The French Supreme Court remanded the case so that magistrates can re-examine Lafarge’s request to dismiss the case. Until now, French courts have not tried any French entity for crimes against humanity even though French courts have jurisdiction over such offenses.[2] The French Criminal Code...
The May meeting of the East African Magistrates and Judges Association (EAMJA) was a sounding board for critical perspectives, with universal jurisdiction linked closely to Western imperialism. The International Criminal Court’s first sentencing in July seemed to play into the view. After ten years...
The tribal assembly was a nonmilitary civilian assembly that elected those magistrates who did not exercise imperium. It did most of the legislating and sat as a court for serious public offenses. In 451 bce Rome received its first written law code, inscribed upon 12 bronze tablets and ...