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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. […]

  • 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,…

  • UN Security Council

    UN Security Council The Council is composed of fifteen member states, five of them permanent members and specified by name in the Charter. These are the United States, Russia (replacing the Soviet Union in 1991), China, the United Kingdom, and France. The rest are elected for two-year terms […]

  • Challenge

    Introduction Challenge (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, etc., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a “calumny”), originally a charge against a person or a claim to anything, a defiance. The term is now particularly used of an invitation […]

  • Challenge

    Introduction Challenge (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, etc., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a “calumny”), originally a charge against a person or a claim to anything, a defiance. The term is now particularly used of an invitation […]

  • Greece

    The Legal History of Literature and Law in Ancient Greece This section provides an overview of Literature and Law in Ancient Greece Greece in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On July 17, 2011, the […]

  • Greece

    The Legal History of Literature and Law in Ancient Greece This section provides an overview of Literature and Law in Ancient Greece Greece in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On July 17, 2011, the […]

  • Criminology

    Introduction to Criminology According to Encarta, "Criminology, the scientific study of criminals and criminal behavior. Criminologists attempt to build theories that explain why crimes occur and test those theories by observing behavior. Criminological theories help shape society's […]

  • Legal Profession

    The Legal History of Legal Profession in Islamic Law This section provides an overview of Legal Profession in Islamic Law Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of legal profession, with a description of the most significant features of legal profession at […]

  • Opinion

    Concept of Opinion Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Embracing mainstream international law, this section on opinion explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Opinion and Europe There is an entry on opinion […]

  • Opinion

    Concept of Opinion Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Embracing mainstream international law, this section on opinion explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Opinion and Europe There is an entry on opinion […]

  • Psychology

    Dispute Resolution and Psychology Contents of Dispute Resolution and Psychology Contents of this subject matter include: Frameworks: psychology, conflict and dispute resolution Influence of behavior, cognition and emotion on dispute resolution Mental models, attribution bias, group identity […]

  • Psychology

    Dispute Resolution and Psychology Contents of Dispute Resolution and Psychology Contents of this subject matter include: Frameworks: psychology, conflict and dispute resolution Influence of behavior, cognition and emotion on dispute resolution Mental models, attribution bias, group identity […]

  • Evidence

    Introduction to Evidence Evidence, the means by which disputed facts are proved to be true or untrue in any trial before a court of law or an agency that functions like a court. Because American law is committed to a rational rather than a formalistic system of evidence, no value is assigned […]

  • Evidence

    Introduction to Evidence Evidence, the means by which disputed facts are proved to be true or untrue in any trial before a court of law or an agency that functions like a court. Because American law is committed to a rational rather than a formalistic system of evidence, no value is assigned […]