Search results for: “company constituted under civil law”
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Incorporation
Incorporation, Evidence From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Incorporation, Evidence (1): The certificate of incorporation or charter of a religious society or a certified copy thereof from the public record, is the proper evidence thereof.115 Secondary evidence and […]
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Foreign Investment
THE ROLE IN THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT OF: The World Bank Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); The Convention establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; and Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (IPPAs). (London, 1994) The […]
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Foreign Investment
THE ROLE IN THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT OF: The World Bank Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); The Convention establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; and Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (IPPAs). (London, 1994) The […]
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Education
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is […]
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Promulgation
Promulgation in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: Promulgation is the act of formally proclaiming new legislation to the public. This occurs when the law receives final formal approval.
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Recognition of Judgments
Private International Law: Recognition of JudgmentsIntroduction to Recognition of JudgmentsIn general international practice, whenever the recognition of foreign laws or of foreign legal acts is specifically prohibited by statute or would result in unconscionable injury or contrave…
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Conrad Black
Conrad Black Conrad Moffat Black, Canadian-born British peer, Baron Black of Crossharbour, media baron, industrialist, journalist, historian and author. The spectacular rise and fall of media mogul Conrad Black is the stuff of which legends are made. But perhaps even more remarkable is the largely successful legal battle he waged from behind bars, effectively discrediting…
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Calvinism
Calvinism and Law The issue of ‘Calvinism and Law’ is a much-debated theme. It played a huge role in the historical debates around the Barmen Declaration (1934) in Germany and the Belhar Confession (1982) in South Africa. It prompts immediately vibrant discussions on civil disobedience and the relation between church and state and minorities and…
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History of Nationalization
History of Nationalization Introduction The fact that “Nationalization” had become in 1916-21 one of the burning political questions of the day is unfortunate as regards arriving at a clear appraisal of its principles, for, from the outset, it is difficult for a writer to avoid a certain bias in approaching its discussion. Yet Nationalization of…
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Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others
Hello Hello Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others (Union of India and Others, Claimants) England, Court of Appeal, Civil Division, 1991. In 1976, an Indian laborer named Ramamoorthi, who lived near the site of a ruined Hindu temple at Pathur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, was…
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Matimak Trading Co. v. Khalily
Matimak Trading Co. v. Khalily United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Federal Reporter, Third Series, vol. 118, p. 76 (1997) Circuit Judge McLaughlin: Plaintiff appeals from an order entered August 19, 1996 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Wood, J.) dismissing plaintiff’s claims for lack…
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Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988
Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…
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Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004
Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004 CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH NOVEMBER 4, 1972, AS AMENDED TO MAY 16, 2004 BISMILLAH-AR-RAHIMAN-AR-RAHIM (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful) Preamble We, the people of Bangladesh, having proclaimed our Independence on the 26th day of March, 1971 and through a historic war for…