The Department of Homeland Security says that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, ...

Human rights, defined as the basic rights and freedoms inherent to all individuals, have evolved considerably in both scope and application in the modern era. Contemporary societies have increasingly ...

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, purchased by Harvard Law School in 1946, has been authenticated. (Lorin Granger, Harvard Law School) Previously, only six originals of the document were known to exist.

The reform affects Articles 23 and 25 of the Magna Carta to establish that Nicaraguans by birth “will lose their nationality” upon acquiring that of another country, reported Despacho 505. “It’s a ...

Finally, undermining habeas corpus —used to prevent unlawful detention—would revoke one of the oldest protections in Anglo-American legal history, dating back to the Magna Carta.

The U.S. Supreme Court justices heard arguments over birthright citizenship yesterday. And, week one of Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal trial featured testimony from witnesses and alleged victims.

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have concluded ...

Among the fundamental rights that this citizenship confers are equality before the law and the right to trial by jury, until which time we are all innocent until proven guilty.

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...