EU justice ministers agree to civil liberties agency of limited scope
The European Union announced a provisional deal Monday for the establishment of an EU agency on fundamental rights, which would build upon the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia [official...
Hamdan, Common Article 3 and the True Spirit of the Law of War
JURIST Contributing Editor Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) and former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, now a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that the US Supreme Court's...
US Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine has forwarded a request to investigate President Bushs authorization of National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropping on US residents to the Departments Office of Professional Responsibility, citing...
Leading Tuesday's states brief, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today that his state will recognize the civil unions and domestic partnerships of other states, although not same-sex marriages. In a legal opinion , Blumenthal stated, "Civil...
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules same-sex couples are lawful parents
Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court today extended child support laws and custody rights to estranged gay and lesbian couples who used reproductive science to conceive by ruling that same-sex couples who raise children are the lawful...
States brief ~ California Supreme Court allows domestic partner law to stand
Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court has let stand a new law granting registered domestic partners many of the same rights and protections of heterosexual marriages. Without comment, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of...
