The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez that the "all comers" policy at the University of California-Hastings School of Law...
The trial of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega began Monday in a Paris criminal court. Noriega faces money laundering charges in France for allegedly laundering $3 million in drug profits by purchasing property in...
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini, who will now be transferred to his homeland of Yemen , despite the Obama administration's ban on repatriation to the Arab...
UN Special Representative to Iraq Ad Melkert on Saturday urged the Iraqi government to ratify the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment . Melkert's statement, which was delivered on the thirteenth annual...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Hamas authorities to allow captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to communicate with his family and receive visits from the...
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), in coordination with the UNAIDS Secretariat , on Thursday launched the Global Commission on HIV and the Law in order to better understand the role played by the law in facilitating...
The German Federal Court of Justice on Friday ruled that removing a patient from life support is not a criminal offense if the terminal individual had previously given consent. The landmark ruling...
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to delay the corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich in order for his defense lawyers to review a decision by US Supreme Court limiting...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in Skilling v. United States that the "honest services" doctrine is not unconstitutionally vague under...
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed by US entertainment company Viacom against Google, accusing if of allowing copyrighted material on its YouTube service without permission. Judge Louis Stanton of the...
