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July 17, 2004

Lockerbie Civil Action

Professor MacQueen's Scots Law News reports that a civil action has been brought against the Lockerbie accused.First steps have been taken in the Court of Session in an action by the insurers of the now defunct Pan-Am airline in respect...

May 17, 2004

Brown v Board of Education 1954

On the 17th of May in 1954, 50 years ago today, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that seperate educational facilities for students based on the colour of their skin were inherently 'unequal' and were therefore unconstitutional. Constitution of...