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Sentences for environmental activists set a new record for non-violent protest in the U.K, surpassing the three-year sentence given to another Just Stop Oil protestor who scaled the Queen Elizabeth II bridge over the Thames estuary.

An e-petition is asking Parliament to support the recognition of “ecocide” as a crime at the International Criminal Court.

In B.C., Indigenous Peoples are expected to move seamlessly between two worlds and two sets of laws — sacred law and colonial law. When these are in conflict, they are asked to abandon one for the other.

In the heart of Port-au-Prince, amidst the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti, two determined lawyers, Atzer Alcindor and Jean Bonald Golinsky Fatal, who founded the Human Rights Laboratory, stand as beacons of hope.

Amalie Wilkinson helps youth around the world press decision-makers to make mass destruction of nature a crime.

Thankfully, in Canada, our Supreme Court actually decides cases on the basis of the law, not politics, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Caryma Sa’d is a housing lawyer and an advocate for progressive causes across the city. She now serves as executive director at NORML, an organization working to reform cannabis laws, and as a member of the board of advisers at the non-profit Legal Line. 

Lawyers for Climate Justice believe their colleagues should consider taking on pro bono work where they can help with efforts to cut carbon pollution.

Canadian officials followed the law when they detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport and the defence has no proof to substantiate its "conspiracy theory" that she was illegally arrested, the Crown says.

The dean of a Quebec law school has a message for those students whom Bill 21 seeks to exclude from the province's public life.

Aside from raging demagogues, nothing threatens genuine news more than bad journalism. That’s why credible news organizations move swiftly to correct errors.

Canadian privacy could be imperilled by apparent U.S. plans to demand cellphone and social media passwords from foreign visitors, a federal watchdog says.

Canada's effort to craft a legalized marijuana regime could be boosted by the move of four more U.S. states to approve recreational use of the drug, says a Halifax law professor.