The Latest Breaking News from William Blackstone

Few alleged offenders are found guilty. Many victims are retraumatised. What is getting in the way of the Australian criminal courts providing justice to sexual assault survivors?

The Sixth Circuit finds a city failed to provide adequate process before demolishing a condemned mobile home.

From Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack's majority opinion (for four of the seven Justices) delivered Thursday in People v. Gafken: [W]hile fleeing from police, Theresa Gafken ran a red light at speeds topping 100 miles per hour and collided with other vehicles, killing one person and causing severe injuries…

There should be no need for a flawed legal device attempting to 'entrench' our freshwater assets from possible privatisation - the waters are the life blood of the land, beyond ownership

Blackstone’s ratio, developed by jurist William Blackstone, states that: “Better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.”

There’s no painless way to restrict choices for people who resist.

The Constitution protects many more rights than it mentions, as James Madison explained.

The Supreme Court justice is wrong when he says abortion rights aren't deeply rooted in American history.

Understanding state regulatory powers at the time of the founding.