Gory v. Kolver, Constitutional Court of South Africa, November 23, 2006 [ruling that same-sex partners in a permanent relationship have the same inheritance rights as married heterosexual couples, and that a surviving partner could therefore take by intestacy as a...

Baze v. Rees, Supreme Court of Kentucky, November 22, 2006 [ruling that the state's use of a three-drug lethal injection does not violate the constitution because the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment "does not require a complete absence of...

Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York, New York State Court of Appeals, November 20, 2006 [ruling that the state must spend about $2 billion more per year to provide children in the New York City public school...

Judging Dujail: The First Trial before the Iraqi Tribunal, Human Rights Watch, November 19, 2006 . Read the...

Ex parte Jose Ernesto Medellin, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, November 17, 2006 [ruling that US President Bush "exceeded his constitutional authority by intruding into the independent powers of the judiciary" with an "unprecedented" directive ordering state court rehearings for...

US v. Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, November 14, 2006 [ruling the special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's proposal to limit what classified evidence Libby can present to the jury in the CIA leak case is too...

Ayers v. Belmontes, Supreme Court of the United States, November 13, 2006 . Read the court's opinion per Justice Kennedy,...

Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, entered into force November 12, 2006 Read the full text of the treaty. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm, By Any Means Necessary, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division, November 10, 2006 [complaint challenging the constitutionality of Proposal 2, approved by Michigan voters to restrict affirmative action...

In the Matter of Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts, US Federal Communications Commission, November 6, 2006 . Read...