Law & Society

The voice of the transgender students fearing the consequences of discrimiination swayed Tennessee House committee members into kiling the bathroom bill that would have compelled these young members of the LGBT community into using the toilets assigned to their birth gender.

Japan's government has already approved a set of bills wanting the recognition of virtual currencies as real money. The government is also preparing to begin taxing transactions involving bitcoins and other virtual currencies.

A third Aboriginal community has taken a legal action against the Northern Territory government over the state of its housing. The community claims that the government has failed to fulfil its maintenance responsibilities.