Recent British court rulings against the legality of control orders restricting terror suspects have precipitated a "constitutional crisis" in the UK, according to Labour Party MP John Denham , chair of the House of Commons Home...

Australian-born terror suspect David Hicks will serve his prison sentence in Australia if convicted by a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay , Australian Justice Minister Chris Ellison said...

A commission headed by the chief judge of New York has recommended that a permanent state commission be established to assume control of the state's indigent legal service systems to ensure that they meet the constitutional...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil lawsuit in federal court Wednesday alleging that at least six current and former employees of BP North America manipulated propane prices...

The US House of Representatives has defeated a measure that would have barred the US Justice Department from collecting evidence in violation of the "knock and announce" rule. The House voted 310-109 late Wednesday to...

The Israeli military arrested seven Palestinian Cabinet ministers and some 20 lawmakers Thursday as tensions mounted between Israel and Palestinians sparked by the Sunday abduction of Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit in Gaza. Israel...

Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon and Bustillo v. Johnson, Supreme Court of the United States, June 28, 2006 [holding that suppression of statements given to the police is not an appropriate remedy when police fail to inform foreign nationals of their right...

Beard v. Banks, Supreme Court of the United States, June 28, 2006 [holding that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections could set regulations forbidding the most difficult inmates from reading and possessing general-interest newspapers and magazines, despite arguments that such regulations...

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, Supreme Court of the United States, June 27, 2006 [holding that only one of the new voting districts created by the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan that helped Republicans gain six seats...

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday renewed calls for Russia to abolish the death penalty . Russia recently assumed the rotating chairmanship of the COE's Committee of Ministers . The...