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• Jackson custody case: the legal issues
  USC Law Professor Scott Altman explains the legal issues surrounding the custody battle for Michael Jackson's children.
  
  
• Killer jailed after jeopardy case
  A man acquitted of killing his ex-girlfriend seven years ago is found guilty after a new trial under double jeopardy laws.
  
  
• Green light for pre-nuptial agreements?
  An expert explains how the status of pre-nuptial agreements in England and Wales have changed significantly following a court case.
  
  
• Armed robbery - crime v time
  The decision to refuse parole to Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has met with some criticism. But how harshly have other armed robbers been dealt with by the law?
  
  
• 'It feels good to be legitimate'
  Sunil Mehra, former India editor of Maxim magazine, on being gay in conservative India.
  
  
• Employment laws review is delayed
  A review of Guernsey's employment laws is delayed because of limited resources and other priorities, a States department says.
  
  
• Lords will not hear quarry case
  Law Lords refuse to hear an appeal from a company ordered to limit limestone quarrying at Backdale in Derbyshire.
  
  
• Italy adopts law to curb migrants
  Italy's parliament passes a law criminalising illegal migrants and allowing citizens' patrols to help the police.
  
  
• Activists welcome India gay ruling
  Gay rights activists in India say a court ruling decriminalising gay sex in the country is historic.
  
  
• India media hails gay sex ruling
  The Indian media hails a ruling by a court ruling decriminalising homosexuality in the country
  
  
• China babies 'sold for adoption'
  Baby girls removed from parents who broke China's family-planning laws have been sold for adoption overseas, it is reported.
  
  
• Syria amends honour killing law
  Syria's president scraps a law limiting sentences for men who kill their female relatives in the name of family honour.
  
  
• US states face budget meltdowns
  Many American states, including California, are facing severe budget problems as a result of the recession and their strict balanced budget laws.
  
  
• Gay sex decriminalised in India
  An Indian court rules that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act, overturning colonial law.
  
  
• Parents 'misled on class sizes'
  Many of Scotland's local authorities are accused of deliberately misleading parents over the legal rights on school placement requests.
  
  
• Commons debates school bus safety
  A bill calling for the law to be toughened on school bus safety is to be debated in the House of Commons.
  
  
• Old law used in stadium campaign
  Campaigners in a Dorset town are using a 19th Century law to try to prevent a football club building a new stadium on the local green.
  
  
• MP seeks dangerous dog law change
  An MP calls for a change to the law to help protect postmen and other workers from attacks by dogs.
  
  
• Domestic abuse victims 'homeless'
  Women in domestic violence refuges are technically "homeless" and must be a local authority priority, the Law Lords have ruled.
  
  
• Smoking curbs: The global picture
  The BBC News Website traces the recent wave of smoking bans around the world as governments try to stub out the habit.