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Tuvo que hacerse una presentación por medio del líder de la Iglesia Católica al Presidente de Corte para que posteriormente y sin cambiar su atuendo el joven abogado pudiera transitar por los pasillos de la Corte en compañía de sus humildes campesinos. Luis, que así se llama, se convirtió en objetor de conciencia porque se negó a integrar las filas del ejército en su país en concordancia con sus principios de pacifista, por ello se dispuso que brindara servicio social por dos años. El escogió salir de su país, sirvió su primer en año en la India y en su segundo año de servicio fue que llegó al Perú. Haberlo conocido es como haber visto una figura del derecho convertirse en persona frente a mi.
En Perú, el tema de la desobediencia civil y la objeción de conciencia alcanzó su más alto niv...
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On April 1 this year, a riot erupted in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Balkh province. Infuriated by a...
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One of the issues that arose after the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision in Varnum v. Brien, which held that Iowa’s Constitution would not permit Iowa to limit the institution of marriage to opposite-sex couples, regards how the state should treat different types of same-sex unions from other states. Some of the most interesting and important concerns center around the status Iowa will give to out-of-state civil unions and domestic partnerships, relationships that receive legal recognition but are not true marriages in their states of origin. Since federal law (the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act) and choice-of-law principles allow Iowa to recognize out-of-state, same-sex relationships, Iowa courts and legislators must now look to statutory l...
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OCTOBER TERM, 2001
Syllabus
ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ET AL.
CERTIORARI ...
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The emotional, ideological, and practical issues concerning the various roles of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and other powerful security organizations, such as Mossad and Shabak, their tense relations with the Israeli social and political systems, and their contributions to the formulation of policies and their implementation in various spheres, have always been on the agendas of Israeli politicians, generals, and journalists. Accordingly, adherents to this approach have focused, for example, on the continuous attempts of the Israeli political parties to influence the ideas and behavior of the IDF, the military's various ideological positions and growing intervention in politics since 1967, and the ways in which Israel's political society has attracted retired generals and security...
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INTRODUCTION I. LAW OF THE FOUNDING AND ANTEBELLUM PERIODS A. Allegiance and Protection B. Municipal and International Law C. War and the Alien D. The...
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In brief
The Civil Dispute Resolution Act 2011 (Cth) requires parties to take genuine steps to resolve a dispute before proceedings are commenced in...
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In transitions from war to peace, mediators and other foreign interveners identify "spoilers" as one of the main threats to peace processes. Profiling...