Explore the American Rule in legal contexts, its exceptions, and a real-world example. Understand why each party covers their own legal fees, win or lose.

Back when the debate about foreign law—including especially Islamic law—in U.S. courts was in the news, I blogged quite a bit about it. I also wrote two law review articles on the subject, see Foreign ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion on July 3, 2025, that countries must protect the climate system as part of their human rights obligations under the American Convention on ...