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  • Customary International Law

    Hello Customary International Law Customary international law applies in international law in case of absence of a treaty. J. L. Brierly, in "The Law of Nations: an Introduction to the International Law of Peace"states that in order to determine what international customary […]

  • Immunity of Diplomatic Personnel

    Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel in 2013 Note: this is a continuation of the entry about Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts. United States views on international law [1] in relation to Immunity of Diplomatic Accounts and Personnel: Thus, absent evidence that the accounts were […]

  • Fishery Conservation

    Report to Congress on Implementation of Title vi of the Magnuson-stevens Fishery and Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006 in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In January 2011, the National Marine […]

  • Fishery Conservation

    Report to Congress on Implementation of Title vi of the Magnuson-stevens Fishery and Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006 in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In January 2011, the National Marine […]

  • Lex Mercatoria

    History The ancient Lex Mercatoria, the Law Merchant of the Middle Ages, was first described by an anonymous author in the late thirteenth century as part of "Colford's Collection"in the "Little Red Book of Bristol"and later […]

  • Lex Mercatoria

    History The ancient Lex Mercatoria, the Law Merchant of the Middle Ages, was first described by an anonymous author in the late thirteenth century as part of "Colford's Collection"in the "Little Red Book of Bristol"and later […]

  • Basilian Monks

    Basilian Monks Basilian Monks, those who follow the rule of Basil the Great. The chief importance of the monastic rule and institute of St Basil lies in the fact that to this day his reconstruction of the monastic life is the basis of the monasticism of the Greek and Slavonic Churches, though the monks do…

  • Diplomatic Documents

    Diplomatic Documents Classification of Documents If we classify these documents under the two main heads of public and private deeds, we shall have to place in the former category the legislative, administrative, judicial, diplomatic documents emanating from public authority in public form: laws, constitutions, ordinances, privileges, grants and concessions, proclamations, decrees, judicial records, pleas, treaties;…

  • History of Diplomacy

    History of Diplomacy Introduction to the History of Diplomacy As soon as people organized themselves into separate social groups, the necessity of regularizing contacts with representatives of other groups became apparent. Even the earliest civilizations had rules for interaction. Early Development The first civilization to develop an orderly system of diplomacy was ancient Greece. Ambassadors…

  • Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms

    Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms (DWR) “The legal dictionary is a mighty tree, the trunk of which stands firmly on the legal-historical earth, but underneath the border its roots reach far into the neighbouring earth, to draw nourishment there; its branches, however, also spread far over the neighbouring fences, and it thus provides the…

  • Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms

    Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms (DWR) “The legal dictionary is a mighty tree, the trunk of which stands firmly on the legal-historical earth, but underneath the border its roots reach far into the neighbouring earth, to draw nourishment there; its branches, however, also spread far over the neighbouring fences, and it thus provides the…

  • 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.

  • Nobility

    Nobility Nobility in 1889 The following information about Nobility is from the Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers. “The Domesday Book is nothing but a great inventory of the Norman conquest. We quote from the history of M. Augustin Thierry…

  • International Court of Justice Resources

    International Court of Justice Resources Official Publications of the ICJ Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions, & Orders: Advisory opinions and orders of the Court are printed chronologically and each issue volume has indexes and a table of contents. The original is printed on the left-hand page and the translation is on the right-hand page. Both…

  • Recording Phone Calls and Conversations

    Recording Phone Calls and Conversations Introduction Recording telephone calls or in-person conversations (including by recording video that captures sound): there are federal and state wiretapping laws applicable to expose to the risk of criminal prosecution and potentially give an injured party a civil claim for money damages against the other. In most countries and U.S.…