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  • Immunity of State Officials From Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction

    International Law Commission's Work on Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Treaty Interpretation and Immunity of State Officials From Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to ILC's Work on Subsequent Agreements […]

  • Special Court

    Special Court Special Courts in the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces This United States special court was established under Article I of the Constitution of this country pursuant to act of May 5, 1950, as amended (10 U.S.C. 867). Subject only to certiorari review by the Supreme Court of the United…

  • Lower Court

    Lower Court Lower Courts in the United States Article III of the United States Constitution declares, in section 1, that the judicial power of the United States shall be invested in one Supreme Court and in “such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” The Supreme Court has held…

  • Court Systems

    Court Systems Court Hierarchy in the Legal System “Court level or hierarchy defines to a great degree the extent to which a decision by one court will have a binding effect on another court. The federal court system, for instance, is based on a three-tiered structure, in which the United States District Courts are the…

  • 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…

  • International Court of Justice Part 3

    International Court of Justice Part 3   31 OF SHRINES, MEMORIALS AND MUSEUMS: USING THE International Criminal Court ‘S VICTIM REPARATION AND ASSISTANCE REGIME TO PROMOTE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE Frédéric Mégret Buffalo Human Rights Law Review Volume 16, 2010 p.1 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 32 The Proceduralisation and Growing Maturity of International Water Law: Case…

  • Unconstitutional Constitutional Courts

    Unconstitutional Constitutional Courts The doctrine of “unconstitutional” constitutional amendments has made several appearances in American constitutional theory (most recently in the early 90’s, during the controversy about the Flag Desecration Amendment, but also when the 13th and 18th amendments were adopted), although not generally accepted as a matter of constitutional practice. The Flag Desecration Amendment,…

  • International Law

    International Law consists of the rules and principles of general application dealing with the conduct of States and of international organizations in their international relations with one another and with private individuals, minority groups and transnational companies. Legal Issues […]

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]

  • Copyright

    Introduction to Copyright Copyright, branch of law granting authors the exclusive privilege to reproduce, distribute, perform, or display their creative works. The goal of copyright law is to encourage authors to invest effort in creating new works of art and literature. Copyright is one […]

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]

  • Exclusive Economic Zone

    Background By Tatjana Rosen Historical Background The expressions “patrimonial sea”, “economic zone” or “exclusive economic zone” were first used in the early 1970s in regional meetings and organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and […]

  • Exclusive Economic Zone

    Background By Tatjana Rosen Historical Background The expressions “patrimonial sea”, “economic zone” or “exclusive economic zone” were first used in the early 1970s in regional meetings and organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and […]