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Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s documentary about the Israeli military legal system in the occupied territories … about what happens to the concepts of law and justice when we try make them work in highly political contexts are questions that seem to me … Continue reading →

What distinguishes 2012 from 2011, however, is that a lower proportion of the restrictions that were passed by one legislative body have become law—30% of the abortion … but was never implemented because of a legal challenge.

A law firm that represented the Maricopa County Attorney’s … Ogletree and the county have been locked in a legal dispute since 2010, when the county fired the firm as a vendor. The county alleges, among other things, that the … Continue reading →

The emergency manager law is at the heart of a prolonged legal battle over control of Detroit’s finances. The city entered into a consent agreement with the state April 4 in an effort to avoid appointment of an emergency manager, … Continue reading →

There is nothing in international law that would make settlements “illegal.”   And these should thus be proclaimed by Israel as completely legal.  Whether or not Israel should build settlements then becomes a matter of Israeli interests and policy …

philosophy or political science. Yale says the natural next step is to create a Ph.D. program that can focus on the questions and practices of the law itself. The program will give students a broad foundation in legal scholarship and … Continue reading →

philosophy or political science. Yale says the natural next step is to create a Ph.D. program that can focus on the questions and practices of the law itself. The program will give students a broad foundation in legal scholarship and … Continue reading →

Boston College Law Professor Daniel Kanstroom believes the deportations are ineffective and could use comprehensive reform to avoid hurting legal U.S. citizens and … of deportation as an immigration policy. “You often get the sense that …

Legal analysts say that part of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the federal health-care law will encourage states to challenge … that individuals purchase a health-insurance policy with at least a minimum level of coverage—as a valid …

His family and legal counsel argued that the boy’s mental health issues … The court — bound by the 1996 law that automatically puts 17-year-old defendants in the adult criminal system — had no choice, and charged him as an … Continue reading →