Two Blackwater contractors working for the US Department of Defense will not face the death penalty for the alleged May 2009 shooting of two Afghans at an intersection in Kabul. Justin Cannon of Corpus...
Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective
Blackwater contractors will not face death penalty for 2009 killings: prosecutors
READ MORE ▸
Italy judges question law allowing Berlusconi to postpone trials
READ MORE ▸
Indonesia constitutional court upholds controversial anti-blasphemy law
READ MORE ▸
Supreme Court hears religious student group, workplace texting cases
READ MORE ▸
Kyrgyzstan provisional government pledges constitutional reform
READ MORE ▸
Toyota accepts record $16 million fine for safety reporting delay
READ MORE ▸
Pakistan constitutional amendment curbing presidential powers signed into law
READ MORE ▸
Bangladesh court convicts dozens more over border guard mutiny
READ MORE ▸
Iraq election commission orders Baghdad ballot recount after fraud allegations
READ MORE ▸
UN rights chief urges Gulf countries to respect human rights
READ MORE ▸
Milan judges presiding over the tax fraud trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suspended the trial Monday while consulting with a Constitutional Court on the legitimacy of...
The Indonesian Constitutional Court voted 8-1 Monday to uphold a controversial anti-blasphemy law enacted in 1965 by the first Indonesian president. The court rejected the legal challenge...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Christian Legal Society v. Martinez , the court heard arguments on whether...
Kyrgyzstan's provisional government on Monday announced a plan to institute democratic reforms, including a referendum on a new constitution. The plan seeks to move Kyrgyzstan toward a parliamentary republic with increased checks and balances and a reduction...
Toyota Motor Corporation on Monday accepted a record civil penalty of $16.375 million imposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for a four-month delay in notifying the agency...
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed into law the 18th Amendment bill , limiting presidential powers expanded under former military leader Pervez Musharraf . Under the amendment, which...
A Bangladeshi special court in the district of Sathkhira on Monday sentenced 56 members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on charges relating to their involvement in last year's border guard mutiny that...
The Iraqi Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) on Monday ordered a manual recount of Baghdad province ballots cast in the March 7 parliamentary elections , following fraud allegations. The election commissioner for the IHEC informed...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday encouraged the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to address continuing rights issues , including women's rights, treatment of migrant...
