Search results for: “netherlands antilles”
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Caribbean Basin
Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI): A non-reciprocal preferential arrangement established by the United […]
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Statistic
Statistical Specificity in Legal Information RetrievalThe following is a basic concept of Statistical Specificity in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Statistical Specificity may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. See […]
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Civil Law Legal System
Civil Law Legal System Introduction A civil law country, typically, has a civil law legal system as opposed to common law system. Civil law stems from the Roman law of Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, proceeding from broad legal principles and the interpretation of doctrinal writings. Researching a civil law country law, therefore, follows a different…
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Light Money And Tonnage Taxes
Special duties applied to commercial vessels entering U.S. ports. The charges are collected as follows: Regular tonnage tax: imposed on all vessels, irrespective of nationality, at the rate of 2 cents per net ton (not to exceed 10 cents in any one year) for vessels entering the United States from a…
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Library of Congress Classification Class K
Library of Congress Classification Class K System Many large law libraries from the United States, Canada (specially the major libraries, but not the law firm libraries) and other countries use the classification scheme developed by the Library of Congress (LC). Under this system, each item (like a book) is assigned a call number according to…
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Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 3
Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations Article 15 Exclusion of renvoi The application of the law of any country specified by this Convention means the application of the rules of law in force in that country other than its rules of Private International Law . Article 16 ‘Ordre public’ The application of…
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Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Signed at: New York, 10 June 1958 to 31 December 1958 Entry into Force Date: 7 June 1959 Published in UK Treaty Series No. 20 (1976) Cmnd 6419 Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations Note: See below the table of Ratifications for details of declarations…
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Translations: Lawyer
Translations: Lawyer Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) Abakwariga lauyà à (bend, lawyer, turn). Additional references: Abakwariga, Nigeria, Benin, lawyer. (volunteer & more translations) Acadian avocat (arrogant person, avocado, know-it-all, lawyer). Additional references: Acadian, USA, lawyer. (volunteer & more translations) Al Arabiya ???? (lawyer, Attorney , advocate, attorneys, Attorney at law), ??…