A 17th-century painting looted by the Nazis in 1940 from a Jewish art collector in Belgium will be returned to his ...

With a cult of cost-chainsawing threatening every facet of the US government, what might become of the tens of thousands of ...

Israel's parliament Thursday passed a law expanding elected officials' power to appoint judges, defying a years-long movement ...

It has not been easy for the city’s bookstores recently. But there are still shops piled high with new, rare and secondhand ...

In 1798, with the U.S. preparing for what it believed would be a war with France, Congress passed a series of laws that increased the federal government’s reach. The Alien Enemies Act was created to ...

And in an historic policy shift, the French Parliament recently unanimously approved a law fast-tracking the return of art to families who claim it is rightfully theirs. David Zivie, of France's ...

The law was passed as part of the Alien and Sedition Acts by the Federalist Party — supporters of John Adams’ administration — to target the supporters of the Democratic-Republican party ...

In an attempt to silence the Federalists’ political opponents, he signed the Sedition Act of 1798. The new law attempted to crack down on critical writings about government officials, and it was aimed ...

New tests targeting repeat offenders, fresh offences for breaching bail conditions and a machete ban are part of a new law reform package. The Victorian government is introducing the reforms in an ...

Immersive art experiences transform how audiences interact with creativity, and legal experts on Monday discussed how copyright law is protecting these dynamic works of art. At a South by ...

In a brief order, the justices overturned the 9th Circuit Court for the second time and said the fate of the Camille Pissarro painting should be decided under the terms of a new California law that ...

The author writes "The U.S. Copyright Office has long maintained that copyright protection extends only to works exhibiting human authorship. This principle has ...