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  • International Courts

    International Courts and Tribunals Regional Courts List of Regional Tribunals and Courts: American Courts: American Courts, Court of Justice of the Andean Community, Caribbean Court of Justice, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Central American Court of Justice, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, NAFTA Dispute Settlement Panels. African Courts: African Courts, CEMAC Court of Justice, COMESA Court…

  • Appeals Courts

    Concept of Appeals Courts Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Resources See Also Judiciary Resources See Also Appellate court Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Court of Military Appeals Supreme court

  • Appeals Courts

    Concept of Appeals Courts Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Resources See Also Judiciary Resources See Also Appellate court Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Court of Military Appeals Supreme court

  • Courts

    Introduction Courts, branch of government established to administer the civil and criminal law. The term court is also applied to the international tribunals intended to provide for the resolution at law of controversies among governments, namely, the Permanent Court of International […]

  • Ordinary Courts

    Ordinary Courts in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: By ordinary courts, we mean courts of general jurisdiction. For example, the Supreme Court, Appellate Courts, and District Courts in the United States. By contrast, specialized courts include the constitutional […]

  • List of Courts

    List of Courts Lists of Courts in the Encyclopedia of Law List of European Courts in the European Encyclopedia List of American Courts List of Asian Courts in the Asia Encyclopedia List of Australian Courts in the Australian Encyclopedia List of Canadian Courts in the Canada Encyclopedia List of African Courts in the Africa Encyclopedia…

  • All Contents

    All International Contents in this Legal Encyclopedia Countries Find all countries covered by the legal Encyclopedias. Main Legal Encyclopedias World Legal Encyclopedia American Legal Encyclopedia Asia Legal Encyclopedia India Legal Encyclopedia European Legal Encyclopedia Africa Legal Encyclopedia UK Legal Encyclopedia Australian Legal Encyclopedia Regions Find all regions and other grouppings covered by the legal Encyclopedias.…

  • Court

    Court, Trust From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Court, Trust (1): Any member of an unincorporated society may go into a court of equity on behalf of himself and others to enforce the execution of a trust in favor of the society.109 Court, Remove, Consent From the book […]

  • Court

    Court, Trust From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Court, Trust (1): Any member of an unincorporated society may go into a court of equity on behalf of himself and others to enforce the execution of a trust in favor of the society.109 Court, Remove, Consent From the book […]

  • Advocate

    Advocate, in a general sense, one who pleads for another in a court of law or other tribunal. In the United Kingdom, professional advocates are called barristers and are permitted to plead or argue cases before the High Court of Justice; a barrister is distinguished from a solicitor…

  • World War II Trials

    War Crimes Trials Other World War II TrialsIntroduction to World War II TrialsAnother war crimes trial was held under international authority in Tokyo. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East was constituted under the authority of a charter promulgated on January 19, 1…

  • Socialist Legal Systems

    Socialist Legal Systems Socialist law is the legal system used in most Communist states. It is based on the civil law system and Marxist-Leninist ideology. During the cold war period, it was incorporated into the legal systems of the Soviet Union and its former satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. These systems were built…

  • European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies

    European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies has approximately 8,400 descriptors, and numerous non-descriptors. It provides a wellstructured and wide-ranging ” terminological tool” of controlled vocabulary with which to describe the subject content and format of all kinds of literature and material (books, reports, essays,…

  • Constitutional Text: China 1982, Amended 2004

    Constitutional Text: China Constituion of 1982, Amended in 2004 CHINA’S Constitutions OF 1982 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 MARCH 14TH, 2004 China is a country with one of the longest histories in the world. The people of all ethnic groups in China have jointly created a culture of grandeur and have a glorious revolutionary tradition. After…

  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…