The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution extending the terms of office for the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Resolution 1931 ...
US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan addressed the effect of political bias on the bench as the Senate Judiciary Committee entered its third day of confirmation hearings . Kagan stated that the...
An Iranian military court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for killing three anti-government protesters in prison, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Wednesday. Nine others were sentenced to...
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the 1998 Human Rights Act, which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into English law, does not apply to armed forces on...
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D) on Monday signed an immigration bill into law that will require police to check the legal status of people who have been arrested and report those who...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday terminated the appellate proceedings in the case of former Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) army commander Rasim Delic [case materials; Trial...
The second day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan began Tuesday with Kagan defending her decision to restrict military recruiter access to Harvard Law School while she was...
Google announced Monday that it will stop redirecting Internet users in mainland China to its unfiltered search engine in Honk Kong in an effort to renew the company's Internet Content Provider license....
The US Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan , with Democratic and Republican senators offering contrasting interpretations of Kagan's judicial philosophy and lack of experience...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act...
