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Immigration Detention
Immigration Detention Governments increasingly rely upon detention to control the movement of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. The right to personal liberty is one of the oldest recognized rights in liberal democracies, which raises fundamental constitutional questions about the use of detention as an immigration measure. However, in common law countries (and in many civil…
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Analogy
The Legal History of Analogy (QiyAŠs) in Islamic LawThis section provides an overview of Analogy (QiyAŠs) in Islamic Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Analogy (QiyAŠs) in Islamic Law in the Oxford […]
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Analogy
The Legal History of Analogy (QiyAŠs) in Islamic LawThis section provides an overview of Analogy (QiyAŠs) in Islamic Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Analogy (QiyAŠs) in Islamic Law in the Oxford […]
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International Legal Personality
International Legal Personality International legal personality refers to the entities or legal persons that can have rights and obligations under international law. States A State has the following characteristics: a permanent population; a defined territory; a government; and the capacity to enter into relations with other States. Some writers also argue that a State must…
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Regional Trade Institutions
Regional Trade Institutions Outline This entry examines regional trading arrangements, the laws and agreements that govern such arrangements, and their relationship to the international institutions and laws covered in the legal Encyclopedia. To familiarize students with the origins and structures of regional trade agreements, their role in governing international trade and investment, the extent to…
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National Constitutions
National Constitutions…
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Additional Product Aid
A feature of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community, which provides price supports to EEC producers affected by import competition. The "community preference" mechanism of the CAP eliminates external competition for most items but does not respond for certain pro…
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Vital Articles in Wikipedia
Vital Law-Related Articles in Wikipedia Vital Articles in Wikipedia, Law-Related, with Page Views (in May 2013) Page Views World War II 1581032 United States 1295658 India 976306 United Kingdom 839999 World War I 737122 Australia 725548 Leonardo da Vinci 667564 China 663247 Japan 649289 Albert Einstein 619336 William Shakespeare 618768 Mahatma Gandhi 612628 Dog 549714…
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Catalogue of Court Reports
Catalogue of Court Reports I n the United States Nominative Reporter Table Reporter Nominative Citation U.S. Reports Citation Terms A.J. Dallas 1-4 Dall. 1-4 U.S. 1790-1800 William Cranch 1-9 Cranch 5-13 U.S. 1801-1815 Henry Wheaton 1-12 Wheat 14-25 U.S. 1816-1827 Richard Peters 1-16 Pet. 26-41 U.S. 1828-1842 Benjamin C. Howard 1-24 How. 42-65 U.S. 1843-1860…
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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…