Constitution Petition Nos. 87 and 88 of 2007, Supreme Court of Pakistan, November 23, 2007 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in...

Lebanon slid into constitutional crisis Friday as pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud purported to declare a "state of emergency" and hand security responsibility to the army in a vaguely worded statement issued just before leaving office midnight at...

Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting in Uganda announced Thursday that they had agreed to suspend Pakistan from the group of 53 nations "pending the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in that country." A statement ...

Mann v. Georgia Department of Corrections, Supreme Court of Georgia, November 21, 2007 . Read the full text...

Constitution (Amendment) Order, 2007, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, November 21, 2007 [invoking his power to unilaterally amend the country's constitution under Article 2(1) of the Provisional Constitution Order and making the November 3 declaration of emergency and accompanying orders immune...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf promulgated an ordinance Wednesday invoking his power to unilaterally amend the country's constitution under Article 2(1) of the current Provisional Constitution Order and making the November 3 declaration of emergency and accompanying...

Pakistani police Wednesday stopped ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry from leaving his official residence in Islamabad notwithstanding a statement by an Interior Ministry spokesman Tuesday that he and other deposed Supreme Court of Pakistan...

Pakistani officials said Wednesday that upwards of 5000 lawyers, activists and others detained in the aftermath of President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule have been released. Government Law Minister Afzal Hayder said on state...

Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, November 20, 2007 . Read the full text of the charter . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

Unlocking America: Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population, JFA Institute, November 2007 [report concluding that the US prison population is currently eight times as high as it was in 1970, but zealous prosecution and tough sentencing guidelines have...