A group of Massachusetts plaintiffs who are or have been married under the state's same-sex marriage law filed a lawsuit against the US federal government Tuesday in the US District Court...
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Massachusetts same-sex couples file federal lawsuit challenging Defense of Marriage Act
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Karadzic refuses to enter pleas before ICTY on amended war crimes charges
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Supreme Court hears judicial recusal, arbitration appeal cases
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DOJ releases Bush administration memos on executive authority in ‘war on terror’
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CIA destroyed 92 interrogation tapes: DOJ
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ICC should take steps to improve enforcement of international justice: report
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Cambodia court orders Khmer Rouge lawyers to remove documents from website
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UN appoints judges to new internal dispute tribunal and appeals tribunal
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China courts to hear tainted milk lawsuits
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First EU Kosovo trial blocked by Serbian protesters
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Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic refused to enter pleas on Tuesday to 11 amended charges including genocide and crimes against humanity in a hearing before the International...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company the Court heard arguments on whether they...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday released two memoranda and seven opinions authored by the White House Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) during the presidency of George W. Bush ,...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) acknowledged Monday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has destroyed 92 videotapes of terrorism suspect interrogations . The acknowledgment came in response to an August...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) should take steps to improve the enforcement of international justice, according to a report issued Tuesday by Aegis Trust , an advocacy group dedicated to eliminating genocide....
Defense lawyers for former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary , on trial for crimes against humanity , have been ordered to remove documents relating to their case...
The UN on Monday appointed five new judges to serve on the UN Dispute Tribunal, and seven new judges, including one American, to the UN Appeals Tribunal. The tribunals were authorized in 2007, pursuant to...
Chinese courts have begun accepting lawsuits against dairy companies in the contaminated milk scandal , a court official announced Monday, departing from their previous policy. Shen Deyong, executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court [official website,...
More than 100 Serbian judges, prosecutors, and legal professionals prevented the opening of the first EU-backed trial in Kosovo by protesting in front of the Mitrovica court house Monday....
