courts

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The decision exceeded climate advocates' expectations, and Vanuatu in January proposed a new draft resolution to implement the ICJ ruling, which is non-binding but can be drawn on by courts around the world.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Earlier proposals include giving local authorities in England new powers to force fly-tippers to clean up waste they have dumped and pay fines without having to go through the courts.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

But on 30 April, the head of Iran's judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, dismissed international criticism of death sentences linked to January's unrest, saying that his courts would not be swayed.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Prize cases long ago filled the U.S. courts, with the Supreme Court ruling in a prize appeal during the Civil War that the practice didn’t require a declared war, only an actual one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

They had desegregated Durham’s tennis courts in this manner a few months earlier.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson