My parents, Jerry and Dolores Kopel, founded and for over a quarter-century directed the Colorado Bar Refresher (now part of the BAR/BRI empire). [read post]

 Other Western democracies, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway as well as the European Union, have followed suit, adopting religious freedom and religious engagement into their foreign policies in one way or another (though Canada has recently reversed course). [read post]

Municipalities also participate in cultural heritage protection, by virtue of broader administrative powers (such as those related to town planning),[37] as well as their right-duty to adopt the necessary measures to prevent the deterioration, loss, or destruction of cultural heritage within their municipal boundaries.[38] Indeed, the Spanish Constitutional Court itself has asserted that public action in the field of culture (which is inherently an universal-local phenomenon), cannot be… [read post]

The following is a summary review of articles from all over the nation concerning environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. [read post]