As international law developed over the centuries, the principle of State sovereignty and the prohibition of interference in the internal affairs of other states gradually evolved -- from the Peace of ...

Plea bargains. Bench trials. Pleading the Fifth. Law students—and anyone who has seen Law and Order—will recognize these as ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Sitting at an upscale hotel in Senegal ‘s capital, the young man seemed nervous, rarely making eye contact ...

"We need to find a path for them," Sheriff Grady Judd said of illegal immigrants without criminal backgrounds.

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China's National People's Congress on Thursday adopted a new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, a measure state officials say will strengthen national cohesion but critics argue will ...

This week saw multiple attacks in the U.S. that the FBI is investigating as terrorism. Experts say they reflect an accelerating threat environment fed by foreign conflict and online radicalization.

Experts say the new provision would be a setback for the identity of ethnic minorities because it would mandate using ...

Virginia is poised to become the 11th state with a ban on "assault weapons," an arbitrarily defined category of politically disfavored firearms. Senate Bill 749 makes it illegal t ...

Critics and supporters of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship often focus on the order’s barring of automatic citizenship to children born to individuals unlawfully ...

President Trump and his allies are pushing Senate Republicans to pass an elections-related bill known as the SAVE America Act ...