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“The remaining 19 lords of session form the “outer house”.”
“eight working‑class families”
“There are only two women among them, Lady Cosgrove (Hazel Aronson) and the newly elevated Ann Paton, QC.”
“nine years”
“At less exalted levels, justice is dispensed through six ancient sheriffdoms which bear little resemblance to local authority boundaries.”
“Earlier this week, the high court struck down a federal law that prohibited guns within 1000 feet of a schoolyard, saying that the Congress does not have the power to create such a law under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.”
“There are no women among the six sheriffs principal, although a dozen female sheriffs are now making their way up through the ranks.”
“only 5% of death row executions actually occur”
“And a striking number of those – around one-third – are the products of legal families”
“The newly created judge John Wheatley brings to three the number of judges who are Roman Catholics.”
“The other two are Lord McCluskey (about to retire) and Lord Gill.”
“No fewer than 16 of our judges are members of that dismal essay in 1960s modernism, the New Club in Princes Street, Edinburgh.”
“brought in under the Children Act 1989”
“She was barely a teenager. Apart from the birth of their four children, their 13-year relationship was characterised by the regular beatings which he dealt out when she was not quick enough to meet his needs. [...] And, when Ole Kiranto de…”
“As the Masai members listened to the 48-minute verdict, their faces revealed nothing but horror and disgust. The senior magistrate, Charles Gitonga, announced the immortal words: 'A husband has no right to beat his wife.'”
“Le Pen was ruled ineligible to stand for election for two years.”
“He has written a book about 300 years of fighting in Ireland”
“She and her five male colleagues have just got us from our beds at ten minutes to seven”
“They stayed overnight at the local hotel, all six of them.”
“They have to set their alarm clocks to get up at quarter past five.”
“Three of them look at it with caution.”
“At 2.20 in the afternoon they walk with Tony down the path”
“He has so far not been charged with anything.”
“The charge carries a sentence of ten years to life.”
“Wei Jingsheng, too, received a sentence of 15 years.”
“Wang Youcai, who served two years after Tiananmen, was charged this week with “inciting the overthrow of the state”, organising a meeting of the Democratic Party, and accepting US$800 from abroad to buy a computer.”
“where Wei Jingsheng, too, received a sentence of 15 years.”
“Wang Youcai, who served two years after Tiananmen, was charged this week”
“The franchises were originally granted for ten years from 1993 to 2003”
“the act allows companies to apply for a ten-year extension of their franchises at any time from the beginning of 1999”
“The rationale of the Law Lords’ decision (by a majority of three to two, that Pinochet does not enjoy immunity from extradition) was very simple...”
“...second, former heads of state will lose that immunity only if a court holds that there is solid evidence that they have personally ordered or masterminded a “crime against humanity”. And finally, this crime is narrowly defined. It is li…”
“...the Conventions against Genocide and Torture and Hostage-Taking (signed and ratified by the Thatcher government);...”
“...Pinochet comes within the “amnesty” he gave to the death squads in 1978...”
“...he extracted a wider amnesty as the price of allowing democracy in 1990...”
“...this year he became “senator for life” which bestows further immunity from prosecution.”
“Since the European Court has held, definitely, that it did not, his premise was wrong.”
“Civil liberties will be secured by the Human Rights Act, power is being devolved to Scotland, Wales and London, the voting rights of hereditary peers will shortly be abolished, freedom of information is . . . well, delayed for another year.”
“In Dhaka, Rehna Begum was imprisoned with 21 other trade unionists for stealing from the factory”
“after two years in jail, it was “discovered” that the production manager had stolen the goods.”
