419 ABA Journal Legal Theory articles.
In what a Miami newspaper describes as a macabre—and, so far, unique—game of cold-case poker in the nation’s prisons, authorities in Florida are spending $80,000 to print and deal out…
Jul 25, 2007 10:17 PM CDT
American lawyers and European politicians have discovered they have a common interest in opening the door to class action litigation.
Such mass tort suits require changes in the law, to…
Jul 24, 2007 6:30 PM CDT
Throughout the country, prisons are run in a paramilitary manner that seems to work for men. But it’s not nearly as effective for young women, experts believe.
So, as the…
Jul 16, 2007 6:35 PM CDT
Concerned about possible terrorism-related visits abroad by immigrants and British citizens, U.K. officials are considering imposing a ban on travel to certain countries by convicted criminals.
In the wake of…
Jul 12, 2007 7:32 PM CDT
Congress is clearing the way for an unprecedented court battle with the White House over executive privilege.
Following former White House counsel Harriet Miers’ refusal today to obey a subpoena…
Jul 12, 2007 6:50 PM CDT
It’s too late for five alleged child victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Milwaukee between 1973 and 1982 to sue the archdiocese there for negligent supervision. But it…
Jul 11, 2007 5:31 PM CDT
Updated: A self-proclaimed jihadist has been jailed in Britain, along with two accomplices, based solely on his use of the Internet, in the first such terrorism case.
A 10-year prison…
Jul 5, 2007 9:48 PM CDT
There will be no bond for a young Georgia man sentenced to a 10-year term in a controversial child sex case, despite an offer by 11 entrepreneurs to pay $1…
Jun 28, 2007 1:16 AM CDT
Three not-so-little pigs living in the upscale Chicago suburb of Lake Forest didn’t, of course, have to worry about a wolf huffing and puffing and blowing their rickety house down.…
Jun 27, 2007 7:25 PM CDT
Authorities conducting a multiple murder investigation searched a suburban Chicago home yesterday to see if the family watched a recent episode of the television show “Law and Order.”
Sources told…
Jun 21, 2007 11:52 PM CDT
A Florida law firm has filed suit against Chiquita Brands Int’l., on behalf of 22 people allegedly killed by a Colombian terrorist group that received funds from the multinational company.
…Jun 14, 2007 9:57 PM CDT
In results that have horrified death penalty opponents and are hotly contested among scientists, studies claim to have quantified the number of innocent lives that are saved each time a…
Jun 11, 2007 8:19 PM CDT
An Atlanta personal injury lawyer stricken with an unusually severe case of tuberculosis and quarantined in a Denver hospital could soon be involved in cutting-edge litigation.
Experts say Andrew Speaker,…
Jun 1, 2007 7:19 PM CDT
Among the new causes of action and subjects of potential claims constantly developing in the ever-changing American legal arena, add one to the list that some might consider a no-brainer…
May 31, 2007 6:37 PM CDT
A subsidiary of airline giant Boeing Co. has been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for allegedly aiding “extraordinary rendition” efforts by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
The suit,…
May 30, 2007 8:02 PM CDT
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