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  • Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources

    Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources   Article 1 1. The Contracting Parties pledge themselves to take all possible steps to prevent pollution of the sea, by which is meant the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment (including estuaries) resulting in such deleterious…

  • Internet

    Legal Materials Arranged by subject. Articles: To find articles on Internet hardware or software, search the LexisCommunications file (CMPCOM;COMM). C/Net rates Internet hardware, software and related products and services. See also the News section, below. Browsers: […]

  • Internet

    Legal Materials Arranged by subject. Articles: To find articles on Internet hardware or software, search the LexisCommunications file (CMPCOM;COMM). C/Net rates Internet hardware, software and related products and services. See also the News section, below. Browsers: […]

  • Piracy

    See Transnational crime . The first precise attempt to codify piracy was in 1958 when the Convention on the High Seas was adopted in order to clarify the legal status of pirates and the competence to arrest pirates. These articles in the Convention on the High Seas have been incorporated into […]

  • Education

    "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is […]

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Insurrection

    Insurrection as an U.S. State Statute Topic This term is one of the topics in some U.S. State Statutes. Other topics of the World Encyclopedia of Law which are topics of some State Statures are: Licensed Public Accountants (Topic) Guardians Ad Litem (Topic) Biological Warfare […]

  • Insurrection

    Insurrection as an U.S. State Statute Topic This term is one of the topics in some U.S. State Statutes. Other topics of the World Encyclopedia of Law which are topics of some State Statures are: Licensed Public Accountants (Topic) Guardians Ad Litem (Topic) Biological Warfare […]

  • Treaty on Open Skies

      Article I GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. This Treaty establishes the regime, to be known as the Open Skies regime, for the conduct of observation flights by States Parties over the territories of other States Parties, and sets forth the rights and obligations of the States Parties relating […]

  • Treaty on Open Skies

      Article I GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. This Treaty establishes the regime, to be known as the Open Skies regime, for the conduct of observation flights by States Parties over the territories of other States Parties, and sets forth the rights and obligations of the States Parties relating […]

  • High Seas

      PART VII HIGH SEAS SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 86 Application of the provisions of this Part The provisions of this Part apply to all parts of the sea that are not included in the Exclusive Economic Zone , in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the…

  • High Seas

      PART VII HIGH SEAS SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 86 Application of the provisions of this Part The provisions of this Part apply to all parts of the sea that are not included in the Exclusive Economic Zone , in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the…

  • Piracy Prosecutions

    Piracy U.S. Prosecutions in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Piracy U.S. Prosecutions: Domestically, the United States continues to pursue the prosecution of captured individuals suspected in several pirate attacks. As of the end of 2013, the United States […]

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…