Islamic Law or what is called Muslim Personal Law comes under attack not only by Hindutva forces but also is criticized by secular forces who stand for gender equality. The Hindutva forces attack it ...

THE tort law deals with cases of civil wrong that one commits towards another for which remedy may be obtained, usually in the form of damages. For instance, if a doctor performs an operation by using ...

Often, from the standpoints of legal expertise, the state and business interests, the idea of modernizing the law through the enactment of systematic legal codes has very powerful appeal. But ...

THE very wise and practical statesmen who in 1787 assembled in Philadelphia to frame a charter of government for the thirteen states, which should "form a more perfect union" than the existing ...

The BMMA is now spearheading the campaign for the codification of Muslim personal law and the issue is being discussed at its three-day national meet, which began here on Tuesday. After their win in ...

John B. Quinn is the founder of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, the world's largest law firm devoted solely to business litigation. “Code is law” has become a catchphrase in this age where ...

To understand positive law codification, it helps to know something about the U.S. Code. The Code was adopted in 1926 for the purpose of arranging the general and permanent federal statutes by subject ...

Finbarr McAuleyoutlines the project engaged in codifying Irish criminal law. THE 22ND International Conference of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law took place in Dublin Castle ...