A juvenile court is a tribunal having special authority to pass judgements for crimes that are committed by children or adolescents who have not attained the age of majority. A juvenile court (or young offender's court) is a tribunal having special authority to pass judgements ...

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is an act in India dating from the British colonial rule, that is still in force largely unchanged. The history of the present Act is a long one. The Act was originally drafted in 1866 by the ...

[caption id="attachment_13837" align="alignnone" width="592"] Accident. Self Defence. Times of War. Murder. Infanticide. Manslaughter. First Degree. Second Degree.[/caption] Culpable homicide is a categorisation of certain offences in various jurisdictions within the Commonwealth of Nations which involves the illegal killing of a ...

It protects guilty as well as innocent persons who find themselves in incriminating circumstances. This right has important implications for police interrogations, a method that police use to obtain evidence in the form of confessions from suspects. The ban on ...

What is International Migration Law? International migration law (IML), which is the international legal framework governing migration, is not covered by any one legal instrument or norm. Instead, IML is an umbrella term covering a variety of principles and rules ...

Children of immigrants are the fastest growing component of the child population. While immigrants are 11 percent of the total U.S. population, children of immigrants make up 22 percent of the 23.4 million children less than 6 in the United ...

Asylum may be granted to individuals already in the United States who are unable or unwilling to return to their home countrybecause of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group (including sexual orientation), or political ...

In English law, natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias (nemo iudex in causa sua) and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram partem). ... The mere fact that a decision affects rights or interests is sufficient to subject the decision ...

For too long, the American constitutional tradition has been defined solely by the U.S. Constitution drafted in 1787. ... In The American State Constitutional Tradition, John Dinan shows that state constitutions are much more than mere echoes of the federal document. “It is said that ...

Asymmetry form of federation can be seen in between two states and also between state and centre. Asymmetric federalism can be seen in India also. The finest example of asymmetric federalism is the special provision in the Constitution ofIndia regarding the state of Jammu and Kashmir. “It must ...