The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection on the constitutional...

The Malaysian high court ruled Tuesday that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will stand trial on charges on sodomy early next year. Counsel for Anwar had argued for the case to be thrown...

The Council of the District of Columbia voted Tuesday in favor of a law that would allow same-sex marriages to be performed in Washington, DC. The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 [text,...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) named a new head co-prosecutor Wednesday after the September resignation of Canadian Robert Petit. UK lawyer Andrew Cayley, who will serve alongside a Cambodian...

Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani have filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him, according to heavily redacted court documents made public Tuesday. Ghailani's lawyers...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned Switzerland's ban on building minarets , a type of tower associated with Islamic mosques. The ban, which was approved Sunday with 57.5 percent...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. United States and United States v....

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began oral arguments on Tuesday regarding Serbia's request for an advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008. The advisory proceedings will include arguments from 29...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Tuesday rejected a request by lawyers for a former Khmer Rouge leader to examine two international judges for bias. Lawyers representing former minister...

Porter v. McCollum, et al., US Supreme Court, December 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's...