Analysis - Corporal punishment - usually referring to adults hitting children - was abolished in South Africa in 1997. The Constitutional Court had already ruled it incompatible with the bill of ...

South Africa’s 2025 cases of parental violence, trafficking, and murder expose how children are unsafe even in their own ...

Hundreds of parents have been sent on out-of-court parenting courses since the smacking ban was introduced in March 2022, according to a Welsh government report, and "fewer than five" cases had since ...

The justices ruled that when a municipal ordinance and a state statute prohibit identical conduct, the municipal penalties ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Representative Johanna López and Senator Mack Bernard have introduced legislation to ban corporal punishment in Florida’s public schools, promoting a safer, more supportive environment ...

In June, I wrote about how the North Carolina Supreme Court’s Republican majority dilutes civil rights by requiring claimants ...

British judges are renowned across the world for their devastating command of the English language when sending criminals ...

Capital Matters is a recurring series by Jordan Steiker that covers federal constitutional regulation of the death penalty ...

The California Supreme Court ruled that courts must consider a person's ability to pay before imposing certain court fees and assessments, marking a major decision in the state's effort to reduce the ...

On October 7, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar. This case will decide the constitutionality of Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. A decision in that case is expected at ...