패륜 저지른 부모·자식, 상속 못 받는다… 민법 개정안 본회의 통과

부양의무를 제대로 하지 않거나 중대한 범죄를 저지른 상속인은 더는 재산을 상속받지 못하게 된다. 피상속인을 성실히 돌본 상속인이 받은 증여는 보호된다.법무부(장관 정성호)는 이 같은 내용을 담은 민법 개정안이 전날(12일) 국회 본회의를 통과했다고 13일 밝혔다. 이번 개정은 패륜 상속인에게도 유류분을 인정하는 현행 규정에 대한 헌법불합치 결정(2020헌가4)에 따른 후속 입법 조치다.개정법은 상속권을 상실시킬 수 있는 패륜 상속인 범위를 기존 직계존속 상속인에서 직계비속과 배우자 등 모든 상속인으로 확대했다. ..

대한변협신문 패륜 저지른 부모·자식, 상속 못 받는다… 민법 개정안 본회의 통과

[판결] 이상민 전 장관에 징역 7년 선고… 내란 중요임무 종사 인정

12·3 비상계엄 당시 일부 언론사에 대한 단전·단수 지시를 전달한 혐의 등으로 재판에 넘겨진 이상민 전 행정안전부 장관이 1심에서 실형을 선고받았다.서울중앙지법 형사합의32부(재판장 류경진 부장판사)는 12일 내란 중요임무 종사 등 혐의로 기소된 이 전 장관에게 징역 7년을 선고했다(2025고합1172). 재판부는 내란 중요임무 종사와 위증 혐의는 유죄로 인정하고, 직권남용 혐의는 무죄로 판단했다.재판부는 “윤석열, 김용현 등은 국헌을 문란하게 할 목적으로 다수인이 결합해 유형력을 행사하고 해악을 고지해, 한 지방의 평..

대한변협신문 [판결] 이상민 전 장관에 징역 7년 선고… 내란 중요임무 종사 인정

해사법원, 인천·부산 설치 확정… 2028년 3월 개원 목표

해상 운송·선박 사고 등 해사 사건을 전담할 해사전문법원이 수년간 논의 끝에 부산과 인천 지역에 새롭게 설치된다. 개원은 2028년 3월을 목표로 한다.13일 법조계에 따르면 국회는 전날(12일) 본회의를 열고 이같은 내용을 담은 ‘각급 법원의 설치와 관할 구역에 관한 법률(법원설치법)’을 재적 157명 만장일치로 가결했다.개정안에는 해상 운송과 선박 계약, 선박 사고 등 해양 관련 분쟁을 지칭하는 해사 사건을 전문적으로 담당하는 전문 법원을 신설하고, 인천과 부산 등 소재지와 관할 구역을 규정하는 내용 등이 포함됐다. ..

대한변협신문 해사법원, 인천·부산 설치 확정… 2028년 3월 개원 목표

제12회 모의헌재 경연, 연세대 '헌니버터칩' 팀 대상

2월 6일 제12회 모의헌법재판 경연대회가 열려 연세대 헌니버터칩 팀(황지은 · 박민석 · 김서연)이 대상인 헌법재판소장상을 받았다. 금상은 연세대 헌신가족 팀(김나현 · 전정호 · 오유진)이, 은상은 충북대 양밥에 도토리 팀(구서희 · 김민성 · 김민석)과 건국대 백송솔방울 팀(김지현 · 안제휘 · 임수호)이 받았다.동상은 이화여대 버블버블팝팝 팀(송채민 · 곽은수 · 성유정), 이화여대 케이법위헌헌터스 팀(노선령 · 조예완 · 정재원), 서울대 청9인 팀(장시영 · 김다연 · 강내훈), 연세대 우리헌재만나 팀(박현민 · 박지성

리걸타임즈 제12회 모의헌재 경연, 연세대 '헌니버터칩' 팀 대상

[인사] 법무부 행정직 공무원

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'패륜상속인 모든 상속인으로 확대' 민법 개정안 국회 통과

부양의무를 중대하게 위반한 상속인의 유류분과 상속권을 제한하고, 피상속인을 성실히 부양한 기여상속인이 받은 증여를 보호하기 위한 민법 개정안이 2월 12일 국회 본회의를 통과했다. 헌법재판소의 위헌 및 불합치결정의 내용을 반영한 것으로, 개정시한을 넘긴 이후까지도 법개정이 되지 않아 그동안 수많은 유류분 소송이 지연되어 왔다.이번 민법 개정을 통해 상속권을 상실시킬 수 있는 패륜상속인의 범위가 직계존속 상속인에서 직계비속, 배우자 등 모든 상속인으로 확대되었다. 또 상속결격 및 상속권이 상실된 사람..

리걸타임즈 '패륜상속인 모든 상속인으로 확대' 민법 개정안 국회 통과

Library to Open New Experiential Gallery for Children and Teens This Spring

The Library of Congress is developing a new experiential gallery designed to invite children and teens with their families and school groups, investigate primary source collections and build meaning through research and discovery. Developed with kids and for kids, the new learning space, The Source: Where Curiosity Sparks Discovery, will open in May.As educational institutions across the country seek creative ways to engage young…

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Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges after Minnesota anti-ICE protest

Former CNN anchor said he was working as a journalist when he was arrested at protest during church serviceFormer CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal civil rights charges connected to his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official is a pastor. Four others also pleaded not guilty in the case.Lemon did not comment to reporters as he entered the courthouse accompanied by his attorney Joe Thompson, but he later issued a statement stating his refusal to be intimidated by the Trump administration and vowing to “fight these baseless charges”. Continue reading...

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UK mother separated from children for years has ‘draconian’ order overturned

Flawed evidence by psychologist Melanie Gill was used to remove children from woman in 2019A mother who did not see her children for nearly six years after they were taken away by the family courts has been reunited with her son after the flawed evidence used in her case was overturned.An assessment by an unregulated psychologist led to “extraordinary” and “draconian” orders that effectively terminated her relationship with her children, lawyers told the high court. Continue reading...

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Owen Jones on Palestine Action high court win | The Latest

The co-founder of Palestine Action has won a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws. Palestine Action was the first direct action protest group to be proscribed. The decision was widely condemned and was defied by a civil disobedience campaign, during which more than 2,000 people have been arrested. From July last year, being a member of – or showing support for – the group became an offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian columnist Owen Jones Continue reading...

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The Palestine Action ruling vindicates the courageous – and shames the complicit | Owen Jones

The home secretary has vowed to fight the judgment, but she and the government are on the wrong side of historyThis is a day of humiliation for those who facilitated Israel’s genocide in Gaza – and a moment of vindication for those who stood against “the crime of crimes”. It is worth underlining what the high court in London has today ruled to be unlawful: our government’s decision to place the direct-action group Palestine Action on the same legal footing as al-Qaida and Islamic State. Legally speaking, simply showing support for it risked a jail sentence of up to 14 years. The consequences? More than 2,700 people arrested for holding placards opposing genocide and supporting Pale..

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Scottish Labour leader says he doesn’t regret calling for Starmer to quit – UK politics live

Anas Sarwar said that he stood by what he said when he announced on Monday that he wanted the prime minister to stand downThe Equality and Human Rights Commission has welcomed a high court ruling defending the interim guidance it issued to organisations about the implications of the supreme court judgement saying that, when the Equality Act refers to sex, it means biological sex.The guidance – described as an “interim update” – was controversial because it was seen as over-prescriptive, and the Good Law Project launched a legal challenge.We welcome the court’s conclusion that the interim update was lawful and the EHRC did not act in breach of its statutory duties.We issued the inte..

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Opponents of Palestine Action ban celebrate court ruling that proscription is unlawful – video

People opposed to the UK ban on Palestine Action celebrated after the group won a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws. Palestine Action was the first direct action protest group to be proscribed under anti-terrorism law, which categorised it alongside the likes of Islamic State. The government decision attracted widespread condemnation as well as a civil disobedience campaign defying the ban, during which more than 2,000 people have been arrestedUK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Continue reading...

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Good Law Project loses challenge to interim EHRC advice on single-sex spaces

Judge rejects argument that advice is legally flawed and excludes trans people from services they have long usedThe Good Law Project (GLP) has lost its legal challenge to interim advice released by the UK equalities watchdog that in effect said transgender people should be banned from using bathroom and changing facilities according to their lived gender.The advice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which has since been withdrawn from its website, was published soon after the landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex last April. Continue reading...

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Top lawyer at Goldman Sachs resigns after revelation of Epstein relationship

Emails show Kathy Ruemmler had close ties to convicted sexual abuser she called ‘Uncle Jeffrey’Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, has announced her resignation after emails in the latest tranche of Epstein files revealed she had a close relationship with the convicted child sex offender, whom she called “Uncle Jeffrey”.Ruemmler said on Thursday she would step down as the bank’s chief legal officer and general counsel at the end of June. Continue reading...

The Guardian > Law Top lawyer at Goldman Sachs resigns after revelation of Epstein relationship