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Scope of Letters of Request
Scope of Letters of Request In the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters Article 1(1) is closely identical to article 1 of the draft Convention. The issuance of Letters is limited to the ‘judicial’ authorities of the State of origin. ‘Judicial’ is not defined. There is no definition of…
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Execution of Letters of Requets
Execution of Letters of Requets Execution of Letters of Requets in the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: Articles 7, 8, 9, 25, 27(b), 28(c), 32 Article 8 is new; it did not appear in the draft Convention. Article 9 is a modification of article 12 of the draft…
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Execution of Letters of Requets
Execution of Letters of Requets Execution of Letters of Requets in the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: Articles 7, 8, 9, 25, 27(b), 28(c), 32 Article 8 is new; it did not appear in the draft Convention. Article 9 is a modification of article 12 of the draft…
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Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters
Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters The three-week Eleventh Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law produced the final text of the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, contained in the Final Act of the Session completed and signed on the…
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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 […]
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International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation
International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation (ICEAC) Note: it seems that this Court is difunct. The International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation (“the Court”) was established in Mexico D.F. on November 1994, by 28 lawyers from 22 different countries, as a form of Institutionalised Arbitration. The Court facilitates through conciliation and arbitration the…
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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…
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Immunity From Providing Testimony
Giraldo v Drummond: Immunity From Providing Testimony in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 31, 2001, the United States filed a statement of interest and suggestion of immunity in the U.S. […]
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International Evidence
International Evidence Article 21 of the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: Administrative rules for the taking of the evidence The five sub-divisions of article 21 lay down the administrative rules which will apply if a consul or a commissioner is authorized to take evidence under articles 15, 16…
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Witness Testimony
Introduction to Witness Judicial WitnessAn oath is required of every person called to testify at any kind of a judicial proceeding. Not every person may be competent to testify as a witness; a person of unsound mind, for example, may not be a witness. A person convicted of a crime, however,…
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Leo I
Leo I Leo I, who alone of Roman pontiffs shares with Gregory I the surname of the Great, pope from 440 to 461, was a native of Rome, or, according to a less probable account, of Volterra in Tuscany. Of his family or early life nothing is known; that he was highly cultivated according to…
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Privacy in Argentina
Privacy in Argentina Argentina country report of the Epic (Electronic Privacy Infomation Center) survey “Privacy and Human Rights” (2005, 2006 and 2007): Constitutional Privacy Framework Articles 18 and 19 of the Argentine Constitution provide (in part), “The home is inviolable as is personal correspondence and private papers; the law will determine what cases and what…
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Grant of Permission
As provided in the Countervailing Duty Law (19 U.S.C. 1303), an economic inducement by a foreign government or association to a manufacturer in its country to encourage exports. These inducements include, but are not limited to loans and loan guarantees, at rates lower than those commercially availa…