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There seems to be this idea in Hollywood that a successful insanity plea is some sort of get out jail free card. It may get a person out of gen pop, but does it not also come with largely life ...

Federal judge says ex-ranger, who sued US government over free speech, must follow process in Civil Service Reform Act A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Yosemite national park ranger who was fired after flying a giant transgender pride flag from a rock wall that looms over the California park’s main thoroughfare. US district judge Jennifer Thurston found on Friday that S…

Charities are right to be concerned about the supreme court’s decision to lessen oversight of care settings The UK supreme court has ended a system of safeguards around the human rights of disabled people that has been in place for over a decade, in its recent ruling on a legal question brought to it by the attorney general of Northern Ireland. In doing so, the judges have alarmed charities and d…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07921-6 Anticipatory climate litigation: A new role for climate science?

Venkatesan. V, LL.M., Department of Legal Studies, University of Madras ABSTRACT The fast development of technology has greatly changed the face of private international law. The rise of online commerce, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and other forms of digital business transactions have raised numerous issues relating to jurisdiction, conflict of laws, and the r…

Kurzith Imran H, Advocate Practising before the High Court of Madras* ABSTRACT Land is one of the most valuable resources to mankind and has been central to social, economic, and political organization throughout history. Systems of land administration have evolved from community-based control and monarchical control to the modern governmental control. Land is a public resource, and it is the dut…

Kanishk Soni, New Law College, BVDU, PUNE ABSTRACT The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) remains one of India's most debated constitutional and socio-legal questions. It refers to the possibility of creating a common framework for civil matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, maintenance, guardianship, succession and inheritance, irrespective of a citizen's religious identity. The constitutional foun…

Ayush Chandra Satyam & Shivansh Deo, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. ABSTRACT The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) marks a significant shift in India’s criminal justice system, moving its focus from the accused to the victim. This paper examines three key provisions that drive this change: the right to access and information under Section 173, the right…

Ritu Govind Chhaddani, Abhinav Education Society's Law College ABSTRACT The growing phenomenon of democratic backsliding has emerged as one of the most significant constitutional challenges of the twenty-first century. Across established and emerging democracies, concerns have arisen regarding the gradual weakening of institutional checks and balances, concentration of executive authority, erosio…

Mayankraj Vijay Kumar Sharma ABSTRACT Growing use of current forensic techniques (such as Narco Analysis, Polygraphs, Brain Electrical Activity Profiling, Mandatory DNA Extracting, Biometric Surveillance and Seizure of Digital Evidence) has changed fundamentally the balance between individual civil liberties and investigation authorities in India. This paper will show that scientific value will n…

Kunal Bharne, LL.B., Government Law College, Mumbai The Debate Surrounding “Bail is the rule and Jail is the exception.” This is the basic principle underlying the doctrine of Criminal Jurisprudence. This is because Article 21 of the Indian Constitution ensures that life and personal liberty may not be taken away except in accordance with the procedure established by law. The Supreme Court, in Ma…

Dr. Rashmi Rekha Baug ABSTRACT Witness testimony remains central to criminal adjudication, yet witnesses in India have historically participated in criminal proceedings without a comprehensive institutional guarantee of safety. This has contributed to intimidation, coercion, and hostile testimony, weakening the truth-finding function of criminal courts and undermining public confidence in justice…

Saad Mubeen Gavandi, LL.B., School of Legal Studies (Law), Sanjay Ghodawat University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Saniya Mohanmadrafik Banadar, LL.B., School of Legal Studies (Law), Sanjay Ghodawat University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. ABSTRACT Marriage (Nikah) is one of the most significant institutions under Mohammedan Law, serving as the foundation of family life and social organization…

Ananya, B.A.LL.B. (H.), Department of Law, Quantum University, Roorkee ABSTRACT There has been a significant ‘Paradigm Shift’ at the global stage, with majorly all the global actors recognizing the need of and acting towards achieving Sustainability in all the possible spheres and by taking relative steps and measures. Banking is also one of those spheres or areas. Green Banking has emerged as a …

Shipra Sharma, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad ABSTRACT The women-centric laws that have been formulated in India have been done so with the intention of protecting women from violence, abuse, and discrimination. Such laws have been a step in the right direction in terms of gender justice. However, in recent times, there have been concerns that have been raised with regard to the misuse of women-…

N.K Thridev Prince B.Com., LL.B, St. Joseph’s College of Law ABSTRACT Can your thoughts be considered property? Can it be sold?, bequeathed?, or stolen? These questions have transcended science fiction and entered the domain of live legal inquiry with the advent of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology. Elon Musk's Neuralink, a device capable of capturing, decoding, and transmitting the brain…

Aryan Leander Wishard ABSTRACT Copyright law has always had to absorb new creative technologies, from the camera to the photocopier to the computer. Generative artificial intelligence is the most disruptive of these technologies yet, because it does not merely assist human creativity but, in certain configurations, appears to substitute for it entirely. This essay examines how courts and the Unit…

Prakhar Prabhat Srivastav, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION "Give the people the torch of education to put the nation on the track of prosperity," was George Bernard Shaw's wise advice. Thus, the focus should be on optimizing the use of the educational infrastructure, augmenting funding, reconsidering the entire teaching and learning process, and modernizing the outdated…

People across Michigan are purchasing cannabis at high levels, but researchers are unable to study many of the products their neighbors are consuming. As cannabis use continues to grow, experts are calling for better research policies and changes to federal laws so they can better support public health information, decisions and research. Michigan State University … The post Ask the Expert: How f…

If you work anywhere near payments, banking, crypto, or fintech in Europe, a new acronym is about to land in your backlog: AMLA — the EU's Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism . Headquartered in Frankfurt, it spent the last year moving from "org on paper" to an authority that is collecting data, drafting rules, and getting ready to supervise institutions d…