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THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY
On November 20, 1945, the war crimes trials of Nazi World War II leaders began in the German city of Nuremberg. Review the Nuremberg Tribunal's Charter and the verdicts and sentences handed down on major war figures.
Author : Bernard Hibbitts
On November 18, 1903, Panama and the United States signed a treaty on the proposed Panama Canal. Read the full text of the Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal. Visit the website of the Panama Canal Authority.
Author : Bernard Hibbitts
On November 16, 1885, the Canadian government executed Metis leader Louis Riel for high treason in the wake of the "Northwest Rebellion" that had pitted the Metis (descendants of French traders and native tribes) in what is now Saskatchewan against Canadian troops. Although Riel has lately been rehabilitated as an indigenous francophone patriot of the Canadian West, his trial and execution
Author : Bernard Hibbitts
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