Search results for: “foreign legal systems”
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Foreign Investment
THE ROLE IN THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT OF: The World Bank Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); The Convention establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; and Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (IPPAs). (London, 1994) The […]
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Foreign Investment
THE ROLE IN THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT OF: The World Bank Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); The Convention establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; and Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (IPPAs). (London, 1994) The […]
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Authors of Legal Dictionaries
Authors of Law Dictionaries Albericus de Rosate, 1290-1360: Albericus’s Dictionarium Area: (Roman/Canon Law, 1581) Albericus was “born in Rosciate, near Bergamo, around 1290. He studied in Padua under Oldradus da Ponte and Riccardus Malumbra. He studied also under Ranieri di Forlì and received advice and help from Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In the second decade of…
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Foreign Government Custody
Foreign Government Custody: Statement of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The State Department has no greater responsibility than the protection of U.S. […]
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Patent Systems
Patent Systems Contents of Patent Systems Contents of this subject matter include:The American Patent System – types of applications, publication of applications, the nominated person, claiming priority, American interactions with PCT system The American Patent System – examination of […]
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Illegal Fishing
Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On November 14, 2011, President Obama submitted to the Senate, for […]
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Illegal Fishing
Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On November 14, 2011, President Obama submitted to the Senate, for […]
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International Legal Personality
International Legal Personality International legal personality refers to the entities or legal persons that can have rights and obligations under international law. States A State has the following characteristics: a permanent population; a defined territory; a government; and the capacity to enter into relations with other States. Some writers also argue that a State must…
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Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Details of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Volumes: 6-Volume Set Editor in Chief: Stanley N. Katz Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 17 April 2009 Pages: 3072 Pages ISBN: 9780195134056 Description of the Encyclopedia The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History covers legal history from ancient to modern…
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Mixed Legal System
Mixed Legal System Legal systems generally are ‘mixed’ in the sense that they have been influenced by a variety of other systems. The Nature of Mixed Legal Systems This includes: Comparative Law Polyjural Systems Hybridity Normative Complexity Common and Civil Law Hybridities This includes: Stare Decisis (Common Law doctrine) Nonbinding Case Law (Civil Law doctrine)…
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Legal History
Legal History “This abstraction called the Law,” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once observed, is “a magic mirror, [wherein] we see reflected, not only our own lives, but the lives of all men that have been!”1 Holmes believed that this “magic mirror” offered historians an opportunity to explore the social choices and moral imperatives of…
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Court Systems
Court Systems Court Hierarchy in the Legal System “Court level or hierarchy defines to a great degree the extent to which a decision by one court will have a binding effect on another court. The federal court system, for instance, is based on a three-tiered structure, in which the United States District Courts are the…