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  • International Boycott Factor

    An element of Section 999 of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with income derived in support of an international boycott. U.S. policy generally opposes international economic boycotts against friendly nations, and income derived by U.S. firms in furtherance of such boycotts receives adverse tax tre…

  • Women International Law Part 5

    Women International Law Part 5   53 Kelly D. Askin and Dorean M. Koenig (eds.), Women and International Human Rights Law (Transnational Publishers, Ardsley, NY). Volume 1: Introduction to Women’s Human Rights Issues, 1999, xxv + 727 pp., $115.00 ISBN 1-57105-064-7 (h-b); Volume 2: International Courts, Instruments, and Organizations and Select Regional Issues Affecting Women,…

  • Enforcement of laws

    Enforcement of laws Bad laws Without doubt, there are a vital influence of social, political, economic and cultural forces on the evolution of modern law enforcement. Sometimes, a law that exists for a good purpose can be seen as a bad law and a candidate for repeal because it punishes people who have done nothing…

  • Lawi Index

    Accidents and Compensation Insurance Negligence and liability Workers compensation Banking and Finance Banking Electronic commerce Biotechnology Biotechnology Cloning Genetic engineering Genetics Business Associations Business Business licences Business names Contracts Electronic commerce Incorporation Children and young people Child abuse Children and young people Childrens rights Juvenile justice Consumers Consumer protection Contracts Crime Apprehended violence orders Assault…

  • Law Librarians' Society of Washington

    Law Librarians’ Society of Washington The Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. (LLSDC) was established in 1939 for educational, informational and scientific purposes. It is conducted as a nonprofit corporation to promote librarianship; to develop and increase the effectiveness of law librarians; to cultivate the profession of Law Librarianship ; to foster a spirit of…

  • Health Care

    Health Care in the CEDAW Article 12: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Health Care, that all countries are required to eliminate discrimination in the field of health care. Women should be ensured equal access […]

  • Economic Rights

    Economic Rights, Social Rights, Cultural Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 24, 2011, Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, […]

  • Migration

    Migration Definition Migration may be defined as the movement of people, especially of whole groups, from one place, region, or country to another, particularly with the intention of making permanent settlement in a new location. See more definitions about migration in the law dictionary. […]

  • Migration

    Migration Definition Migration may be defined as the movement of people, especially of whole groups, from one place, region, or country to another, particularly with the intention of making permanent settlement in a new location. See more definitions about migration in the law dictionary. […]

  • Gender Equality

    Gender Equality and the United Nations The United Nations has the responsibility to ensure that all its actions promote and protect gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN efforts to help establish the rule of law for all on the basis of equality are essential to this end. Advancing […]

  • 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 […]

  • Equal Treatment

    Resources See Also Civil Liberty Civil Right Legal Right Citizen Freedom Political Liberty Constitutional Right Political Right Freedom of Speech

  • Equal Treatment

    Resources See Also Civil Liberty Civil Right Legal Right Citizen Freedom Political Liberty Constitutional Right Political Right Freedom of Speech

  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • Population Growth

    Annual Population Growth Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Population Growth Rate (Annual) refers to the average annual exponential growth rate for the period indicated. More People It is true that a country can get into economic trouble if the number of elderly […]