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  • United States

    Wisconsin, Mississippi, New York From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Wisconsin, Mississippi, New York (1): The statutory law of the different States of the Union is so varied and the laws of one State are of so little interest to the people of another that it would be […]

  • Act of State Doctrine

    Act Of State Doctrine Summary of Act Of State Doctrine A principle of international law that holds that the actions of a state, performed within its own boundaries are not subject to legal review in other countries. Some limitations on the doctrine have arisen in recent years, largely in […]

  • Act of State Doctrine

    Act Of State Doctrine Summary of Act Of State Doctrine A principle of international law that holds that the actions of a state, performed within its own boundaries are not subject to legal review in other countries. Some limitations on the doctrine have arisen in recent years, largely in […]

  • Removal From State Court of Case Related to an Arbitration

    Removal From State Court of Case Related to an Arbitration Removal From State Court of Case Related to an Arbitration in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On February 7, 2011 in the case Infuturia […]

  • State Legal Research

    State Legal Research U.S. State Legal Research The first three topics in this subset highlight key sources in researching the laws of popular states. The last of this set provides general advice about researching the law of any state, including key sources of information for all fifty states (D.C. and U.S. territories are often included…

  • Export Statutes

    In the United States For information about Export statutes in the context of international trade, click here

  • Interpretation of International Statutes

    Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Interpretation of International Statutes, wrote in 1921: 45. But even if international legislation attains the degree of success suggested, there still remains another great difficulty which must indirectly influence […]

  • Statutes of Limitations

    Statutes of Limitations The Statutes of Limitations provide for certainty in the area of litigation and ensure that there will not be perpetual litigation on the subjects of tort, contract, title and other issues. They impose limitations of time upon existing rights of action. It is advisable, therefore, that proceedings, in respect of any cause…

  • Border States

    Border States Border States 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 (State statute topic) Guardians Ad Litem (State statute topic) Biological Warfare Bioterrorism Birth Control…

  • History of the State of Exception

    History of the State of Exception A Brief History of the State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben An excerpt from State of Exception We have already seen how the state of siege had its origin in France during the Revolution. After being established with the Constituent Assembly’s decree of July 8, 1791, it acquired its…

  • State law

    State law The power of state law has historically included governing the following kinds of issues and claims: Contracts, including sales, commercial paper, letters of credit, and secured transactions Torts Property, including real property, bailments of personal property (such as […]

  • United States Style Codes

    United States Style Codes A code (in the United States style code) is a compilation of all the Acts of a jurisdiction, arranged in a logical and ordered form under subject headings. The Statutory Codes of Common law Countries In some Common law countries, like New Zealand, the word “code” has a quite different sense.…

  • Index to the Revised Statutes of Canada

    Index to the Revised Statutes of Canada the Revised Statutes of Canada 1985 is made up of eight volumes, a further five volumes of supplements published since 1985, and one volume of appendices. There is also a single-volume index to the Revised Statutes of Canada, published in 1991. (1) While the index is not up-to-date,…

  • United Kingdom Index to the Statutes

    United Kingdom Index to the Statutes An official index to United Kingdom legislation was produced in that jurisdiction from 1870 until 1991. (1) The most recent edition of the United Kingdom Stationery office produced Index to the Statutes covers the legislation issued during the period to 31 december 1990. The Stationery office’s website indicates that…

  • United States Code Annotated

    United States Code Annotated United States Code Annotated, Index United States Code Annotated is is a commercially produced subject index to the federal Acts of the United States of America, officialy called the General Index of the United States Code Annotated (USCA). The USCA is an unofficial version of the code and is arranged in…