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REGIONAL GOVT & JAKARTA ACT TRIAL: PARLIAMENT ABSENT, GOVERNMENT NO EXPLANATION

The Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK)) conducted the third trial session of Act No. 32/2004 about Provincial Government (Provincial Government Act) and UU No. 29/2007 about Provincial Government of Jakarta Special Capital City as Capital City of Unitary State of…read more



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Legal victory came too late to save father s life

François Rank Published:Jun 08, 2008 Constitutional Court strikes down law that denied justice to Dingaan Nyathi. IF the Gauteng Health Department had paid the money it owed Dingaan Nyathi, chances are he would still be alive. Instead he succumbed to…read more



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The court assigns itself with new tasks

Political scientist Professor Ersin KalaycıoÄŸlu said: "With its decision on the headscarf, the constitutional court has audited the unchangeable articles of the constitutional law. It seems that the court has done this as an indispensable part of its own audit."…read more



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REVISION OF GENERAL ACT TRIAL PETITION

The Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK)) conducted a trial session on Act No.10/ 2008 about General Election of the Member of the Parliament, Regional Council, and Provincial Parliament (General Election Act), Monday (06/09), in…read more



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PENAL CODE TRIAL: JUSTICE THOUGH THE PETITION WAS NOT SYNCHRONIC

The Petitioners of humiliation articles in Penal Code (KUHP) trial, , Risang Bima Wijaya and Bersihar Lubis, kept on considering that criminal sanction set in Article 310 Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (2) as well as Article 311 had limited their…read more



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BREAKING: Turkish Constitutional Court Upholds Headscarf Ban

Turkey s constitutional court ruled that the AKP and MHP supported laws to abolish the headscarf ban in universities is unconstitutional. The court says that Islamic head scarves violate the principles of secularism (as established in the country s constitution).…read more



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CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE CRITICIZED THE PETITIONERS

The Constitutional Justice considered posita and petitum raised by the Petitioners Risang Bima Wijaya and Bersihar Lubis was not sinchrone. Because, in the posita revision, the Petitioners explained about constitutionalizm of a norm, meanwhile in the petitum the Petitioners only…read more



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ConCourt tells state to pay up

03/06/2008 19:39  - (SA)   Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court has ordered the state to provide it with a plan to settle outstanding debts in 200 judgments by the end of July. This comes after a ruling on Monday…read more



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Official: Kuwaiti court to hear 32 challenges to last month s parliamentary election results

The Associated Press Published: June 3, 2008 KUWAIT CITY: A senior judiciary official says…read more



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Supreme Court curtails rights of public employees

The justices reject an Oregon woman s discrimination lawsuit, saying it threatened to turn millions of ordinary job grievances into federal cases. By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 10, 2008 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court…read more