UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has sent a letter to new Home Secretary John Reid suggesting that "we...need to look again at whether primary legislation is needed to address the issue of Court rulings...
The Supreme Court of Israel on Sunday issued a 6-5 decision upholding the legality the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law , which limits the rights of Palestinians to live in Israel. The law, passed by the...
US Vice President Dick Cheney and his legal advisor and current chief of staff David S. Addington argued after Sept. 11 that the National Security Agency should listen in on domestic phone calls and emails...
Over 10,000 pro-immigrant protesters marched through Paris on Saturday to demonstrate against a proposed immigration bill that would effectively allow border officials to choose who will be admitted into the country. Specifically, the bill creates...
The son of a top Iraqi judge was killed by gunmen Saturday and his body dumped in the mostly Sunni Baghdad neighborhood of Azamiyah. Twenty-two year old Ahmed Midhat al-Mahmoud was himself a lawyer and died along with two...
A Russian court in Tatarstan Friday sentenced two former Guantanamo Bay detainees and another man to between 11 and 15 years in prison for their involvement in a January 2005 gas pipeline explosion on...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a federal court in Washington for a two-year extension of a Microsoft antitrust order because the software giant has been slow to supply...
US government lawyers urged a federal judge Friday to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by Khalid el-Masri against former CIA director George Tenet and other CIA officials. El-Masri is a German national who alleges...
Finland's parliament on Friday voted to approve the stalled European Constitution , taking an initial step toward ratifying the constitution. Ratification will occur following the approval of the cabinet and a second formal vote in...
UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron on Friday demanded a repeal or revision of the 1998 Human Rights Act following a High Court decision to allow nine Afghani airplane hijackers to remain in the...
