Search results for: “margin of preference”

  • Margin of Preference

    Margin of Preference and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Margin of Preference: The difference between the duty paid under a system of tariff preferences and the duty […]

  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) GATT was a series of multi-lateral treaties — and an organization of the same name — designed to regulate trade between the member nations. Definition of General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, […]

  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) GATT was a series of multi-lateral treaties — and an organization of the same name — designed to regulate trade between the member nations. Definition of General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, […]

  • Proportional Representation

    Introduction to Proportional Representation Proportional Representation, electoral system designed to produce legislative bodies in which the number of seats held by any group or party is proportional to the number of votes cast for members of that group during the most recent election. The […]

  • Proportional Representation

    Introduction to Proportional Representation Proportional Representation, electoral system designed to produce legislative bodies in which the number of seats held by any group or party is proportional to the number of votes cast for members of that group during the most recent election. The […]

  • Exchange Rate

    Exchange Rate in International Trade Meaning of Exchange Rate, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The price of one currency expressed in terms of another, i.e., the number of units of one currency that may be exchanged for one unit of another currency. […]

  • 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…

  • Theories of Contractual Obligation

    Theories of Contractual Obligation Theories of Contractual Obligations Consent Theory of Contract in General The mere fact that one man promises something to another creates no legal duty and makes no legal remedy available in case of non-performance. To be enforceable, the promise must be accompanied by some other factor…. The question now to be…

  • Formalities

    Formalities In the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) In its Article 54 [Obligation to pay the price], the buyer’s obligation to pay the price includes “taking such steps and complying with such formalities” (…). “Mentioning the formalities that may be required by any laws and regulations, the United…

  • Formalities

    Formalities In the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) In its Article 54 [Obligation to pay the price], the buyer’s obligation to pay the price includes “taking such steps and complying with such formalities” (…). “Mentioning the formalities that may be required by any laws and regulations, the United…

  • 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…

  • Lex Mercatoria

    History The ancient Lex Mercatoria, the Law Merchant of the Middle Ages, was first described by an anonymous author in the late thirteenth century as part of "Colford's Collection"in the "Little Red Book of Bristol"and later […]

  • Lex Mercatoria

    History The ancient Lex Mercatoria, the Law Merchant of the Middle Ages, was first described by an anonymous author in the late thirteenth century as part of "Colford's Collection"in the "Little Red Book of Bristol"and later […]

  • Dictionary of International Trade

    Dictionary of International Trade Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator) Contents The Dictionary of International Trade of Global Negotiator include, among others, the following terms and acronyms: Back haul Back letter Back order Back to back letter of credit Backhauling Bad faith BAF Bailee Bailment Balance of payments Balance of trade Bale Bank acceptance Bank…