The ABA Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress cosponsored a lecture with the Library of Congress: "Magna Carta from Runnymede to Washington: Old Laws, New Discoveries." Magna Carta scholar ...

Pope Francis, in a letter to U.S. bishops this past week, cited a 1952 document issued by Pope Pius XII, saying it “is considered the ‘Magna Carta ... set forth the rights of the Church ...

19, urged the government to enforce the Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers in order to provide strong legal protection ... Shipowners and manning agencies must be held fully accountable, while the ...

The Weston Library is celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta of 1225 in an exhibit titled ‘Magna Carta 1215 1225.’ The Magna Carta was the first document to put into writing the ...

One of the four remaining copies of Magna Carta has been placed inside a new display box to prevent fading and to increase its security. The document, which was signed in 1215, is based at ...

President Trump is moving to defang the so-called “Magna Carta” of environmental laws in America and eliminate regulations that drag out the permitting process for federal projects for years. The ...

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Advocating for the rights of people forced to flee and those denied a nationality. Citizens normally look to their own governments to guarantee their human rights and physical security. When people ...

The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty that guarantees fundamental social and economic rights as a counterpart to the European Convention on Human Rights, which refers to civil and ...

The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events The Latest U.S. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany’s free speech laws during an ...