In a judgment clarifying the doctrine of ratification in administrative law, the Supreme Court has held that once the ...

Ratifying a contract means approving it, not necessarily signing it. This occurs after two parties negotiate the details of a contract, but one or both of the parties does not have the authority to ...

The first United Auto Workers union vote by rank-and-file members was 82% in favor of the tentative labor deal that ended the union’s strike at Ford last week, an early sign that the recent labor ...

New research shows just how powerful the United States' and other countries' influence can be on persuading other nations to ratify international treaties. The first-of-its-kind study shows the ...

UN experts welcomed on Thursday the ratification of the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), first adopted in June 2023. This ratification is a significant advance ...

Imagine walking into your polling place to vote, and being told that if a particular candidate won, all voters would receive $500. That sounds like something that should be illegal, right? But ...

It's that time of year again. The holidays are upon us, and the end of the year is drawing near. As we reflect on the past year, many of us begin to look forward and think, "What's next?" With the New ...

The Minority Caucus on Parliament's Lands and Natural Resource Committee has expressed its disappointment over the ratification of six mining lease agreement with four mining companies on Thursday.The ...

This blog post was authored by Anna Shortridge, research associate for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. One hundred years ago today, U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby ...

This Tuesday isn’t just any other Tuesday – the day marks 241 years since the United States was formally recognized as an independent and sovereign nation, or what is known as National Ratification ...

It's that time of year again. The holidays are upon us, and the end of the year is drawing near. As we reflect on the unprecedented past year, many of us begin to look forward and think, "What's next?