How can we have less corrupt governments? A new study has an answer -- more women in position. A greater representation of women in the government is bad news for corruption, according to a new study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization by researchers Chandan Jha of Le Moyne College and Sudipta Sarangi of Virginia Tech.
Almost every sector of society is feeling the headwinds of the digital revolution, and it definitely includes the challenges and changes the legal sphere is being faced with.
President Donald Trump is set to issue a revised order that allows lawful permanent residents entry in the U.S. following a federal court's decision to halt implementation of the travel ban.
Samsung Heir Lee Jae-Yong is arrested for bribing South Korea's president in exchange for the government's support to a merger and possibly his succession.
The government appears to be the culprit in the failing social care system that is supposedly shelter the neglected people in the society, which includes disabled children and adults, as well as those abandoned at birth.
A Brazilian judge ordered phone carrier companies in the country to block Facebook-owned messaging app, Whatsapp. The blocking order was issued because Whatsapp did not comply in a previous court order to hand over personal information to assist an ongoing criminal investigation.
Hundreds were abroad in the Adonia cruise ship as the ship departed from a Miami seaport to Cuba. It was the first cruise made between the two countries in decades, since the countries cut off diplomatic relations.
Reports show that the government is considering to ban BBC from airing popular shows at prime time to avoid competitive scheduling with rival channels. Further details are expected along with the government’s funding agreement with the network.
The People's Republic of China will create new provisions concerning foreign and civil society groups in the country. China hopes to create a broader but more definite law which will handle the following issues.
Ammon Bundy’s lawyers are bringing the claims put forward by Bundy’s protest regarding the government’s land use to the court. The legal team hopes that the move could lead to Bundy’s charges being dismissed in his connection to an armed protest movement earlier this year.
Brothers welfare institution have been the home of vagrants in south Korean before the looming first Olympics in the country around 1970s and '80s. Former inmates revealed suffered abused, rape and enslavement on the said facilities.
Apple confirmed that it had not shared its source code with the Chinese government, even though the company has received such requests. The statement was made in a hearing in a response to claims that Apple has been handing over its source code to China.
Tech Giant, Microsoft Corp. has started a legal battle against the US Justice Department regarding the latter's requests in data access. The company argued that the government is violating more than 1 Constitutional right with its demand.
An injunction requested by Rousseff's camp to suspend the impeachment vote in the lower house this Sunday has been denied by the Supreme Court in an 8-2 decision.
A U.S. court ruling cleared the way for Argentina to pay its debts and return to global credit markets early next week, as a new president tries to turn the page on almost a decade and a half of messy defaults and litigation.
Venezuela’s high court has declared unconstitutional legislation passed by the opposition-controlled congress to free dozens of jailed politicians who are foes of President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government.
Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley left it to her deputy minister to publicly confirm she won't change the legal consortium representing the province in a massive lawsuit against the tobacco industry.
The Puerto Rican government is now making new proposals in order to address the debt issue that the country needs to disburse. The new plan aims to help the country resolve its ever growing financial crisis.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denies the amnesty that will free any political prisoner. Maduro will ask the Supreme Court to do the same measure.
