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  • 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 […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • List of Environment Treaties with Regional or Restricted Field of Application Section 2

    List of Environment Treaties with Regional or Restricted Field of Application Section 2 Notes: for a list of Environment Treaties with a global Field of Application, see here. There is a first part of this list of Environment Treaties with Restricted Field of Application here. Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great…

  • Magna Carta

    Legal Materials Pictures and translations of the Magna Carta are posted on the Internet by the National Archives and Records Administration and the British Library. You'll find a print copy in the American Jurisprudence 2d Deskbook. Abstract The Magna Carta (literally, the […]

  • Statute of Frauds

    • Reasons for requiring writing ? Shows whether someone is lying or not ? Similar reasons to consideration–evidentiary, cautionary, channeling ? Makes intent clearer ? Encourages specificity ? Historical record ? 'Unfixity costs'–costs born […]

  • Statute of Frauds

    • Reasons for requiring writing ? Shows whether someone is lying or not ? Similar reasons to consideration–evidentiary, cautionary, channeling ? Makes intent clearer ? Encourages specificity ? Historical record ? 'Unfixity costs'–costs born […]

  • Ratification

    Spanish Translation of ratification This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to ratification and / or a definition of this topic: Ratificación (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). Signification of Ratification The adoption or confirmation by […]

  • Ratification

    Spanish Translation of ratification This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to ratification and / or a definition of this topic: Ratificación (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). Signification of Ratification The adoption or confirmation by […]

  • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

    See also: vienna convention on diplomatic relations vienna convention on the law of treaties citation statute of the international court of justice international covenant on civil and political rights vienna convention on consular relations vienna convention on the law of treaties summary un […]

  • Bishops

    The Legal History of Bishops and ArchbishopsThis section provides an overview of Bishops and Archbishops ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Bishops and Archbishops in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford […]

  • Collateral Dispute

    Collateral Dispute Dispute Collateral Call After the margin call notice has been sent, the counterparty will generally want to confirm its agreement to the margin call. There are three options for responding to a margin call: full agreement, partial agreement (where, for example, a party agrees to five million of a ten million call), and…

  • Change of Name

    Definition of Change of NameIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Change of Name : A natural person (i.e. a human being) may change his or her "surname simply by using a different name with sufficient consistency to become generally known by that name. A […]

  • Legal Pluralism

    Legal Pluralism Legal Pluralism Hooker (1975: 1) highlighted that ‘[l]egal systems typically combine in themselves ideas, principles, rules, and procedures originating from a variety of sources’, adding that ‘[b]oth in the contemporary world and historically the law manifests itself in a variety of forms and a variety of levels’ (p. 1). Studying legal pluralism clearly…

  • Constitutional Text: Austria 1920, Admended 2004

    AUSTRIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1920 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 JANUARY 1ST, 2004 Chapter I General Provisions; European Union A. General Provisions Article 1. Austria is a democratic republic. Its law emanates from the people. Article 2. 1. Austria is a federal state. 2. The Federal State is composed of the autonomous Laender of Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower…

  • Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law

    Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law   A communi observantia non est recedendum. There should be no departure from common observance or usage. Co. Litt. 186. A l’impossible nul n’est tenu. No one is bound to do what is impossible. 1 Bouvier’s Institutes of American Law. n. 601. A verbis legis non est…