The National Assembly of Senegal on Tuesday amended the Senegalese Constitution to give Senegalese courts jurisdiction over the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre , who is...
Daniel Bellemare , the former Canadian federal prosecutor now heading the United Nations probe into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , asked the UN Security Council Tuesday to extend his...
Joseph Sher v. Lafayette Insurance Company, et al., Supreme Court of Louisiana, April 8, 2008 . Read the full...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday launched a new initiative to combat income tax evasion. The National Tax Defier Initiative (TAXDEF) will investigate and prosecute those who actively "defy and deny" US tax...
The anesthetic dosage delivered under Ohio's lethal injection protocol is sufficient to prevent the condemned inmate from suffering during an execution, according to Tuesday testimony from an anesthesiologist during a court hearing on the constitutionality of Ohio's...
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an insurance company was not required to pay for water damage caused when New Orleans levees breached after Hurricane Katrina . Homeowner Joseph Sher sued Lafayette Insurance Company...
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday issued a custody order for a former Bosnian Serb special police officer suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC timeline,...
Indonesian Internet providers blocked access Tuesday to file-sharing websites including YouTube, Google Video, and MySpace , one week after a government order sought to prevent the transmission of a controversial anti-Islamic film created by far-right Dutch...
Two rights groups have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona challenging the constitutionality of Arizona's Proposition 100 , which denies bail to illegal immigrants accused of committing serious felonies....
JURIST was nominated Tuesday for a prestigious Webby Award as the best Law website of 2008. Called the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts...