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  • Price Supports

    A program of governmental action designed to stabilize or lift the price that producers receive for their products. These actions may include direct cash payments, government purchase of output to force up market prices, or special financing. Such supports are most commonly applied to agriculture….

  • Additional Product Aid

    A feature of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community, which provides price supports to EEC producers affected by import competition. The "community preference" mechanism of the CAP eliminates external competition for most items but does not respond for certain pro…

  • Common Agricultural Policy

    Common agricultural policy (CAP) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common agricultural policy (CAP) provided by the European Union Commission: The common agricultural policy is a matter reserved exclusively for the Community. Under Article 33 of the Treaty establishing the […]

  • Common Agricultural Policy

    Common agricultural policy (CAP) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common agricultural policy (CAP) provided by the European Union Commission: The common agricultural policy is a matter reserved exclusively for the Community. Under Article 33 of the Treaty establishing the […]

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]

  • UN Security Council

    UN Security Council The Council is composed of fifteen member states, five of them permanent members and specified by name in the Charter. These are the United States, Russia (replacing the Soviet Union in 1991), China, the United Kingdom, and France. The rest are elected for two-year terms […]

  • Libya

    Countries or entities currently subject to sanctions by the United States: Libya Libya in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 26, 2011, State Department Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh […]

  • Party Autonomy

    Outline of Choice of forum and law In order to figure out what law will be applicable, need to know what the forum is à forum will determine what choice of law rules will be applied Basic Framework for Determining Applicable law – Determine the forum o Is there a forum […]

  • Party Autonomy

    Outline of Choice of forum and law In order to figure out what law will be applicable, need to know what the forum is à forum will determine what choice of law rules will be applied Basic Framework for Determining Applicable law – Determine the forum o Is there a forum […]

  • Withholding Performance

    Withholding Performance Buyer’s Right to Withhold Performance of Contract under the UN Sales Convention Introduction Concept of the Right to Withhold Performance Withholding performance under the Convention, as in English law, means that the buyer is entitled to refuse to perform his obligation without being required or even being entitled to terminate [avoid] the contract.…

  • Withholding Performance

    Withholding Performance Buyer’s Right to Withhold Performance of Contract under the UN Sales Convention Introduction Concept of the Right to Withhold Performance Withholding performance under the Convention, as in English law, means that the buyer is entitled to refuse to perform his obligation without being required or even being entitled to terminate [avoid] the contract.…

  • Internet Freedom

    Internet Freedom in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On June 10, 2011, the United States joined 39 other countries in a joint statement introduced by Sweden at the Human Rights Council on freedom of […]

  • BUNGE CORPORATION, NEW YORK v. TRADAX EXPORT S.A., PANAMA

    BUNGE CORPORATION, NEW YORK v. TRADAX EXPORT S.A., PANAMA HOUSE OF LORDS [1981] 2 All ER 513, [1981] 1 WLR 711, [1981] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1 HEARING-DATES: 23, 24, 25, 26 February, 7 May 1981 7 May 1981 Overview By a contract made on January 30, 1974, the buyers agreed to buy from the sellers…

  • BUNGE CORPORATION, NEW YORK v. TRADAX EXPORT S.A., PANAMA

    BUNGE CORPORATION, NEW YORK v. TRADAX EXPORT S.A., PANAMA HOUSE OF LORDS [1981] 2 All ER 513, [1981] 1 WLR 711, [1981] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1 HEARING-DATES: 23, 24, 25, 26 February, 7 May 1981 7 May 1981 Overview By a contract made on January 30, 1974, the buyers agreed to buy from the sellers…