Pepsi fails to show up to a lawsuit in Wisconsin, default judgement ha

'a man' home is his castle'

in which Clarence Darrow defends lynchers

supreme court's only criminal case

not as wanky as it sounds

apparent extrajudicial killing during a hostage situation in Neuilly in 1993

real-life cat's cradle stories

"With the problem reaching "farcical proportions," the hotel desk clerks were told to call the bedbugs "ticks," on the theory that customers would be less alarmed"

Gao Zhisheng is a lawyer and human rights activist. China seems to be going after the most vocal of those who try to work within the legal system

wapo article by chen guangcheng's wife about his false imprisonment and sham trial

summary of the circus trial of Chen Guangcheng, blind activist who is being held incommunicado for exposing a forced abortion policy in Shandong province. Searches on his name are blocked in china.

encrypt before crossing borders

horrible story of an Iranian 16 year old girl executed for "crimes against chastity"

U.S. law enforcement arrives to kick ass in the Antarctic

on how it feels to wear a funny hat to please the sky god

the only sure way to tell which country you are in is to check the house numbers. Rectangles, usually with a red and blue bar recalling the colours of the Dutch flag, indicate that a house is in the Netherlands, while an oval sign reveals Belgian loyaltie

neat bit of Austrian border arcana

white collar attorney describes the risks and mechanics of proffers

Libby hasn't been charged with this, but clearly would be in serious jeopardy if Fitzgerald decided to

legal context of the full-text New Yorker DVDs

Disgraceful 1918 Supreme Court decision to jail an anti-war Socialist for encouraging people not to enlist

panel of experts vs. computer model, model gets 75% of decisions right