The Aguilar-Spinelli test is a legal standard used in the United States to evaluate the validity of a search warrant based on information provided by an informant. It stems from two U.S. Supreme Court cases: Aguilar v. Texas and …
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Article 19 of the Code states that life begins at conception. Article 20 presumes, unless there is evidence to the contrary, that the maximum duration of pregnancy is 300days and the minimum duration is 180 days, excluding the day of birth. Article 21 mandates that the rights and obligations of the person conceived or implanted in the woman are irrevocably acquired if the child is born alive. If the child is not born alive, the person is deemed to have never existed. The presumption is that…
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HAMER v. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVS. OF CHICAGO
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835 F. 3d 761, vacated and remanded.
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The Election Law promotes women’s participation in political and public life by mandating that every candidates list shall include candidates of male and female gender. There must be at least 40% female candidates. English translation available from RefWorld here.
The Political Constitution of Peru (the “Constitution”) has several articles that directly and indirectly support women’s rights and gender justice. The Constitution recognizes that the supreme purpose of society and the State is to defend and respect the dignity of human beings (Article 1). It sets forth a series of rights to which every person is entitled, including the right not to be subject to sex discrimination and the right to freedom and security, which includes the…
On April 28, 2012, the State Council of China issued the Special Rules on the Labor Protection of Female Employees (the “Rules”). These Rules aim to reduce and address the difficulties encountered by women at work due to sex-based physical differences and to protect women’s health. The Rules require employers to improve the labor safety facilities and reduce health concerns. They also require employers to comply with the rules on work that is prohibited to be carried out by…
Securities law history 证券法的历史
Originally prepared by Deepa Sarkar of the Cornell Law School Securities Law Clinic.
Why Securities Laws? 为什么会产生证券法？
The development of federal securities law was spurred by the stock market crash of 1929, and the resulting Great Depression. In the period leading up to the stock market crash, companies…
"If a State decides to create single-sex programs, the State would, I expect, consider the public's interest and demand in designing curricula. And rightfully so. But the State should avoid assuming demand based on stereotypes; it must not assume a priori, without evidence, that there would be no interest in a women's school of civil engineering, or in a men's school of nursing."
A Report by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative With Support from Oxfam America, April 2010