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JURIST Special Guest Columnist Paul Halliday of the University of Virginia Department of History says that before signing the Military Commissions Act suspending the writ of habeas corpus for alien "enemy combatants," President Bush should reflect on the English experience...

US President Bush on Friday signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 , a bill attached to a larger port security measure late last month by Congress, making it illegal for...

Saddam Hussein returned to court Wednesday and questioned the chief judge presiding over his genocide trial as to why he has not been allowed to speak and defend himself during prior court sessions, saying...

Israel's High Court Thursday gave the state five days to explain why it appointed government officials to investigate its handling of the recent Hezbollah conflict rather than establish an independent inquiry committee. The Movement...

JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Albritton of the University of Mississippi says the recent overthrow of Thailand's elected government by unconstitutional means reflects a disconcerting failure of mass democracy in the country in the face of opposition from critical elites... For...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in nine cases Tuesday less than a week ahead of the official opening of its 2006 Term on October 2. The grants were decided in the Court's long conference Monday following...

Senior US Senate Republicans reached an agreement on military commissions legislation with the White House Thursday that would make the President the sole arbiter of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions for the United...

The Royal Thai Army which took over the government of Thailand through a coup earlier this week said Thursday that four top leaders of the government of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin...

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Friday refused to extradite the leader of the Kurdistan Worker's Party to Turkey, citing the possibility that she could be...

Abdullah al-Amiri, the Shiite judge presiding over the second Saddam Hussein trial , said in court Thursday that he did not believe Hussein should be called a dictator, just one day after the prosecution requested that al-Amiri...