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  • United States Trade Representative

    An office, with ambassadorial rank, created by Congress to direct U.S. trade negotiations during the Kennedy and Tokyo Rounds. Known previously as the special trade representative and the special representative for trade negotiations, the office was reorganized with expanded powers by Executive […]

  • 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…

  • Subject Heading

    Subject Heading Syntax in Legal Information RetrievalThe following is a basic concept of Subject Heading Syntax in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Subject Heading Syntax may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. Subject headings […]

  • Heading

    Co-Extensive Headings in Legal Information RetrievalThe following is a basic concept of Co-Extensive Headings in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Co-Extensive Headings may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. See […]

  • United States Customs Service

    An agency within the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with the enforcement of the tariff acts and other laws relating to the importation of goods.The Customs Service was established by Congress in 1789. Among its duties are assessment and collection of duties, excises, and penalti…

  • Down By The Head

    The condition of a vessel where draft at the bow exceeds draft at the stern. This state usually has an adverse effect upon steering and speed….

  • History of the State of Exception

    History of the State of Exception A Brief History of the State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben An excerpt from State of Exception We have already seen how the state of siege had its origin in France during the Revolution. After being established with the Constituent Assembly’s decree of July 8, 1791, it acquired its…

  • Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States

    The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States provides information on and analysis of significant Supreme Court cases. Content is organized alphabetically by case name and each entry includes a discussion of the legal and social background of the case, the…

  • United States Style Codes

    United States Style Codes A code (in the United States style code) is a compilation of all the Acts of a jurisdiction, arranged in a logical and ordered form under subject headings. The Statutory Codes of Common law Countries In some Common law countries, like New Zealand, the word “code” has a quite different sense.…

  • United States Code Annotated

    United States Code Annotated United States Code Annotated, Index United States Code Annotated is is a commercially produced subject index to the federal Acts of the United States of America, officialy called the General Index of the United States Code Annotated (USCA). The USCA is an unofficial version of the code and is arranged in…

  • Sei Fujii v. the State of California

    SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…

  • United States—Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products

    United States-Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products World Trade Organization, Appellate Body, 1998. Appellate Body Report WT/DS58/AB/R.[1] I. Introduction: Statement of the Appeal This is an appeal by the United States from certain issues of law and legal interpretations in the Panel Report, United States-Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products. .…

  • Outline of Trust and Estates

    Outline of Trust and Estates Note: this is based in United States law I. POLICY AND INTRODUCTION A. Dead Hand Control 1. Controlling consideration in determining meaning of a donative document is donor’s intention 2. Courts cannot consider wisdom, fairness, or reasonableness of donation 3. Courts can only bar donations if they are prohibited or…

  • MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states

    MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states: 1. Accretion, Anand, Ram P 2. Andorra, Viñas Farré, Ramón 3. Annexation, Hofmann, Rainer 4. Archipelagic Waters, Jiménez…

  • MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states

    MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states: 1. Accretion, Anand, Ram P 2. Andorra, Viñas Farré, Ramón 3. Annexation, Hofmann, Rainer 4. Archipelagic Waters, Jiménez…