The US State Department Tuesday cited the governments of 16 countries, including 11 predominantly Islamic states, for not making a "significant effort to combat human trafficking" in its annual report on modern-day slavery around the...

The New Jersey Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that for the state to constitutionally take private property, it must show that the property is blighted. The high court's unanimous ruling eliminates the use of eminent domain...

A joint report delivered to President George W. Bush Wednesday by the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Education, and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on the ability of...

Congressional investigators Wednesday issued subpoenas for former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former White House Political Director Sara Taylor in their ongoing probe of the US Attorney firing scandal [JURIST news...

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Internal Rules, Office of Administration of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, June 20, 2007 . Read the full text of the rules...

Citigroup, UBS, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank were charged Wednesday in Milan in connection with the collapse of Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA . Judge Cesare Tacconi issued the indictments accusing the banks...

Al-Skeini and others v. Secretary of State for Defense, UK House of Lords, June 13, 2007 [ruling that the Human Rights Act of 1998 applies to overseas British soldiers if an alleged human rights abuse occurred within the legal jurisdiction...

Prosecutors in Switzerland said Wednesday that they have decided to appeal last week's acquittal of all 19 executives and consultants charged in connection with the collapse of Swissair Group , the...

The US House of Representatives Wednesday passed the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 , which closes a loophole that allowed Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho to purchase firearms despite a court order...

The warden of a prison where Jonathan 'Jack' Idema , the last of three imprisoned US citizens convicted of illegal imprisonment and torture in Afghanistan in 2004, confirmed Idema's release Wednesday, saying that Idema left Afghanistan shortly after...