The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the US military cannot dismiss a soldier on the basis of sexual orientation alone, departing from the reasoning used to defeat similar cases...
Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective
Federal appeals court upholds challenge to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ military policy
UN rights council elections favor 4 states criticized by rights groups
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UK Law Lords bar Home Office appeal in case of pilot wrongly detained after 9/11
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Bush signs legislation barring genetic discrimination
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Genetic Information Nondisclosure Act of 2008 (GINA) [US]
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Virginia partial-birth abortion ban ruling [4th Circuit]
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Bush farm bill veto threatens potential discrimination claims against USDA
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Federal appeals court rejects Georgia death sentence challenge
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Japan upper house approves bill militarizing space program
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Swiss high court upholds convictions of webmasters for publishing al Qaeda material
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The 47-member UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held elections for 15 open seats Wednesday, with four seats going to countries that have been harshly criticized by human rights groups. In a report to the...
The Law Lords, the judicial members of UK House of Lords, Wednesday denied the Home Office the right to appeal a lower court ruling which granted government compensation to an Algerian-born pilot wrongly detained after the September...
US President George W. Bush Wednesday signed into law a bill aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic predisposition to disease. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)...
Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), May 21, 2008 . Read the full text of the law . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, May 20, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion ....
The future of a landmark discrimination case brought by black farmers against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is uncertain after President George W. Bush vetoed the new Farm Bill Wednesday....
The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Georgia death row inmate's challenge to the state's method of execution Tuesday, ruling that he had missed the statute of limitations to file. Samuel David Crowe ...
Japan's House of Councillors passed a bill Tuesday that would allow the country's space program to be used for defense purposes, including the development of spy satellites. The law, passed by an overwhelming majority of...
The Supreme Court of Switzerland Wednesday upheld the 2007 convictions of a married couple for supporting criminal activities by operating websites that published statements and video footage from al Qaeda, including the 2004 beheading of American engineer...
