Puerto Rican Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón is pictured in an undated portrait. The Catholic governor signed Senate Bill 504 ...

However, even if distancing herself from massive practices of imitation of foreign legal models, China did not repudiate the model of civil code that has represented the historical reference point for ...

The National People’s Congress approved China’s first-ever civil code on Thursday, the final day of the “two sessions” political meetings in Beijing. The document — a collection of laws related to ...

A clutch of “unique” clauses such as the “communion of assets”, equal property rights for both sons and daughters, and the fact that the laws apply uniformly to all state citizens has made the Goa ...

China's first-ever Civil Code comes into force on January 1, 2021. The new law provides legal protection to all kinds of private rights, responding to major public concerns and putting people's ...

Ten months before India votes for its next government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reignited a long-simmering campaign to create a single law governing civil ...

Uttarakhand is a bit to create history today as it is all set to become the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The landmark legislation will be rolled out at around 12:30 pm on ...

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) — Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will ...

Freeport City Council established a civil service system for police, fire, and EMTs, creating an independent commission to ...