In Friday's environmental law news, Wisconsin state legislators held a public hearing before a joint meeting of the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees Thursday to discuss a bill that would require plaintiffs in manufacturer liability cases to prove a...

Retiring US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor called for clearer rules regarding prisoner detention and interrogation during a speech at West Point Thursday. O'Connor said the situations at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that illegal underage sex cannot be punished more harshly if it is homosexual. The case before the court involved convicted sex offender Matthew Limon , who was sentenced to...

The European Commission agreed Friday to negotiate with Bosnia to form a cooperation agreement that may result in the country's full membership to the European Union. The commission said that in order for talks...

Report of the International Independent Investigating Commission Established Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1595 (2005) [Mehlis Commission report on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, suggesting that both Syria and Lebanon were involved in the assassination plot...

Press briefing on the opening of the Saddam Hussein trial, by Iraqi government spokeman Laith Lubba and Chief Investigating Judge Raid Juhi, Baghdad, October 19, 2005. Read the full transcript via MNF-Iraq....

The parents of a brain-damaged girl in the United Kingdom won a partial victory Friday when a High Court judge lifted a non-resuscitation order if she were to fall seriously ill. The judge's decision came on the...

US v. Hossein Afshari, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, October 20, 2005 . Excerpt:The Constitution does not forbid Congress...

Iraqi and US officials are working to repair technical difficulties that occurred during the opening day of the Saddam Hussein trial earlier this week, which was broadcast around the world. Troubles including a courtroom...

Tajikistan's Education Ministry on Friday banned female Muslim students from wearing headscarves in secular schools. Education Minister Abdudjabor Rakhmonov said wearing the hajib, a traditional Muslim head covering, violates the country's constitution and education laws. Tajikistan is a secular...