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  • Police Powers

    Police Powers Expropriation Jurisprudence under NAFTA: The test for the application of the police powers Note: there is more information about the Expropriation Jurisprudence under NAFTA tests here. See also the entry about international regulatory expropriation. By Dr. Howard Mann and Dr. Julie A. Soloway (March 31, 2002) The establishment of the test for expropriation…

  • Separation of Powers

    Separation of Powers in other Countries (other than in the U.S.) Introduction to Separation of Powers All democracies separate governmental powers to some degree, in practice if not in their constitutions. Italy, for example, has a separate constitutional court to review cases that raise […]

  • Separation of Powers

    Separation of Powers in other Countries (other than in the U.S.) Introduction to Separation of Powers All democracies separate governmental powers to some degree, in practice if not in their constitutions. Italy, for example, has a separate constitutional court to review cases that raise […]

  • Government Surveillance Powers

    Government Surveillance Powers Government Surveillance Powers: the Threat of Terrorism Of 15 European Union member states, eleven have mandatory national identification card systems. These are long-standing normative differences that would likely bring public outcry if implemented in North America. Other monitoring programs and database (e.g. NSEERS in the EU or US-VISIT in the US) have…

  • Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

    A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Full Title A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis. Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by Which Public and Private Property and Security Are, at Present, Injured and Endangered, and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention. Details of the Book Author: Patrick Colquhoun Publisher:…

  • Police Power

    Real Estate meaning of Police PowerIn the words of the Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms about Police Power: The power of promoting the interests of society as a whole by limiting the freedom of an individual to act or use his property at will. In particular, the constitutional power available […]

  • Secret Police

    Introduction to Secret PoliceSecret Police, special police force organized by autocratic or totalitarian regimes in defense against their enemies.Secret police were known in ancient Greece and Rome, in the Muslim caliphates, and in premodern monarchies, and they continue to function…

  • Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others

    Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others (Ex Parte Pinochet) England, House of Lords. Lord Browne-Wilkinson: My Lords, As is well known, this case concerns an attempt by the Government of Spain to extradite Senator Pinochet from this country to stand trial in Spain for crimes committed (primarily in…

  • Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land

    Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land   CHAPTER I The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers Article 1. The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable. Art. 2. Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across…

  • Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land

    Convention (V) Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land   CHAPTER I The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers Article 1. The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable. Art. 2. Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across…

  • Common Topics

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  • Immunity of State Officials From Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction

    International Law Commission's Work on Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Treaty Interpretation and Immunity of State Officials From Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to ILC's Work on Subsequent Agreements […]

  • Immunity of State Officials From Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction

    International Law Commission's Work on Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Treaty Interpretation and Immunity of State Officials From Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to ILC's Work on Subsequent Agreements […]

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…