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  • Lex Mercatoria

    History The ancient Lex Mercatoria, the Law Merchant of the Middle Ages, was first described by an anonymous author in the late thirteenth century as part of "Colford's Collection"in the "Little Red Book of Bristol"and later […]

  • Lex Mercatoria

    History The ancient Lex Mercatoria, the Law Merchant of the Middle Ages, was first described by an anonymous author in the late thirteenth century as part of "Colford's Collection"in the "Little Red Book of Bristol"and later […]

  • Lord Mansfield

    One of the most renowned jurists in English legal history. When he was recently appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Lord Mansfield decided as the second and final instance in the case Luke v. Lyde (1759) 2 Burr 882, a good case relating to the Lex Mercatoria . Some other cases were: […]

  • Outline of International Arbitration

    Outline of International Arbitration See Outline of International litigation Subject-matter The history of international arbitration is dealt with in the article Peace, where treaties of general arbitration are discussed, both those which embrace all future differences thereafter to arise between the contracting parties, and also those more limited conventions which aim at the settlement of…

  • List of Legal Encyclopedias

    List of Legal encyclopedias United States Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) American Jurisprudence: Am. Jur. Federal Procedure, Lawyer’s Edition Oxford Companion to American Law Encyclopedia of American Law Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of Women and Crime Encyclopedia of the Inter-American System Encyclopedia of the United…

  • Cooperative Patent Classification

    Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) In 2010, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) signed a joint agreement to develop a common classification scheme. This new classification system is known as the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) and is similar in structure to the International Patent Classification (IPC). The CPC is…

  • Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law

    Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law In 1839, John Bouvier wrote and published “A Law Dictionary Adapted To The Constitution And Laws Of The United States Of America And Of The Several States Of The American Union With References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law “. Until middle of the XIX century, the “Bouvier”was,…

  • WebLaw

    WebLaw WebLaw was a free online collection of online Australian and International legal databases and resources. The resources were cataloged according to subject areas. It was a cooperative subject gateway to Internet resources for Australian law librarians and legal researchers created in 2002. It was a distributed cataloging system, based on a central database model.…

  • R. v. W(D)

    R. v. W(D) The most cited Canadian case This is the most-cited case by a very large margin. It is found at R. v. W.(D.) Its popularity in citation is due, among other reasons, to the fact that R. v. W(D) is the High Court’s mantra on the three-part test for “reasonable doubt”, perhaps its…

  • R. v. W(D)

    R. v. W(D) The most cited Canadian case This is the most-cited case by a very large margin. It is found at R. v. W.(D.) Its popularity in citation is due, among other reasons, to the fact that R. v. W(D) is the High Court’s mantra on the three-part test for “reasonable doubt”, perhaps its…

  • Online Citation

    Problems with the online citation See Legal citation and the Encyclopedia and How to Cite the Encyclopedia MLA Guidelines The writer may choose to include the web address of the page, but only when the reader needs the URL to access the page or otherwise required by the professor, when applicable. Although MLA guidelines previously…

  • Legal citation and the Encyclopedia

    Legal Citation and the Encyclopedia See How to Cite the Encyclopedia Citation A Citation may be defined as a reference that identifies a particular case, law review article, book, statute or other resource. For example, in the United States, the citation for John v. Smith may be 820 U.S. 999 (1985). The case appears, therefore,…

  • Outline of horizontal and vertical law

    Outline of horizontal and vertical law Horizontal Law: Due Process and the Full Faith and Credit Clauses Courts are generally given a great deal of deference in deciding which law to apply in a given case… Allstate Insurance Co. v. Hague (1981) Man killed in motorcycle crash, surviving spouse sues insurer for coverage. Question of…

  • Outline of Judicial Jurisdiction in an International Setting

    Outline of Judicial Jurisdiction in an International Setting 1. The Basic Elements -arising out of domestic requirements for executing personal jurisdiction, including the minimum contacts test of International Shoe. Evolved into a three-part test: 1. relatedness (for questions of specific jurisdiction-not needed to show for general jurisdiction, such that contacts are so strong as to…

  • Outline of Judicial Jurisdiction in an International Setting

    Outline of Judicial Jurisdiction in an International Setting 1. The Basic Elements -arising out of domestic requirements for executing personal jurisdiction, including the minimum contacts test of International Shoe. Evolved into a three-part test: 1. relatedness (for questions of specific jurisdiction-not needed to show for general jurisdiction, such that contacts are so strong as to…