NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state ...

When COVID-19 began in 2020, employers were forced to quickly adjust and alter business practices in response to the effects of the pandemic. Over a year later, many employers are still adapting to ...

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Why do humans make so many laws? In a new article, I argue that the human ability to make laws evolved by natural selection. Here are a few snapshots. Laws may seem unlikely to come from evolution.

The author writes "The Environmental & Energy Law Section (EELS) continues to be at the forefront of educating attorneys regarding practice-based legal and regulatory changes impacting New York State ...

Prior to the pandemic, the opposition to vaccines was apolitical. The true believers were a small population and confined to the fringes of both major parties, with no significant representation in ...

ST. LOUIS, MO.--The Board of Directors of the world's largest general scientific organization, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), today strongly denounced legislation and ...

Yu Zhengshan, Wuzhuang Chongtu Fa (The Law of Armed Conflict) (Beijing: Junshi kexue chubanshe, 2001), pp. 10–16; Wang Keju, ed., Guoji Rendao Zhuyi ji qi Shishi (International Humanitarianism and its ...