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  • Plebiscite

    Plebiscite Definition Plebiscite, a vote by the electorate of a nation, region, or locality on a specific question. Historical Introduction In modern times, plebiscites have been held to determine the wishes of the inhabitants of a country or area as to their choice of sovereignty and […]

  • Plebiscite

    Plebiscite Definition Plebiscite, a vote by the electorate of a nation, region, or locality on a specific question. Historical Introduction In modern times, plebiscites have been held to determine the wishes of the inhabitants of a country or area as to their choice of sovereignty and […]

  • Nazi Camps

    Nazi Camps INTRODUCTION Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies established more than 40,000 camps and other incarceration sites. The perpetrators used these sites for a range of purposes, including forced labor, detention of people thought to be enemies of the state, and mass murder. The total number of sites is based upon…

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Harakat-ul Jihad Islami

    Harakat-ul Jihad Islami in 2016 aka HUJI; Movement of Islamic Holy War; Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami; Harkat-al-Jihad-ul Islami; Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami; Harakat ul Jihad-e-Islami; Harakat-ul Jihad Islami Activities HUJI has been involved in a number of terrorist attacks. HUJI claimed […]

  • Harakat-ul Jihad Islami

    Harakat-ul Jihad Islami in 2016 aka HUJI; Movement of Islamic Holy War; Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami; Harkat-al-Jihad-ul Islami; Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami; Harakat ul Jihad-e-Islami; Harakat-ul Jihad Islami Activities HUJI has been involved in a number of terrorist attacks. HUJI claimed […]

  • Ambassador

    Ambassador, official of diplomatic service. Along with the papal nuncio and legate, who serve as emissaries to the pope, the ambassador is the highest-ranking official of diplomatic service. Unlike a minister and a chargé d'affaires, an ambassador is supposed to represent, in […]

  • Common Topics

    Common Topics Arbitration Arms Control Bill of Exchange Cemeteries Church Church Properties Common Law Competition law Contracts Conventions Courts Criminal Procedure Customs Law Cybercrime Definitions Dictionaries Disarmament Elections Europe European Union Export Controls Export Law Exports Featured Foregin Policy Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy France GATT History Human Development Human rights Immunities Import Law Information Retrieval…

  • Accession

    Accession in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: Accession is a process by which a country becomes a member of an international agreement or of another state. For example, all but the original fifteen colonies in the United States were granted accession into the […]

  • Accession

    Accession in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: Accession is a process by which a country becomes a member of an international agreement or of another state. For example, all but the original fifteen colonies in the United States were granted accession into the […]

  • Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

    Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims Full Title A Dictionary of Law, Consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence Details Author: William C. Anderson (United…

  • Dismemberment of State

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on dismemberment of state explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "dismemberment of state" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International […]

  • Dismemberment of State

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on dismemberment of state explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "dismemberment of state" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International […]

  • Aggression

    Summary of Aggression Unlawful acts on the part of a state or group of states directed at coercing another state or undermining its sovereignty. Aggression cannot be defined precisely in legal terms suitable for universal use; however, aggressive behavior is defined in some international […]

  • League of Nations Failure

    League of Nations Failure Even before its first meeting, the League of Nations suffered what some historians have characterized as a death blow: the U.S. rejection of the Treaty of Versailles and with it, the League of Nations. A variety of factors led to the U.S. Senate’s rejection of the treaty, among them Woodrow Wilson’s…