Search results for: “prima facie”
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Prima Facie
Prima Facie in International Trade Meaning of Prima Facie, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A Latin term frequently encountered in foreign trade that means "on first appearance." When a steamship company issues a clean bill of lading, it […]
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Certificate of Election
From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Certificate of Election (1): A certificate of election of officers is prima facie evidence thereof, but the truth may be shown aliunde and a wrong certificate may be cancelled by a judgment of a competent court on a writ of quo warranto […]
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Certificate of Election
From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Certificate of Election (1): A certificate of election of officers is prima facie evidence thereof, but the truth may be shown aliunde and a wrong certificate may be cancelled by a judgment of a competent court on a writ of quo warranto […]
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHPR) This entry includes background information and links to the American Convention on Human Rights, the Statute of the court, the Rules of Procedure, and decisions and judgments. Description In a manner similar to the European Court of Human Rights […]
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHPR) This entry includes background information and links to the American Convention on Human Rights, the Statute of the court, the Rules of Procedure, and decisions and judgments. Description In a manner similar to the European Court of Human Rights […]
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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…
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Normative Jurisprudence
Normative Jurisprudence Normative jurisprudence involves normative, evaluative, and otherwise prescriptive questions about the law. Freedom and the Limits of Legitimate Law Laws limit human autonomy by restricting freedom. (…) John Stuart Mill provides the classic liberal answer in the form of the harm principle: “[T]he sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,…
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Big Data Analytics
The more the automation of machines is proceeding, the higher the legal challenges are rising too. In some sectors, the applicable legal system seems to stand up to these challenges while the need of amendment exists in other areas. If the legislator wants to take action, it has to take the main function of law…
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Constitutionalism
Papers and Books Nicholas Aroney (2009). The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution. Cambridge University Press. By analysing original sources and evaluating conceptual frameworks, this book discusses the idea proclaimed in the […]
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Constitutionalism
Papers and Books Nicholas Aroney (2009). The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution. Cambridge University Press. By analysing original sources and evaluating conceptual frameworks, this book discusses the idea proclaimed in the […]
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Aggression
Summary of Aggression Unlawful acts on the part of a state or group of states directed at coercing another state or undermining its sovereignty. Aggression cannot be defined precisely in legal terms suitable for universal use; however, aggressive behavior is defined in some international […]
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Certificate of Citizenship
Passports: Edwards v. Bryson in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Passports: Edwards v. Bryson: The Third Circuit reaffirmed its holding in Moreno in another case decided on August 26, 2013, Edwards v. Bryson, No. 12-3670, 2013 WL 4504783 (3d Cir. Aug. 26, […]
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Certificate of Citizenship
Passports: Edwards v. Bryson in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Passports: Edwards v. Bryson: The Third Circuit reaffirmed its holding in Moreno in another case decided on August 26, 2013, Edwards v. Bryson, No. 12-3670, 2013 WL 4504783 (3d Cir. Aug. 26, […]
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Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration
Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration Note: this entry is a continuation of the entry about the Participation of Amici Curiae in NAFTA Chapter Eleven Cases. By Andrea K. Bjorklund (March 22, 2002) What Value Can The Proposed Amici Add The question of the movant’s interest must inevitably be bound up with the substantive knowledge…