Although the affinities between the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and the Seventh Amendment right to civil jury trial seem strong, there are crucial differences. The first concerns ...

But sometimes these division do very much affect its better half, as with substantive law and procedural law. While substantive law sets out what the law is, such as that a person who breaches a ...

For over fifty years, the Supreme Court has recognized that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars the retrial of a criminal defendant after a mid ...

Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, is Nigeria’s first professor of corporate governance. In this interview, he speaks on how to improve the country’s justice system administration, whistle-blowing policy of the ...

Companies’ ability to reduce the time workers have to bring discrimination lawsuits will likely come into sharper focus in a ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. Legal treatises have been written about ...

Last night a 5–4 majority of the Supreme Court showed courage and faithfulness to rule of law by refusing to issue a stay or injunction in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson — in the face of an onslaught ...