Portal:Law/Selected anniversaries/February

• February 1, 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• February 1, 1992 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
• February 2, 2005 – The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, the first step towards legalizing same-sex marriage in that country.
• February 5, 1917 – The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• February 5, 1963 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important decisions in the development of European Union law.
• February 10, 1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
• February 11, 1889 – Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
• February 12, 1983 – One hundred women successfully protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence.
• February 27, 1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.