Search results for: “secession”

  • Secession of Territory

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on secession of territory explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "secession of territory" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International […]

  • Heresy and Secession

    Heresy And Secession In relation to religious matters, find out about Heresy And Secession and the following issues in this world legal Encyclopedia: Mother Church, Control Seceders, Funds Society, Foreign Language, Independent Subordinate, Incorporated "Church," Seceders, Debt

  • Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession

    Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession Aleksander Pavkovi? and Peter Radan (Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007, 277 pp) This book offers a very useful addition to contemporary scholarship on secession. For an interested audience of non-experts, it covers the main relevant on-going debates on the definition of secession, on its causes, on the normative debate…

  • Anti-Semitism

    Zionism Historical Background: The Rise of Modern Anti-SemitismIntroduction to Anti-SemitismPolitical emancipation, however, proved to be a false dawn. In the second half of the 19th century organized anti-Semitic parties emerged in Germany and Austria-Hungary. In Russia, where the…

  • Anti-Semitism

    Zionism Historical Background: The Rise of Modern Anti-SemitismIntroduction to Anti-SemitismPolitical emancipation, however, proved to be a false dawn. In the second half of the 19th century organized anti-Semitic parties emerged in Germany and Austria-Hungary. In Russia, where the…

  • Sudan

    The Legal History of Sudan This section provides an overview of Sudan Sudan in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): During 2011, the United States continued its bilateral and multilateral initiatives to […]

  • Sudan

    The Legal History of Sudan This section provides an overview of Sudan Sudan in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): During 2011, the United States continued its bilateral and multilateral initiatives to […]

  • Constitutional Law

    Introduction to Constitutional Law Constitutional Law, system of fundamental principles on the organization of a country's government and the limitations of its powers. In the United States, constitutional law refers to legal rights that are directly addressed in the Constitution of the […]

  • Constitutional Law

    Introduction to Constitutional Law Constitutional Law, system of fundamental principles on the organization of a country's government and the limitations of its powers. In the United States, constitutional law refers to legal rights that are directly addressed in the Constitution of the […]

  • International Humanitarian Law Treaties

    International Humanitarian Law Treaties and Conventions Sources of international humanitarian law The sources are: International Humanitarian Law treaties. International Humanitarian Law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional […]

  • Colonialism

    Resources See Also Nation Province Sovereignty Rule of Law Public International Law State Territory

  • Colonialism

    Resources See Also Nation Province Sovereignty Rule of Law Public International Law State Territory

  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • Constituent Assembly

    Constituent Assembly in Election Law Body that is usually elected and whose purpose is to draft a country's constitution. A constituent assembly is set up when a state is created by obtaining independence, following a secession or change of regime or when a state wishes to change its […]

  • Constituent Assembly

    Constituent Assembly in Election Law Body that is usually elected and whose purpose is to draft a country's constitution. A constituent assembly is set up when a state is created by obtaining independence, following a secession or change of regime or when a state wishes to change its […]