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  • League of Nations Failure

    League of Nations Failure Even before its first meeting, the League of Nations suffered what some historians have characterized as a death blow: the U.S. rejection of the Treaty of Versailles and with it, the League of Nations. A variety of factors led to the U.S. Senate’s rejection of the treaty, among them Woodrow Wilson’s…

  • History of Legal Treatises

    History of Legal Treatises In the United States While the earliest law treatises predate the systematic dissemination of court opinions, by the early twentieth century this form of legal commentary had become an essential tool for lawyers and judges seeking to organize and understand the growing quantity of published case law. That was a period…

  • A Philologicall Commentary

    A Philologicall Commentary, or an Illustration of the Most Obvious and Useful Words in the Law Full Title of the Dictionary: A philologicall commentary, or, An illustration of the most obvious and useful words in the lavv with their distinctions and divers acceptations, as they are found as well in reports antient and modern as…

  • A Philologicall Commentary

    A Philologicall Commentary, or an Illustration of the Most Obvious and Useful Words in the Law Full Title of the Dictionary: A philologicall commentary, or, An illustration of the most obvious and useful words in the lavv with their distinctions and divers acceptations, as they are found as well in reports antient and modern as…

  • History of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Obligation

    History of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Obligation 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. A corollary of the prohibition of the use of force, the principle that States must settle their international disputes by peaceful means…

  • History of the Peaceful Means of Settlement

    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. The League of Nations It is only with the League of Nations that the intervention of international organizations in international disputes has become usual:…

  • Obligation of Peaceful Settlement Scope

    Scope of the Obligation 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. As has been written, “it is relatively unimportant to the Charter that States find a solution to their disputes:…

  • Contentious Cases

    Contentious Cases Legal proceedings in contentious cases are divided into a preparation and main hearing. In the United Kingdom, a “contentious appeal” is not specifically defined by statute. Contentious cases are those where there are points of principle or disputed facts under discussion. Non-contentious cases, like agreements and declarations, may be (usually) witnessed by one…

  • Contentious Cases

    Contentious Cases Legal proceedings in contentious cases are divided into a preparation and main hearing. In the United Kingdom, a “contentious appeal” is not specifically defined by statute. Contentious cases are those where there are points of principle or disputed facts under discussion. Non-contentious cases, like agreements and declarations, may be (usually) witnessed by one…

  • List of International Court of Justice Cases

    List of International Court of Justice Cases International Court of Justice Cases The Court has a twofold jurisdiction or function: Contentious: to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States. In Contentious proceedings, when a dispute is brought before the Court by a unilateral application filed by one State against…

  • NATO History

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): History Early YearsIntroduction to NATO HistoryUntil 1950 NATO consisted primarily of a pledge by the United States to defend other members of the alliance under the terms of Article 5 of the treaty. However, there was no effective militar…

  • International Arbitration, Historical

    International Arbitration International arbitration is a proceeding in which two nations refer their differences to one or more selected persons, who, after affording to each party an opportunity of being heard, pronounce judgment on the matters at issue. It is understood, unless otherwise expressed, that the judgment shall be in accordance with the law by…

  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Related entries about this Encyclopedia: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Editors: Leonard W. Levy, Dennis J. Mahoney and Kenneth L. Karst Publisher: Cengage Gale, United States Publication Dates: 1986, 1992…

  • List of Legal Education Law Books

    Read about Publications and about Fair Use (in the U.S.) List of books and other materials about Legal Education This is a complete list of librarian-selected research resources (books and others) on Legal Education.selective reading list of books and resources 1000 DAYS TO THE BAR But the Practice of Law Begins Now, Tonsing, Dennis J.…

  • Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims

    A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims Note: it is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. A list of terms are included in that entry. Details of the Dictionary Authors: Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855-1943) and Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees Subtitle: “With an Explanatory List of Abbreviations Used in Law Books.” Note: First edition published…