Judicial reform in China should be managed by the Chinese Communist Party rather than by reformers and non-governmental organizations, according to an article published Thursday by China's top law enforcement official. Luo Gan [official website;...
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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday regarding the government's power to designate "enemy combatants" and subject them to military detention without charge. The case centers on Ali al-Marri [Brennan Center...
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has indicted former Bosnian Muslim military commander Sefik Alic for acting contrary to Article 3(1)(a) of the Third Geneva Conventions...
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen issued an executive order Thursday, directing the Tennessee Commissioner of Corrections to conduct a "comprehensive review of the manner in which death sentences are administered... and provide ...
The Bulgarian National Assembly on Friday adopted amendments to its constitution in an effort to increase the efficiency and transparency of the country's judiciary. The amendments, required for entry to...
Montana filed a lawsuit Thursday against Wyoming in the US Supreme Court for allegedly violating a 1950 agreement allocating water rights to two tributaries of the Yellowstone River. In...
Norman J. Broussard et al. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, US District Judge L.T. Senter, US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, January 31, 2007 [reducing a $2.5 million punitive damage award to $1 million in...
US Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald played portions of White House briefing room videos Thursday as the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby continued. Fitzgerald said the tapes show Libby's eagerness to publicly...
Muhammad Salah and Abdelhaleem Ashqar, two of three men indicted in 2004 by a US federal grand jury on charges of engaging in a 15-year conspiracy of providing funds to Hamas , were found not...
The Eminent Jurists Panel (EJP) , an arm of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) , announced the results of an inquiry into Russian anti-terrorism efforts Thursday, concluding after two days of public hearings...
