Category: General
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High Seas
PART VII HIGH SEAS SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 86 Application of the provisions of this Part The provisions of this Part apply to all parts of the sea that are not included in the Exclusive Economic Zone , in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the…
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Promissory Estoppel
Difference between First Restatement 90 and Second Restatement 90: deleted requirement that reliance be of definite and substantial character. Requirement was initially included to allow promissory estoppel into First Restatement (despite no case law on the subject). By Second Restatement, […]
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Promissory Estoppel
Difference between First Restatement 90 and Second Restatement 90: deleted requirement that reliance be of definite and substantial character. Requirement was initially included to allow promissory estoppel into First Restatement (despite no case law on the subject). By Second Restatement, […]
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HAYA DE LA TORRE CASE
HAYA DE LA TORRE CASE Judgment of 13 June 1951 The Haya de la Torre case between Colombia and Peru with Cuba as intervening Party, was brought before the Court under the following circumstances: In a Judgment delivered on November 20th, 1950, the Court […]
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Legal Words
Legal Words Doubling legal Words (Doublets and Triplets) Doubling legal words that mean the same thing can be confusing. The doubling often involved the pairing of a with another, synonim, word. Good examples of legal word-doubling (and tripling) are found on pages 346 to 366 of “The Language of the Law” by David Mellinkoff (Boston,…
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Legal Words
Legal Words Doubling legal Words (Doublets and Triplets) Doubling legal words that mean the same thing can be confusing. The doubling often involved the pairing of a with another, synonim, word. Good examples of legal word-doubling (and tripling) are found on pages 346 to 366 of “The Language of the Law” by David Mellinkoff (Boston,…
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Natural Law Theories
Natural Law Theories In General This entry considers natural law theories only as theories of law. That is not to say that legal theory can be adequately identified and pursued independently of moral and political theory. Nor is it to deny that there are worthwhile natural law theories much more concerned with foundational issues in…
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Social partners in the European Union
Social partners in the European Union This is jargon for the two sides of industry i.e. employers and workers. At EU level they are represented by three main organisations: The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), representing workers; The Union of Industries of the European Community (UNICE), representing private sector employers; The European Centre for Public…
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Qualified majority voting in the European Union
Qualified majority voting in the European Union On most issues, the Council of the European Union takes its decisions by voting. Each country can cast a certain number of votes, roughly in proportion to the size of its population. The number of votes per country is as follows: France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom…
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Federalism in the European Union
Federalism in the European Union Broadly speaking, this means any system of government where several states form a unity and yet remain independent in their internal affairs. People who are in favour of this system are often called ‘federalists’. A number of countries around the world e.g. Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the United States…
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US Zip Codes of Sales Tax tags
Zip Code Sales Tax Calculator – Parts Inventory Taxibility – 2011 Tax Rates – Colorado Sales Tax Rates – West Virginia Sales Tax Rates – South Carolina Sales Tax Rates – Tax Rates Per Zip Code – Home Rule Cities Taxes – Use Tax Lookup – Minnesota Sales Tax Rates – Find Sales Tax Rate…
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WIPO Copyright Treaty Part 2
WIPO Copyright Treaty Part 2 6 Technological Protection Measures in the United States, the European Union and Germany: How Much Fair Use Do We Need in the “Digital World” ? Wencke Basler Virginia Journal of Law & Technology Volume 8, Issue 3, Fall 2003 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW As digital technological advances have…
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WIPO Copyright Treaty Part 1
WIPO Copyright Treaty Part 1 1 A Model Copyright Exemption to Serve the Visually Impaired: An Alternative to the Treaty Proposals Before WIPO Patrick Hely Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Volume 43, Number 5, November 2010 p.1369 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 2 Effective Technological measures in Jordanian Copyright Protection Law Ramzi Madi Entertainment…