Law

Alegal challenge heard in the European Court of Justice today over a controversial EU-funded research project using artificial intelligence for facial “false detection” aimed at…

Countervailing duty (CVD) is the duty imposed on imported goods to offset the subsidy paid to the producers of these products in the exporting country.…

Closed shop refers to a union protection clause in the labor-management agreement which states that all persons employed must be members of a specific union…

Abatement is a measure that reduces or diminishes the burden. It is a process that reduces the amount paid or imposed on a particular transaction.…

Zemstvo is a system of local self-government that was used in several regions of the European region of Russia from 1864 to 1918. It was…

The Wilderness Act of 1964 is an environmental law that protects the natural lands of the United States. This Act contains specific guidelines for the…

In financing, a warrant is a security that gives the holder the right to purchase the underlying stock of the issuing company at a fixed…

Wardship is the name given to court proceedings by which a child is given a court ward. This means that the High Court can assign…

War crimes are acts that seriously violate the laws of war that give rise to individual criminal liability. In international crime, war crimes are serious…

The Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act, established the legal basis for the federal government to implement the Eighteenth Amendment to the…