947572009-11-18T00:00:00.001-05:002009-11-18T00:00:04.059-05:00Spain votes to be a democracy

On November 18, 1976, the largely-appointed Parliament of Spain voted to transition to elective democracy. The vote came almost a year after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, who had governed the nation since 1936.Learn more about the Spanish transition to democracy.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100382964023132502009-11-17T00:00:00.005-05:002009-11-17T00:00:00.894-05:00President Nixon declared 'I'm not a crook'

On November 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon defended his actions in the Watergate affair, urging the nation to put Watergate behind it and telling a press conference "I'm not a crook".

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1826912679368683112009-11-17T00:00:00.004-05:002009-11-17T00:00:02.639-05:00Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia

On November 17, 1989, riot police put down student protests against the communist government in Czechoslovakia. The incident started a series of non-violent protests that finally forced the communists from power two weeks later.Learn more about the Velvet Revolution.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-20519252039172266372009-11-16T00:00:00.005-05:002009-11-16T00:00:00.474-05:00President Nixon signs Trans-Alaska Pipeline Act

On November 16, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Act into law. In addition to creating an oil pipeline across the state, the Act also quashed all environmental-legal challenges in regard to its construction.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100382572340018842009-11-16T00:00:00.002-05:002009-11-16T00:00:02.222-05:00Canada executed Metis leader for treason

On November 16, 1885, the Canadian government executed Metis leader Louis Riel for high treason in the wake of the "Northwest Rebellion" that had pitted the Metis (descendants of French traders and native tribes) in what is now Saskatchewan against Canadian troops. Although Riel has lately been rehabilitated as an indigenous francophone patriot of the Canadian West, his trial and execution remain

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100382292617246742009-11-15T00:00:00.004-05:002009-11-15T00:00:03.326-05:00Articles of Confederation adopted

On November 15, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first Constitution of the United States.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-76766369090777375262009-11-15T00:00:00.002-05:002009-11-15T00:00:02.473-05:00Gandhi assassins executed

On November 15, 1949, Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte were executed at Ambala jail in India for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-36915790737400728642009-11-14T00:00:00.009-05:002009-11-14T00:01:02.611-05:00Indictments announced in Lockerbie bombing

On November 11, 1991, prosecutors from the United States and the United Kingdom announced their indictments in the bombing of a passenger airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland. A Scottish court convicted Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, allegedly a former Libyan intelligence official, of the 270 murders in 2001.Read documents from the Lockerbie bombing trial.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1100381192134922312009-11-14T00:00:00.002-05:002009-11-14T00:00:00.400-05:00Guiteau tried for assassinating President Garfield

On November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau went on trial for the assassination of President James A. Garfield. The trial of Guiteau, a probable paranoid, pointed up problems with nineteenth century law's treatment of insanity; Guiteau's trial is also problematic in retrospect as Garfield's death was immediately attributable not to Guiteau, but to Garfield's doctors who - before sterilization was well

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-38050107481500507962009-11-13T00:00:00.004-05:002009-11-13T00:00:02.329-05:00Philippines impeaches President Estrada

On November 13, 2000, the Parliament of the Philippines voted to impeach President Joseph Estrada on corruption charges. He was ousted from power the following year.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1099870735742948882009-11-13T00:00:00.001-05:002009-11-13T00:00:03.726-05:00US Supreme Court ended bus segregation

On November 13, 1956, the US Supreme Court declined the appeal of a US District Court ruling in Browder v. Gayle that had declared unconstitutional Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses, thereby ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-38675263147462791892009-11-12T00:00:00.008-05:002009-11-12T14:10:31.286-05:001993 World Trade Center bomber convicted

On November 12, 1997, Ramzi Yousef and two co-conspirators were convicted of plotting the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. Yousef was later given a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole.Learn more about the trial of Ramzi Yousef.

Ryan Oldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393322696621055001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-1099870225620619842009-11-12T00:00:00.001-05:002009-11-12T00:00:05.215-05:00Japanese war criminals sentenced

On November 12, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death for war crimes. Read more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

Bernard Hibbittsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279346.post-24704656263289031382009-11-11T00:00:00.003-05:002009-11-11T00:00:03.662-05:00Armistice signed, ending WWI

On November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM, the Allied Powers signed an armistice with Germany, ending World War I. Armistice Day is marked every year in Europe on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" by two minutes of silence.

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