Legislation: Proposal for New Tribunals Would Hew to the First Series
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A measure President Bush proposed would create tribunals similar to those that the Supreme Court rejected in June.
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Cambodia passes legislation to set up a tribunal to try leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime.
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Thousands of rape investigations dating back years could be reopened under law reforms intended to increase conviction rates for sexual assault.
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A House task force yesterday recommended creating an independent Office of Congressional Ethics that would have the power to initiate reviews of lawmakers' behavior.
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A faster, more streamlined system of assessing treatments for the NHS should be introduced, MPs say.
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The UN-backed war crimes tribunal for Sierra Leone is due to hand down its first judgements.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 12--Maybe we ought to be thankful. Usually when legislators want to carelessly overrule one of the state's scientific commissions, they simply introduce a bill to get their way.
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The Scottish Parliament considers proposals to create a Supreme Court to replace the House of Lords.
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The reform legislation, set to be signed into law on Friday, has created a personnel challenge for the Bush administration which must fill a range of new senior positions as it embarks on the task of making a new superstructure work.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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Councils in England are to be given powers to introduce controversial "pay-as-you-throw" charges.
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Select Committee wants evidence The new joint committee on the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill has issued a call for evidence as it starts its analysis of the proposed legislation.â¦
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A former high court judge suggests judges hearing difficult legal cases could call for a second opinion.
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Freedom of information laws coming into force on Saturday are set to pose British Prime Minister Tony Blair a fresh test over Iraq as a newspaper tries to unearth his legal case for war.
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First-degree and second-degree murder charges should be introduced in England and Wales, government advisers say.
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Several proposals are under consideration that should produce a lively floor fight.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: After years of speculation and delay, one of the most extraordinary trials in legal history will finally begin this week.