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  • Summary Procedure

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

  • Summary Sale

    A simplified procedure for disposing of merchandise seized or forfeited for violation of the customs laws. Currently, the U.S. Customs Service may sell, without judicial proceedings, seized merchandise valued up to ten thousand dollars….

  • Summary Sale

    A simplified procedure for disposing of merchandise seized or forfeited for violation of the customs laws. Currently, the U.S. Customs Service may sell, without judicial proceedings, seized merchandise valued up to ten thousand dollars….

  • 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…

  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…

  • Constitutional Text: Argentina 1994

    CONSTITUTION OF THE ARGENTINE NATION AUGUST 22ND, 1994 We, the representatives of the people of the Argentine Nation, gathered in General Constituent Assembly by the will and election of the Provinces which compose it, in fulfillment of pre-existing pacts, in order to form a national union, guarantee justice, secure domestic peace, provide for the common…

  • Injunction

    Introduction to Injunction Injunction, generally, an order or decree in the law of equity, requiring a defendant to refrain from committing a specific act, either in process or threatened, injurious to the plaintiff. Injunctions are granted on the usual grounds for equitable actions, namely, […]

  • Injunction

    Introduction to Injunction Injunction, generally, an order or decree in the law of equity, requiring a defendant to refrain from committing a specific act, either in process or threatened, injurious to the plaintiff. Injunctions are granted on the usual grounds for equitable actions, namely, […]

  • Patent

    Summary of Patent A grant issued by a governmental authority to an inventor permitting, for a fixed number of years, an exclusive right to the invention. The grant includes the prerogative of preventing others from making, using, or selling the invention covered. Through various […]

  • Patent

    Summary of Patent A grant issued by a governmental authority to an inventor permitting, for a fixed number of years, an exclusive right to the invention. The grant includes the prerogative of preventing others from making, using, or selling the invention covered. Through various […]

  • Joint Venture

    Summary of Joint Venture A business enterprise with more than one equity participant; for example, an agreement between a German firm and a U.S. firm to capitalize jointly a new factory in Venezuela. Many countries impose restrictions on joint ventures; these restrictions may take the form […]

  • Bankruptcy

    The Legal History of Bankruptcy This section provides an overview of Bankruptcy Bankruptcy-Remote (SPE) in Financial Law Concept of Bankruptcy-Remote (SPE) in this field: An SPE satisfying certain legal criteria, whose assets have been isolated from and are outside of the reach of the […]

  • Bankruptcy

    The Legal History of Bankruptcy This section provides an overview of Bankruptcy Bankruptcy-Remote (SPE) in Financial Law Concept of Bankruptcy-Remote (SPE) in this field: An SPE satisfying certain legal criteria, whose assets have been isolated from and are outside of the reach of the […]

  • Arrest

    Summary of Arrest The restraint of a vessel by legal authority pending settlement of an admiralty suit. An arrest in maritime usage is the approximate equivalent of an attachment.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Arrest, the process of taking a person into custody, usually carried […]

  • Arrest

    Summary of Arrest The restraint of a vessel by legal authority pending settlement of an admiralty suit. An arrest in maritime usage is the approximate equivalent of an attachment.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Arrest, the process of taking a person into custody, usually carried […]