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Responding to public outrage in the UK over the possibility of parole within six years for a sex offender convicted earlier this week, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer said on Wednesday's...

JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), says that the UK government's push to limit the application of the Human Rights Act in matters of public safety...

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has sent a letter to new Home Secretary John Reid suggesting that "we...need to look again at whether primary legislation is needed to address the issue of Court rulings...

UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer told the BBC Saturday that the government was considering introducing legislation that would prevent the Human Rights Act - the UK statute that took effect in 2000 implementing the European...

UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer of Thoroton who under the UK's traditional governmental structure served three roles as Speaker of the House of Lords, the head of the UK's judiciary, and a minister in the British government,...

UK Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Lord Falconer has suggested that new laws should be enacted requiring loans to political parties to be publicly disclosed. In letters to all UK political parties, Lord...

The UK government said Thursday that it will hold a full public consultation on whether prisoners should be granted the right to vote. The decision comes in response to a European Court of Human Rights ...

UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer said Sunday that although he agreed with the Government's position that extended periods of custody in detaining terror suspects were needed, detainments must be monitored by a judge. Speaking on BBC television's...

The United Kingdom's Department for Constitutional Affairs has said it will review rules preventing prisoners from voting in British elections, after a European court upheld an earlier decision that determined that the rules violate prisoners'...

In Friday's environmental law news, four states have sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for failing to impose effective controls against invasive wood-eating beetles. New York, California, Connecticut and Illinois filed a lawsuit [PDF...