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5 Mar 2012, 11:59 am by Katherine Getty
[JURIST] Former prime minister of Iceland Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] went on trial Monday on charges of negligence relating to the 2008 financial crisis [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 11:33 am by Jamie Davis
[JURIST] A special court in Iceland on Monday convicted former prime minister Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] on one out of the four criminal charges he faced concerning the collapse [JURIST news archive] of the country's banking system in 2008, announcing that he would not face any punishment. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 5:26 am
A move by the Icelandic investor, which owns British retailer House of Fraser, would be its first takeover of a U.S. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 12:22 pm by Zach Zagger
[JURIST] Former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he was grossly negligent for failing to stop the nation's banking collapse during the 2008 financial crisis [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 8:57 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
Our friends at the Law Library of Congress tell us that this Sunday, October 6, 2019, will mark the centennial of the Icelandic Law on the Supreme Court of October 6, 1919 (Lög om hæstarjett Nr. 22 af 6 okt.... [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 4:18 pm by InternationalLaw Blogger
Iceland deserves credit for eliminating barriers to same-sex marriage, which will become legal in the Nordic country this weekend, the United Nations human rights chief says. [read post]
10 Apr 2017, 9:37 am by Harden Jackson, LLC
Surrogacy is illegal in Iceland, and when the mothers tried to register their child as an Icelandic citizen and themselves as the child’s legal parents, the National Registry of Iceland rejected the registration attempt. [read post]
21 Aug 2009, 1:35 am
From Mark Wiener, on a Fulbright in IcelandAugust 15, 2009In my previous post I noted that the relation between law and the sense of place in Iceland seems to pose a special challenge to public historians and curators. [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 2:25 pm by Tracy Thomas
Iceland's Women Leave Work Early to Protest Gender Pay Gap An Icelandic Lawmaker Breast-Fed Her Baby While Giving a Parliamentary Speech -- And No One Cared Miss Iceland Quits... [read post]
13 Jun 2010, 9:30 pm by ireneolszewski
Read: Iceland parliament votes for gay marriage Read: Iceland passes gay marriage law in unanimous vote [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Taryn Kiekow Heimer
In a sickening defiance of international law, Iceland’s only fin whaling company Hvalur hf is set to resume its controversial hunt of endangered fin whales after a two-year break. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 12:13 am by By DEALBOOK
Icelanders are set to reject the terms for repaying Anglo-Dutch debts in a referendum on Saturday, forcing new negotiations with creditors and delaying financial aid the country needs to fix its shattered economy, Reuters reported. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 7:32 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
Yesterday, Iceland became the first European nation to sign a free trade agreement with China. [read post]
4 Jun 2009, 7:36 am
The Icelandic central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a percentage point to 12 percent, defying the International Monetary Fund, as the island's economy slumps. [read post]
26 Sep 2010, 12:50 pm by Frank Pasquale
Iceland as model economy (and another sympathizer). [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 10:43 am by Karen Hoffmann
Venue: University Iceland Faculty of Law, in the Lögberg building, Sæmundargata 8, room 402. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 12:13 pm by Walter Olson
Lawmakers in the island country are considering enacting new pro-speech laws that might serve as an umbrella for some non-Icelanders as well. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 10:02 am by Tom Smith
But when it comes to swapping marriage vows and licenses, as far as Icelanders are concerned, love really is all you need. [read post]