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  • Apartheid

    Apartheid Definition Apartheid may be defined as the policy of racial segregation formerly followed in South Africa. The word apartheid means "separateness"in the Afrikaans language and it described the rigid racial division between the governing white minority population and the […]

  • Jurisdiction

    Criminal Procedure: Jurisdiction Introduction to Jurisdiction For a criminal conviction to be valid, both the sovereign power (the state or federal government) and the specific court that tries the accused must have jurisdiction (authority) over the crime charged. Jurisdiction refers to a […]

  • Social Policy

    Social Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Policy means: legislative, institutional, budgetary support to achieve objectives in the field of human welfare, to protect the interests of socially vulnerable layers of such socially important areas as health, education, […]

  • Social Policy

    Social Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Policy means: legislative, institutional, budgetary support to achieve objectives in the field of human welfare, to protect the interests of socially vulnerable layers of such socially important areas as health, education, […]

  • Commercial law

    Commercial law Introduction to Commercial Law Commercial Law, body of law that relates to commerce and business transactions. Commercial law includes the laws that pertain to sales; negotiable instruments, such as checks and promissory notes; carriage by land and sea; insurance; brokerage; […]

  • Commercial law

    Commercial law Introduction to Commercial Law Commercial Law, body of law that relates to commerce and business transactions. Commercial law includes the laws that pertain to sales; negotiable instruments, such as checks and promissory notes; carriage by land and sea; insurance; brokerage; […]

  • Internalization of International Law

    Internalization of International Law Resources See Also Further Reading Abbott, K.W., and Snidal, D. (2001) Hard Law and Soft Law in International Governance. In J. Goldstein, M. Kahler, R.O. Keohane, and A.-M. Slaughter (eds.) Legalization and World Politics. Cambridge: MIT Press, pp. 37–73. Barnett, M.N. (1995) The United Nations and Global Security: The Norm Is…

  • Hashish

    Hashish or Indian hemp Note: see the entry on Legality of cannabis Hashish: THE GENEVA CONFERENCES In 1923 the South African Government sent to the League of Nations the suggestion that hashish should be treated as a habit-forming narcotic drug and brought within the scope of The Hague Convention. The Advisory Committee considered the matter…

  • International Law Key Features

    International Law Key Features in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): – Intellectual Property. TPP countries have agreed to reinforce and develop existing World Trade Organization Agreement on […]

  • International Law Key Features

    International Law Key Features in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): – Intellectual Property. TPP countries have agreed to reinforce and develop existing World Trade Organization Agreement on […]

  • international environmental institutions

    This is a study of the law-making process and the linkage between international environmental law and international environmental institutions. International regulation of state behavior poses special challenges for the conservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment. The corpus of international environmental law churned out by this new challenge has necessitated institutional structures.…

  • international environmental institutions

    This is a study of the law-making process and the linkage between international environmental law and international environmental institutions. International regulation of state behavior poses special challenges for the conservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment. The corpus of international environmental law churned out by this new challenge has necessitated institutional structures.…

  • International Armed Conflict

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

  • Privacy Laws

    Spanish Translation of privacy laws This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to privacy laws and / or a definition of this topic: Protección de Datos (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). Introduction This entry provides an overview of the […]

  • Privacy Laws

    Spanish Translation of privacy laws This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to privacy laws and / or a definition of this topic: Protección de Datos (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). Introduction This entry provides an overview of the […]