Russian Bitcoin Ban Law To Enter Duma Before The End Of Spring Session
Mar 28, 2016 08:28 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
Russian government has been forging ahead in its efforts to criminalize the use of bitcoins in the country. Recently it was reported that the government is seeking to raise fines for companies involved in the...
The states have gone that way, but fixed four-year federal terms are unlikely
Mar 28, 2016 01:34 am UTC| Politics Law
Queensland recently voted in favour of a move from non-fixed three-year parliamentary terms to a fixed four-year term for its Legislative Assembly. The yes vote won with a clear but not huge majority. Queensland is...
New laws for the high seas: four key issues the UN talks need to tackle
Mar 28, 2016 01:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
United Nations negotiations begin today in New York on the elements of an international agreement to govern the conservation and sustainable use of the high seas. Every country will have a seat at these inaugural...
Will voters' fear of terrorism propel Trump to the White House?
Mar 26, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The Islamic States bombing of an airport terminal and subway station in Brussels, Belgium on March 22 horrified the world. But Donald Trump saw a silver lining in the latest terrorist atrocity. During an interview a few...
ICC's Bemba ruling is a landmark, but falls short of a big leap
Mar 25, 2016 08:58 am UTC| Law
March 21 2016 heralded the first conviction for crimes of sexual violence at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. The case was against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo. Bemba, a citizen from the Democratic Republic...
How to transform workers' campaign rage into better jobs and wages
Mar 25, 2016 02:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The presidential campaigns deserve some credit for finally voicing some of the deep frustrations and anger felt by American workers who have lived for decades in an economy that works for those at the top but not for them...
How the death penalty may keep innocent people in prison
Mar 25, 2016 02:00 am UTC| Law
Utahs conservative state Senate recently voted to abolish the death penalty. The action reflects a growing bipartisan recognition of the documented flaws of the death penalty, including its high cost, decades-long appeals...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects