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• The Death Penalty Dilemma Facing California

  Jan 12 2012 Should capital punishment in California be streamlined or abolished. That is the question that is reaching critical mass in this budget crunching climate. As a long... more

• The right to challenge witnesses is tested in the US Supreme Court

  Dec 06 2011 Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who regularly rules against criminals, is leading the pro-defendant charge in reversing convictions for murderers, drug dealers,... more

• India: GNLU Law Review call for papers

  Jan 25 2011 The GNLU Law Review (TGLR) is the flagship of the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India. The Review is a general student edited law review published... more

• Liberdade para além do Estado em Thomas Hobbes

  Oct 03 2010 >> A reconstrução do pensamento hobbesiano acerca do Estado, com foco no tema da liberdade, é o que foi feito neste trabalho. Como é possível a compatibilidade entre... more

• Supreme Court rejects deferment plea in Ayodhya suit

  Sep 28 2010 The Supreme Court has rejected the deferment plea in the Ayodhya title suit. A three member bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, S.H. Kapadia and consisting of... more

• “Who is the Chief Justice?”: SC restrains Justice Shylendra Kumar’s order

  Jun 17 2010 The Supreme Court has stayed the interim orders passed by Justice D.V. Shylendra Kumar in which he had made remarks about the administrative decisions including the... more

• Is Justice Shylendra Kumar flirting with danger?

  May 31 2010 Justice D.V. Shylendra Kumar’s outspoken nature is not new for most of us. However, in recent days his pronouncements have once again assumed prominence. more

• Dinakaran problem continues: probe panel reconstituted

  May 26 2010 The probe panel set up by Vice President Hamid Ansari to probe allegations of corruption and land grabbing against the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court,... more

• Indian Supreme Court provides respite for Reddy brothers

  May 11 2010 A Special Bench comprising outgoing Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan, today allowed the Reddy quartet’s mining company,... more

• Judiciary crisis in Pakistan

  Feb 15 2010 Justice Sharif, Justice Nisar reject govt decision Updated at: 1913 PST, Saturday, February 13, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Khwaja... more

• Chrysler Fiat sale delayed by U.S. Justice Ginsburg

  Jun 09 2009 Chrysler's planned asset sale to a group led by Italy’s Fiat was delayed by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who granted a request for a delay sought by state pension funds. more

• Effect of Social Networking on your Injury Claim

  May 04 2009 If you are injured and seeking compensation then you have to aware of various issues involved in the compensation claim process. There are several instances where... more

• Pressure on Obama to name first hispanic Supreme Court Justice

  Nov 30 2008 For eight years of Clinton, then eight years of Bush, Carlos Ortiz has waited. With the election of Obama, Ortiz hopes he will have to wait no more to become the first... more

• Supreme Court Sides With Texas in Dispute With Bush

  Mar 26 2008 In a landmark decision at the intersection of state, federal and international law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that neither the World Court nor President... more

• Algerian Officials Visit Guantanamo

  Mar 03 2008 A high-level Algerian delegation has visited the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and confirmed the identities of 17 Algerians imprisoned there, the justice minister... more

• U.S. Chief Justice Again Calls for a Pay Raise, Though With a Gentler Tone

  Jan 01 2008 Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday renewed his call for a pay increase for federal judges. A measure now moving through Congress with bipartisan support is... more

• Pakistani chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry to receive Harvard Law School 'Medal of Freedom'

  Nov 15 2007 Following last week's military crackdown in Pakistan and the detention of hundreds of lawyers, the Harvard Law School Association has decided to award Pakistani Chief... more

• EU Court Overturns 'Volkswagen Law'

  Oct 24 2007 A European court on Tuesday ruled that a German law shielding car maker Volkswagen AG from hostile takeovers is illegal, clearing the way for Porsche AG to increase... more

• EU Court Set to Rule on 'VW Law'

  Oct 23 2007 A ruling Tuesday by the European Union's top court on a law shielding Germany's Volkswagen AG from takeover will set the boundaries on how far national governments can... more

• Justice Says Law Degree 'Worth 15 Cents'

  Oct 23 2007 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school's affirmative action policies in the 1970s for his... more

• Quetta lawyers launch anti-Musharraf drive

  Sep 09 2007 Announcing September 10 a countrywide “black day” to protest President General Pervez Musharraf’s re-election plans and policies in the province, lawyers in... more