THE very wise and practical statesmen who in 1787 assembled in Philadelphia to frame a charter of government for the thirteen states, which should "form a more perfect union" than the existing ...

THE tort law deals with cases of civil wrong that one commits towards another for which remedy may be obtained, usually in the form of damages. For instance, if a doctor performs an operation by using ...

To understand positive law codification, it helps to know something about the U.S. Code. The Code was adopted in 1926 for the purpose of arranging the general and permanent federal statutes by subject ...

Islamic Law or what is called Muslim Personal Law comes under attack not only by Hindutva forces but also is criticized by secular forces who stand for gender equality. The Hindutva forces attack it ...

Among the greatest achievements of the United Nations is the development of a body of international law, which is central to promoting economic and social development, as well as to advancing ...

The BMMA is now spearheading the campaign for the codification of Muslim personal law and the issue is being discussed at its three-day national meet, which began here on Tuesday. After their win in ...

Recently, I found a typo in the District of Columbia’s legal code and corrected it using GitHub. My feat highlights the groundbreaking way the District manages its legal code. (d) The Office of Open ...

The Modern Law Review is a general, peer-refereed journal that publishes original articles relating to common law jurisdictions and, increasingly, to the law of the European Union. In addition to ...

BEIJING—Chinese lawmakers are making fresh efforts to resolve one of their most enduring frustrations: an inability to put together a unified civil code of law. Civil codes are important in civil-law ...