Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

When media report the method in which somebody ends their own life, it can result in copycat suicide, the Law Commission says.

The Government has introduced into Parliament legislation that will significantly threaten the autonomy and international reputation of our universities, writes Stuart McCutcheon.

Government will introduce a "one-strike" policy for suspected drink-drivers who evade prosecution because medical staff cannot extract a blood sample.

The maximum penalty for possessing a book about growing marijuana will be higher than actually growing it, MPs considering a new child porn bill have heard.

Trout, deer, pigs and other exotic species would have to be culled from the Ureweras under a law change before Parliament, fishers and hunters are warning Government.

A leading law firm is calling for changes to how leave is calculated and paid out but a union leader is warning workers could lose out.

The "right to enjoy owning dogs" has to be protected, even at the cost of 20,000 human victims, writes Brian Rudman.

It is an unlikely setting from which to launch a fightback against Egypt's new military rulers.

Child care law changes sought by lobby group after children denied right to family life.

As legalisation of marijuana spreads, Chinese companies have the patents ready to exploit new markets.

Parliament will begin its debate on plain packaging for tobacco early next year, Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia has confirmed.

Editorial: What is it about Hollywood that causes the Government to go weak at the knees?

As a teenager, there is a huge pressure to accept the cool pragmatism of "this is how it is" when it comes to binge drinking, writes Verity Johnson.

Editorial: Regulation appeals to governments because it is the easiest response to a problem. But each affects people's freedom in some way.

Some bars' and restaurants' "happy hour" promotions will be outlawed under alcohol reforms which come into force next month.

It will give citizens the ability to challenge bullying in its modern form, empowering people to change the way they treat themselves and each other, writes Mai Chen.

Labour leader David Cunliffe took the attack to Prime Minister John Key as the Government backed a convention centre deal with SkyCity.

A bill paving the way for SkyCity's $402m convention centre has passed its final reading in Parliament, but Labour says they will not be bound by the 'shonky' deal.

Information about the harm caused by the SkyCity convention centre deal was withheld because it was considered commercially sensitive, official papers show.

With a swing of his powerful arm, a prison guard landed a wicked-looking cane on a dummy wearing the white uniform of convicts in Brunei.

Parliament will urgently pass a law validating the oaths of returning police officers, before any of their actions since returning can be called into question.

Editorial: A review of burial laws by the Law Commission has led to drastic and largely unnecessary recommendations.

Each night, people in apartments all over New York City are cleaning up, putting out fresh towels and clearing out.