HR 240 . Read the full text of the...

Quintavalle v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, UK House of Lords, April 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Advice on the legality of a war with Iraq, Lord Goldmsith, Attorney General for England and Wales, to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, March 7, 2003 [released by the PMO April 28, 2005; indicating that a war could be considered...

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Thursday offered Democrats a compromise over judicial nominees that would allow appellate court nominations to be voted on but would retain the filibuster for district court nominees. Under...

A UK businessman was convicted on Wednesday of attempting to aid terrorists for selling a missile launcher to an informant claiming he was going to attack the US. Hemant Lakhani, a British citizen from India, was found guilty on...

As briefly reported on JURIST Wednesday evening, the US House late Wednesday voted to reverse GOP ethics rules on investigating House members that had divided the House Ethics Committee since the rules were approved in...

The UK House of Lords on Thursday upheld an appeals court ruling that the creation of "designer babies" to treat siblings with genetic disorders was allowed. Five law lords unanimously ruled that the Human...

The US Army is planning to issue a revised interrogations manual that will expressly limit techniques used at Abu Ghraib prison that drew outrage when publicly revealed. Army officials on Wednesday said that the...

Food services corporation Sodexho has agreed to an $80 million settlement with thousands of black employees who had sued the company claiming they were routinely discriminated against. The settlement, reached Wednesday, requires Sodexho to...

Iraqi lawmakers have approved a partial Cabinet for the country's interim government after months of delay over the final list. Incoming Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari submitted a list that included 27 ministers and 5 acting ministers, which...