The fallout over the Scottish government’s gender recognition legislation has not happened in isolation.
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The Scottish government wanted to trigger a second independence vote without consulting Westminster but that has been deemed not legally permissable.
For disproportionate policing to be effectively tackled, it is vital to understand the fear and hurt it creates.
Does the law that created the Scottish parliament allow it to call indyref2?
As long as the justice system relies on only retaining people who can afford to progress within the legal profession, racial and gender inequality will persist within its ranks.
Offering free pregnancy tests, sonograms and counseling, the pregnancy help movement maintains more than 2,700 resource centers throughout the United States.
Foreign judges have served on Hong Kong’s court of final appeal since 1997, but the national security law is changing that.
Unlike in most countries, US Supreme Court justices enjoy life tenure. Some legal scholars believe that centuries-old custom, meant to protect judicial independence, no longer serves the public.
Uber has been forced by the UK courts to treat its British drivers as workers. It will probably require legislative change for Uber’s Australian drivers to be treated as employees.
The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that drivers are entitled to workers’ rights.
Canadians should know more about how our government co-operates with other countries in criminal cases. Are we unwittingly risking the lives or rights of those accused of crimes?
As the recent Brexit litigation has shown, the UK’s Supreme Court has had to consider political as well as legal issues in its first ten years.
Sadly, politicians have been trying to turn the public against judges for a very long time.
The UK court decision against Boris Johnson’s move to prorogue, or suspend, parliament could set an important precedent for Australian governments that try to do the same thing.
Does this mean the prime minister lied to the Queen? And could he face personal repercussions?
No-fault divorce, or no reason at all – how a revolution in divorce law has come about.
What a cake can tell us about the law’s view of homosexuality, religion, freedom of expression and the value of civic equality
The Supreme Court ruled that a British couple must stay married until 2020 because there was no ‘fault’ in their marriage.
Civil partnerships were introduced as a quick-fix device for a minority group. Instead, they ended up forcing heterosexuals to campaign for the same rights as LGBTQ+ people.
There are still far too few female, black, Asian and minority ethnic judges.
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