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  • Avena Implementation

    Questions For the Record in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 4(a)—the carefully circumscribed retrospective remedy that is designed to meet the treaty obligation of the United States […]

  • Rule of Non-inquiry

    Argument Under the Real id Act and the Rule of Non-inquiry, Trinidad's Challenge to the Determination by the Secretary of State to Surrender Him For Extradition to the Philippines is Not Justiciable in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of […]

  • Apartheid Litigation

    Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Balintulo v. Daimler ag (apartheid Litigation) in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Balintulo v. Daimler ag (apartheid Litigation): On August 21, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]

  • Apartheid Litigation

    Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Balintulo v. Daimler ag (apartheid Litigation) in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Cases Decided Subsequent to Kiobel: Balintulo v. Daimler ag (apartheid Litigation): On August 21, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]

  • Us Consular Notification Compliance Act

    United States Consular Notification Compliance Act: Questions For the Record in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document “Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law”): After the July 27, 2011 hearing, both the Justice Department and the State Department […]

  • Appeals

    Criminal Procedure: Appeals Introduction to Appeals A convicted criminal may appeal his or her conviction and sentence to a higher court, known as an appellate court. The appellate court will review all or part of the written record of what transpired at the trial to determine whether any […]

  • Appeals

    Criminal Procedure: Appeals Introduction to Appeals A convicted criminal may appeal his or her conviction and sentence to a higher court, known as an appellate court. The appellate court will review all or part of the written record of what transpired at the trial to determine whether any […]

  • Judicial Center

    Judicial Center (United States) Federal Judicial Center The (United States) Federal Judicial Center is the judicial branch’s agency for policy research and continuing education. The Federal Judicial Center (see more here) was created by act of December 20, 1967 (28 U.S.C. 620), to further the development and adoption of improved judicial administration in the courts…

  • State Legal Research

    State Legal Research U.S. State Legal Research The first three topics in this subset highlight key sources in researching the laws of popular states. The last of this set provides general advice about researching the law of any state, including key sources of information for all fifty states (D.C. and U.S. territories are often included…

  • Legal topics

    Academic Legal topics Law in general Comparative and uniform law Jurisprudence Legal Periodicals Bibliography Legal Monographic series Encyclopedias of Law Dictionaries of Law Words and phrases Legal Maxims Legal Quotations Legal Yearbooks Legal Directories Legal Research Legal composition and draftsmanship Legal Education Law societies International bar associations The legal profession Legal aid Legal assistance to…

  • Privacy in Argentina

    Privacy in Argentina Argentina country report of the Epic (Electronic Privacy Infomation Center) survey “Privacy and Human Rights” (2005, 2006 and 2007): Constitutional Privacy Framework Articles 18 and 19 of the Argentine Constitution provide (in part), “The home is inviolable as is personal correspondence and private papers; the law will determine what cases and what…

  • Variety of Means of Peaceful Settlement

    Variety of Means of Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes Note: this entry is based on the article, authored by Alain Pellet, “Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes” of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. It is impossible to draw a complete list of the various means of peaceful settlement-not so much because they are…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…