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  • Public Law

    Law Public Law Introduction to Public Law Public law concerns the relationships within government and those between governments and individuals. Because the Roman codes were almost entirely limited to the private area, public law is usually not codified. In civil-law countries, separate […]

  • Counting of the Votes

    Hierarchical Display of Counting of the votes Politics > Electoral procedure and voting > Vote Counting of the votes Concept of Counting of the votes See the dictionary definition of Counting of the votes. Characteristics of Counting of the votes [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation […]

  • Counting of the Votes

    Hierarchical Display of Counting of the votes Politics > Electoral procedure and voting > Vote Counting of the votes Concept of Counting of the votes See the dictionary definition of Counting of the votes. Characteristics of Counting of the votes [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation […]

  • Impunity

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

  • Votes Cast

    Majority, Votes Cast From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Majority, Votes Cast (1): Where the majority of a congregation protested against the proposed candidate, but failed to vote for any one, such candidate who received the greatest number of votes cast, was lawfully […]

  • Law of War

    Hierarchical Display of Law of war International Relations > International security > International conflictLaw > International law > Public international lawLaw > Rights and freedoms > Human rights Law of war Concept of Law of war See the dictionary definition of Law of war. […]

  • Popular on the Encyclopedia of Law

    Popular on the Encyclopedia of Law International Law What’s trending on the Encyclopedia of Law right now about international law issues: For you: Top 10 International Law Entries Inquisitorial Legal System Legal Pluralism Blockade Legal Translation Code of Canon Law Adversarial System International Commercial Arbitration Socialist Legal Systems Raw Material Supply Agreement Ratione Materiae In…

  • Sources of Law

    Sources of International Law It is generally accepted that the sources of international law (international obligations) are listed in the Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, which provides that the Court shall apply: international conventions, whether […]

  • Sovereignty

    Legal Issues International treaties and conventions are, or should be, based on the presumption that all sovereign states are equal. This presumption forms the basis for the operation of the rules of conflict of laws.5 No country can directly enforce its domestic law within the territory of […]

  • Sovereignty

    Legal Issues International treaties and conventions are, or should be, based on the presumption that all sovereign states are equal. This presumption forms the basis for the operation of the rules of conflict of laws.5 No country can directly enforce its domestic law within the territory of […]

  • Doctrine of Sovereignty

    Legal IssuesThe doctrine of sovereignty today embraces several basic principles, such as that every state should have equal power to enter into treaties, non-interference in domestic affairs (although this has been qualified by international conventions on human rights), sovereignty over on…

  • Wrongful Act

    Elements of a Crime: the Wrongful ActIntroduction to Wrongful ActTo be guilty of a crime, a person must either have performed a voluntary physical act or failed to act when he or she had a legal duty to do so. In other words, there is no criminal liability for bad thoughts alone. T…