International Law

On Reading the Declaration of Independence
Drafting the Declaration. On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston as a committee to draft a declaration of independence...

Declaration of Independence Has Modern Relevance
Michael Froomkin of U. Miami Law does magic with the Declaration of Independence just by using his ability to boldface. I had forgotten what its repeated focus was, and was jarred by the prescient environmental aspects found further along...

Independence Day In Hillsborough, NC
What could be better for someone who studies history and cemeteries than an Independence Day visit to the grave of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence?! Not much, I imagine...

Happy Independence Day from The California Personal Injury Lawyer Blog!
First off I want to wish everyone a safe and sane Independence Day.Well it is that time of year again; Independence Day, known to others as the 4th of July Holiday. On this day in the year 1776, the founding fathers of the United States of America proclaimed through the Declaration of Independence, a new nation [...

Happy Independence Day from The Biker Law Blog!
First off I want to wish everyone a safe and sane Independence Day. Well it is that time of year again; Independence Day, known to others as the 4th of July Holiday. On this day in the year 1776, the founding fathers of the United States of America proclaimed through the Declaration of Independence, a new nation that was free of it?s allegiance to the British Empire...

Declaration Signed Today in 1776
Yes, that's right. Not many people celebrate August 2 as the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but it is. The Continental Congress approved the Declaration on July 4, 1776, by unanimous voice vote, and also voted to have it printed...

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.

Age Discrimination
City of Independence awards two former employees a $65,000 age bias settlement.

Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000
Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000

Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million
Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop

Two Kentucky Counties
settle strip search class action lawsuits