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  • 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…

  • Haiti Refugees

    Haiti in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On May 19, 2011, the Secretary of Homeland Security simultaneously extended Haiti's designation for TPS and redesignated Haiti for TPS for a period of 18 […]

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights

      Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2 Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without […]

  • Extradition Treaties

    Because international extradition is not compulsory in case of lack of a formal treaty (at least for the United States traditional point of view -see Extradition History), there are hundreds of bilateral extradition treaties. No country has a network of bilateral treaties that cover all […]

  • Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

    Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims Full Title A Dictionary of Law, Consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence Details Author: William C. Anderson (United…

  • Gender

    Gender in Election Law A concept that refers to the social differences between women and men that have been learrned, are changeable over time and have wide variations both within and between cultures. Gender Balance in Election Law Participation of an approximately equal number of women and […]

  • Gender

    Gender in Election Law A concept that refers to the social differences between women and men that have been learrned, are changeable over time and have wide variations both within and between cultures. Gender Balance in Election Law Participation of an approximately equal number of women and […]

  • 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 […]

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • 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 […]

  • Social Group

    Membership in a particular social group and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Membership in a particular social group: Assuming that the acts involved in the trafficking for sexual exploitation are determined to constitute persecution, it must be assessed whether the […]

  • Social Group

    Membership in a particular social group and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Membership in a particular social group: Assuming that the acts involved in the trafficking for sexual exploitation are determined to constitute persecution, it must be assessed whether the […]

  • Alternative Legal Frameworks

    Alternative legal frameworks and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Alternative legal frameworks: There are various options with respect to the protection and recognition of rights of trafficking victims in addition to grants of asylum. A system of temporary or […]

  • Women Trafficking

    Women Trafficking and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Women Trafficking: While it is difficult to provide a precise number of women trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation, there is no question that the estimates are extremely significant. In light of the […]