Search results for: “gaps in the law”

  • Gaps in the Law

    Spanish Translation of gaps in the lawThis is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to gaps in the law and / or a definition of this topic: Lagunas de la Ley (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry).

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]

  • Soft Law

    Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]

  • Soft Law

    Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]

  • Hard Law

    Federal or State Law Explained References See Also Civil Procedure (in international or comparative law) Federal Courts (in international or comparative law)

  • Hard Law

    Federal or State Law Explained References See Also Civil Procedure (in international or comparative law) Federal Courts (in international or comparative law)

  • Administrative Law Definition

    Administrative Law Definition Administrative law refers to the body of laws, procedures, and legal institutions affecting government agencies as they implement legislation and administer public programs. As such, the scope of administrative law sweeps broadly. In most countries, bureaucratic agencies make up the largest part of the governmental sector and generate most of the decisions…

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • Science of International Law

    New Tasks For the Science of International Law Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about New Tasks For the Science of International Law, wrote in 1921: 67. International organization and legislation and the establishment of international courts are the […]

  • E-Commerce Law

  • Prisoners of War Law

    Prisoners of War Law Introduction Prisoners of War Law is mainly covered under the Geneva Convention which defines POWs as a person, civilian or combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Prisioners of Law (POW) is any person captured or interned by a belligerent…

  • International humanitarian law Part 22

    International Humanitarian Law Part 22   395 III. The Creation of New Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals and Other International Efforts to Prosecute Violations of International humanitarian law Daryl A. Mundis International Lawyer Volume 35, Number 2, Summer 2001 p.631 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 396 International humanitarian law and the Conflict in Sierra Leone…

  • International humanitarian law Part 20

    International Humanitarian Law Part 20 349 Controlling the Use of Force: A Role for Human Rights Norms in Contemporary Armed Conflict Kenneth Watkin American Journal of International Law Volume 98, Number 1, January 2004 p.1 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW Increasingly, the use of force during armed conflict is being assessed through the perspective of…