Law
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Appeals court weighs whether Texas voter ID law is discriminatoryThe court heard arguments on Tuesday about the law, which requires voters to present one of seven specific forms of photo ID to cast a ballot in the state
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Inside the special prison unit where rehabilitation rules the roostHMP New Hall pioneers care and support for women with complex needs. The justice minister, Michael Gove, should sit up and take notice for his prison reforms
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Malian jihadi to plead guilty in ICC cultural destruction trialAhmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi will ask people of Mali for forgiveness when he admits to war crimes charges in The Hague
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British emigrants lose supreme court EU referendum vote bidDecision by country’s top court will prevent up to 2 million UK citizens living abroad from voting on 23 June
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Counter-extremism bill and Prevent strategy put our rights at riskLetters: Children, students, Muslims, anti-racist, anti-fracking and anti-austerity campaigners have already been wrongly targeted under Prevent
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Mau Mau rebellion victims claim parliament was misled over tortureCompensation claim brought by 44,000 Kenyans alleges widespread atrocities of British colonists in 1950s were covered up
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Father bugs daughter's clothes in court battle over who she lives withListening devices sewn into schoolgirl’s blazer and coat to record talks with social worker, family court ruling reveals
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Competition watchdog objects to Land Registry sell-offPlanned privatisation would grant new owner monopoly on commercially valuable data with no incentive to improve access, warns CMA
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Looking for better ways to make prison work in the 21st centuryLetters: Instead of the iPads being suggested by Michael Gove, gardens would provide prisoners with valuable skills, contribute to healthy diets and raise prisoners’ sense of self worth
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Youth Justice Board’s record under scrutinyLetters: A body truly championing children would not watch in silence – it would speak up, and loudly
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Mau Mau lawsuit due to begin at high courtGovernment lawyers expected to make a last-minute application to delay case over translation dispute
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I’ve seen how our jails wreck human potential. Reform will take courageReoffending costs £13bn a year – and giving inmates an education is the best way to prevent it, says a member of the Coates review panel
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No laughing matter: documentary on endurance tickling runs into legal issuesFilm that explores a competitive league that is said to target young men and bully those who try to leave has survived two lawsuits – and it isn’t even out yet
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US-style problem-solving courts planned for England and WalesConvicted criminals will appear regularly before judges for assessment under pilot scheme aimed at keeping people out of jail
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Devil in the detail of a lacklustre Queen’s speechLetters: The government is moving us towards a quasi-legal system where people are put on database lists without any specific crime being committed or charge being made
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Syrian refugee wins appeal against forced return to TurkeyDecision by Greek asylum service to overturn deportation order throws EU-Turkey migration deal into chaos
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British emigrants' battle for EU referendum vote goes to supreme courtEmergency hearing is due next week after appeal court rejects legal bid on behalf of Britons living abroad for more than 15 years
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Newspapers rage against judgment that endorses the injunction preventing them from identifying a celebrity involved in a three-way sexual encounterEditors vs judges: which right is supreme - press freedom or privacy?
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Oklahoma legislators pass near-total abortion ban that criminalizes providersBill heads to governor and if it becomes a law, any doctor who performed an abortion – except to save a woman’s life – could face three years in prison
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Martin Rowson on the celebrity injunction ruling – cartoonThe supreme court has extended the interim privacy injunction preventing identification of a celebrity
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'Celebrity threesome': Twitter warns against illegal tweetsPrivacy injunction stopping press naming celebrity followed by Twitter law cautions
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Ruling on 'threesome' injunction establishes significant precedentLegal commentators suggest decision effectively offers greater protection to celebrities, especially those with children
Greenslade US act aimed at curbing impunity for murderers of journalists