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The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Parental Consent Act, a state law requiring parental consent before pregnant teens under the age of 17 can have an abortion, violates the teens' constitutional right to...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in United States v. Williams , 06-694, to determine whether part of the federal anti-child abuse PROTECT Act of 2003...

A judge in Chad has approved kidnapping charges against six French nationals after French charity Zoe's Arc tried to fly 103 children believed to be orphans from the embattled Darfur region...

Former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) warlord Germain Katanga made an anticipated appearance in the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague Monday. Katanga, only the second...

Gabor Rona : "I previously commented on JURIST about the flaws in the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review's recent decision to reinstate the Guantanamo Military Commission proceedings against Omar Khadr, who is charged with...

Gary Mayerson : "While the 4-4 decision of the Supreme Court in Tom. F. creates no precedent except to continue the Second Circuit's underlying decision, it...

Howard M. Friedman : "In a world full of bad news, we can sometimes find optimism in strange places. Maryland federal district Judge John Bennett's careful ruling in a...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) warlord Germain Katanga has been transferred to the court's detention center [PDF...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has increasingly turned its focus to terrorism and immigration offenses since 2000, according to a Washington Post report Wednesday. Statistics from the Executive Office for US Attorneys [official...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a federal appeals court ruling that the parents of a disabled child are entitled to reimbursement for the costs of private school education under the...