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  • Russian Judicial Assistence

    Russia in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Q: How will the Agreement affect U.S. adoption agencies' ability to work in Russia? This Agreement will add no additional authorization requirements […]

  • Judicial Proceedings for Return of Child

    Judicial Proceedings for Return of Child Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Right To Seek Return When a person’s custody rights have been breached by the wrongful removal or retention of the child by another, he or she can seek return of the child pursuant to the Convention. This…

  • Judicial Proceedings for Return of Child

    Judicial Proceedings for Return of Child Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Right To Seek Return When a person’s custody rights have been breached by the wrongful removal or retention of the child by another, he or she can seek return of the child pursuant to the Convention. This…

  • Judicial

    Judicial Council/Commission in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: By judicial council/commission, we are referring to an independent body that is composed of experts in law who are important in the selection process for judges, as well as sometimes discipline and […]

  • Judicial

    Judicial Council/Commission in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: By judicial council/commission, we are referring to an independent body that is composed of experts in law who are important in the selection process for judges, as well as sometimes discipline and […]

  • Judicial Independence

    From the article "Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence", authored by Tom Ginsburg for US Institute for Peace (January 2009) "Judicial independence is a central goal of most legal systems, and systems of appointment are seen as a crucial mechanism to achieve this […]

  • Judicial Appointments

    Judicial Appointments Vacant Seat Latin for “vacant seat,” sede vacante is most often used to describe the period when no pope is presiding in Rome. But it might also describe the anticipation of waiting for smoke signals, for example, from U.S. State Governors’s office when a vacancy occurs on the State Supreme Court. Judicial Appointments…

  • Judicial Appointments

    Judicial Appointments Vacant Seat Latin for “vacant seat,” sede vacante is most often used to describe the period when no pope is presiding in Rome. But it might also describe the anticipation of waiting for smoke signals, for example, from U.S. State Governors’s office when a vacancy occurs on the State Supreme Court. Judicial Appointments…

  • Judicial Elections

    Judicial Elections From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for the US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “Each American state has its own state judiciary, with its own system of appointment. These systems have varied over time and many of them, though not all, involve elections of judges. Electoral systems…

  • Judicial Elections

    Judicial Elections From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for the US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “Each American state has its own state judiciary, with its own system of appointment. These systems have varied over time and many of them, though not all, involve elections of judges. Electoral systems…

  • Development International Law – Part 6

    Development International Law – Part 6   54 Sustainable Development in International and National Law – Edited by Hans Christian Bugge and Christina Voigt Benjamin J. Richardson Review of European Community & International Environmental Law Volume 18, Issue 1, April 2009 p.105-107 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 55 THE UN BASIC PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ON…

  • Citation of legal blogs in law reviews

    The importance (and credibility) of law blogs was confirmed when the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States cited its first blog in January, 2005. See United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738, 775 n.4 (2005). An article in Slaw (“citing blogs in Law Journals ) points the idea that the “question still arises…

  • Russia

    English translations of Russian Federation laws are published in the Central & Eastern European Legal Materials series by Columbia University's Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. Russian economic laws are available on Lexis. For more information and resources see: […]

  • Russia

    English translations of Russian Federation laws are published in the Central & Eastern European Legal Materials series by Columbia University's Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. Russian economic laws are available on Lexis. For more information and resources see: […]

  • European Union

    Legal Materials Two sources for E.U. information stand out in my mind. First, the European Union'sEuropa, which posts (a) EU news and press releases, (b) links to EU Web sites, including the European Parliament, banks, courts and agencies and (c) the best collection of EU legal materials on […]