The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that a Vermont man suing the state under the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution for labor he was forced to do...

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed suit on Thursday seeking to remove from office seven members of the Detroit school board on grounds that enrollment in Detroit public schools is allegedly too low to justify board members...

The government of Uruguay on Friday presented to its national congress a bill to legalize the production and sale of marijuana in the country. Uruguay President Jose Mujica stated that...

The Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that persons accused of crimes are entitled to free legal representation in all courts, not just at the trial level. The statute in question was the Legal Services Authorities...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday heard arguments in the challenge brought by a Mississippi church against a municipal ordinance that bans churches from the city's town square. The Opulent Life Church...

The Supreme Court of California on Thursday ruled that several insurance companies must pay the state up to $60 million to clean up an industrial waste storage site. In a unanimous decision California's high court...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday expressed concern over the shortage of humanitarian assistance for the over half a million internally displaced people in Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

Florida's Second Judicial Circuit on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to disqualify from the November 6th ballot three Florida Supreme Court justices who face a retention vote. The lawsuit alleged that the three justices unlawfully used...

The US District Court for the District of Hawaii on Wednesday denied a state law challenge brought by a lesbian couple who seek to be married rather than enter into a civil union. Natasha Jackson and Janin...

The Ivory Coast's commission of inquiry into the country's 2010 post-election violence submitted a report to President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday revealing that hundreds of fighters on both sides of the hostilities committed war...