Search results for: “district of columbia”
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Note From the Editor
Note From the Editor in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Some district courts post all of their opinions or certain notable opinions without requiring users to register for PACER first. For example, […]
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Note From the Editor
Note From the Editor in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Some district courts post all of their opinions or certain notable opinions without requiring users to register for PACER first. For example, […]
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Act of State Doctrine
Act Of State Doctrine Summary of Act Of State Doctrine A principle of international law that holds that the actions of a state, performed within its own boundaries are not subject to legal review in other countries. Some limitations on the doctrine have arisen in recent years, largely in […]
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Act of State Doctrine
Act Of State Doctrine Summary of Act Of State Doctrine A principle of international law that holds that the actions of a state, performed within its own boundaries are not subject to legal review in other countries. Some limitations on the doctrine have arisen in recent years, largely in […]
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American Civil Liberties Union V Department of Defense
Freedom of Information Act Case: American Civil Liberties Union v Department of Defense in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On January 18, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of […]
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Service of Process
Service of Process in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 1608(a) of the FSIA provides four methods of service of process on a foreign state: (1) by delivery of a copy of the summons and […]
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Service of Process
Service of Process in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): Section 1608(a) of the FSIA provides four methods of service of process on a foreign state: (1) by delivery of a copy of the summons and […]
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Citizen
Citizen, in its most general sense, an individual member of a given political society or state; by extension, one who owes allegiance to and may lawfully demand protection from the government of that state. The more specific sense of the term citizen is closely in accord with the original […]
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Citizen
Citizen, in its most general sense, an individual member of a given political society or state; by extension, one who owes allegiance to and may lawfully demand protection from the government of that state. The more specific sense of the term citizen is closely in accord with the original […]
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Passport Issuance
Executive Branch Authority Over Foreign State Recognition and Passport Issuance in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On May 2, 2011, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of […]
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Passport Issuance
Executive Branch Authority Over Foreign State Recognition and Passport Issuance in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On May 2, 2011, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of […]
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Uncertainty
Devise, Uncertainty From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Devise, Uncertainty (1): A devise of property "to the Roman Catholic Orphans" of a certain diocese, making the bishop of the diocese executor of the will and giving him power to sell the property and use […]
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Uncertainty
Devise, Uncertainty From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Devise, Uncertainty (1): A devise of property "to the Roman Catholic Orphans" of a certain diocese, making the bishop of the diocese executor of the will and giving him power to sell the property and use […]
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Abandonment
Summary of Abandonment In domestic transportation, the termination of service by a common carrier over a given route; (2) the refusal, by a consignee, to accept delivery of a lot of cargo tendered for delivery; (3) in marine insurance, the act by which the owner of a vessel claims […]
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Abandonment
Summary of Abandonment In domestic transportation, the termination of service by a common carrier over a given route; (2) the refusal, by a consignee, to accept delivery of a lot of cargo tendered for delivery; (3) in marine insurance, the act by which the owner of a vessel claims […]