The complete online text of The Common Law by Robert W. Chambers.

Robert W. Chambers was one of the most prolific and most popular American authors in the first half of the twentieth century. However, Chambers's influence on American letters, unlike that of his best-selling contemporary Jack London, diminished rapidly...

The issue of living arrangements and marriage--from civil unions to domestic partnerships to common law marriage--promises to grab headlines in the months ahead. While states and the federal government continue to debate the issues, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruling last September added that state...

Angry citizens have been forming common-law courts around the US, challenging government authority by filing subpoenas and arrest warrants, assembling juries and doling out sentences. The mostly white-male groups mainly target fines, foreclosures and other perceived infringements on their freedom. ONE DAY LAST...

Britain's government Thursday called for discussions in Parliament about extending the time for detaining terrorist suspects without charge.Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he supports a time limit of 90 days, a proposal rejected by Parliament in 2005 when it set the current limit of...

A doctor has no duty to tell a woman considering an abortion that her embryo is an "existing human being," a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, averting a trial over when human life begins.The decision, citing past rulings, said the court "will not...