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Asian Journal of International Law
Asian Journal of International Law (AsianJIL), peer-reviewed journal of the Asian Society of International Law, published by Cambridge University Press with NUS Law since 2011; succeeds the Singapore Year Book of International Law; Gold Open Access from 2027.
Asian News International v. Wikimedia Foundation
Asian News International v. Wikimedia Foundation (CS(OS) 524/2024) is ANI Media's pending Delhi High Court defamation suit over ANI's Wikipedia page, notable for the Supreme Court's 2025 INSC 656 ruling setting aside a takedown order as disproportionate.
Asma Jahangir (عاصمہ جہانگیر)
Asma Jahangir (عاصمہ جہانگیر, 1952–2018), Pakistani lawyer and rights activist; AGHS Legal Aid co-founder, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan co-founder, UN special rapporteur, first woman president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority
Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority [2012] UKSC 22: UK Supreme Court case on whether a European Arrest Warrant issued by Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny was valid; a 5-2 majority held a prosecutor is a 'judicial authority' under the Extradition Act 2003.
Assassination
Assassination, or political murder of targeted leaders, defined by the CTC, with causes (polarization, restricted competition), motives, perpetrators, weapons, consequences, and modern trends from CTC, ACLED, and Institut Vidocq data.
Assassination of Farhat Hached
The assassination of Farhat Hached was the 1952 killing of the Tunisian trade-union leader and UGTT secretary-general at Radès, near Tunis, attributed to the French Red Hand.
Assassination of Kim Gu
The assassination of Kim Gu (김구 암살사건) was the killing of the Korean independence leader and last president of the Provisional Government by lieutenant Ahn Doo-hee in Seoul on June 26, 1949.
Assassination of Malcolm X
Assassination of Malcolm X: the February 21, 1965 fatal shooting of Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) at Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom; three men convicted, two exonerated in 2021 after withheld FBI and NYPD evidence surfaced.
Assassination of Olof Palme
Assassination of Olof Palme: the 28 February 1986 fatal shooting of Sweden's prime minister on Sveavägen, Stockholm. Also known as Palmemordet. Unsolved: no conviction ever; Christer Pettersson acquitted 1989; investigation closed 2020 naming Stig Engström, a designation withdrawn in 2025.
Assassination of Sidhu Moose Wala
Assassination of Sidhu Moose Wala: Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, Punjabi rapper and Congress leader, shot dead May 29, 2022 at Jawaharke, Mansa, a day after security cuts; Goldy Brar of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility; trial ongoing, no convictions.
Assault
Assault, in tort and criminal law, is an intentional act creating reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact, or in many criminal codes an attempt or act causing physical injury; distinct from battery, definitions vary by jurisdiction.
Assault weapons legislation in the United States
Assault weapons legislation in the United States: the 1994-2004 federal ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and magazines over 10 rounds, its definitions and expiry, state bans such as California's 1989 law, and current Second Amendment litigation.
Assessoria
Assessoria, the Crown Assessor's Court, was a central court of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth serving as the appellate court of last instance in cases brought against royal cities.
Assignment (law)
Assignment (law): transfer by an assignor of rights, property, or benefits to an assignee in contract and property law; distinct from delegation of duties and from novation, which requires all parties' consent.
Assisted Human Reproduction Act
Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHR Act), S.C. 2004, c. 2: Canadian federal statute assented to March 29, 2004, prohibiting human cloning, paid surrogacy, and trade in gametes and embryos, reshaped by the 2010 SCC Reference and 2012 repeals, with Health Canada enforcing safety, consent, and reimbursement regulations.
Assizes
The Assizes were periodic travelling courts in England and Wales, held in county towns by visiting London judges from Henry II's era (Assize of Clarendon, 1166) until the Courts Act 1971 replaced them with the Crown Court.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines: one of 14 members below the Chief Justice; natural-born Filipino, at least 40, 15 years' experience; appointed by the President from a JBC shortlist; serves until age 70.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: one of the eight non-chief members of the nine-member Court, presidentially nominated and Senate-confirmed with life tenure; 104 have served, salary $306,600 (2026).
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal was the UK's single-tier appeals body for Home Office asylum refusals under the 2004 Act; its functions transferred in 2010 to the First-tier Tribunal's Immigration and Asylum Chamber, now itself set for replacement by an Independent Immigration Appeals Authority.
At-will employment
At-will employment is the default U.S. employment rule letting employer or employee end an indefinite-term job at any time for almost any legal reason. All states except Montana apply it, subject to public policy, implied contract, and good faith exceptions.
ATA Carnet
ATA Carnet (Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission): international customs document, also called a passport for goods, allowing duty-free temporary import of commercial samples, professional equipment, and exhibition goods for up to one year, backed by an ICC guarantee chain.
Atlanta murders of 1979–1981
Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, the Atlanta child murders: at least 29 Black victims aged 7–27 killed 1979–1981; Wayne Williams convicted 1982 of two adult murders; child cases never prosecuted.
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter, a joint Roosevelt-Churchill declaration of 14 August 1941 at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, set eight Anglo-American war aims including self-determination, freer trade, and freedom of the seas; unsigned and non-treaty, it inspired anticolonial movements worldwide.
Atsushi W. Tashima
Atsushi W. Tashima, born 1934, is a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
Attacks on parachutists
Attacks on parachutists: wartime attacks on pilots, aircrew, and passengers descending by parachute from disabled aircraft. Such parachutists are hors de combat; Article 42 of Additional Protocol I (1977) and customary IHL (Rule 48) prohibit attacking them during descent, exempt airborne troops, and require a surrender opportunity on landing.
Attainder
Attainder, or attaint, was the English common law consequence of a death sentence for treason or felony: civil death, forfeiture, corruption of blood, and loss of inheritance rights. It also names the related bill of attainder, banned by the US Constitution.
Attempt
Attempt (criminal attempt, inchoate offense) punishes intent plus a substantial step toward a crime never completed. Common law uses dangerous proximity; the Model Penal Code uses substantial step; federal law has no general attempt statute.
Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly hid with a scoped SKS-style rifle in the tree line of Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, on September 15, 2024; a Secret Service agent spotted the rifle, fired, and Routh fled and was arrested without firing a shot.
Attempted murder
Attempted murder, also known as attempt to murder, is an inchoate offense where someone with intent to kill takes a substantial step toward the killing, though the victim does not die.
Attempts to arrest Ronald dela Rosa
Attempts to arrest Ronald dela Rosa (Bato), Philippine senator and ex-PNP chief, under the ICC warrant of November 2025 charging drug-war murders; Senate standoff, Supreme Court denial, still at large in 2026.