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  • Immigration Zone

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on immigration zone explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "immigration zone" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]

  • Immigration Zone

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on immigration zone explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "immigration zone" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]

  • Workers

    Female Professional and Technical Workers (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Professional and Technical Workers (Female) means: women's share of positions defined according to the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) to include physical, mathematical […]

  • Workers

    Female Professional and Technical Workers (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Professional and Technical Workers (Female) means: women's share of positions defined according to the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) to include physical, mathematical […]

  • Legislators

    Supplementary/Substitute Members of the Legislature in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: Supplementary or substitute members of the legislature are provided for in some countries. These are individuals named by individual legislatures to vote in their absence.

  • Legislators

    Supplementary/Substitute Members of the Legislature in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: Supplementary or substitute members of the legislature are provided for in some countries. These are individuals named by individual legislatures to vote in their absence.

  • License

    Introduction to LicenseLicense, a permit granting permission to engage in an activity that would otherwise be illegal. The main purpose of a license is to protect the public interest. A license issued by a government agency is required in order to pursue certain occupations, run certain bus…

  • Rates

    Exemption from Rates: International Incident In the book "International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes", in relation to terminox, L. Oppenheim wrote in 1909: The following appeared in the Times, Dec. 9th, 1908: "The claim of Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, a German […]

  • Hierarchy

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

  • Subject

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

  • Industrial Action

    Industrial action in the International Trade Union Rights Area Definition of Industrial action provided by ITUC-CSI-IGB: Any form of action taken by a group of workers, a union or an employer during an industrial dispute to gain concessions from the other party, e.g. a strike, go-slow or an […]

  • History of Women’s Rights in the 20th Century

    History of Women’s Rights in the 20th Century Women’s in the 20th-Century Developments Socialists Movements and Communism Governments After wars and revolutions in Russia (1917) and China (1949), new Communist governments discouraged the patriarchal family system and supported sexual equality, including birth control. In the Soviet Union, however, the majority of working women held low-paid…

  • Nobility

    Nobility Nobility in 1889 The following information about Nobility is from the Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers. “The Domesday Book is nothing but a great inventory of the Norman conquest. We quote from the history of M. Augustin Thierry…

  • Common Law Systems

    Common Law Systems Common law systems can be found in many nations that were former colonies or territories of England. The common law originated with the unification of England and the institutional stability provided by William the Conqueror (c. 1027-1087) after 1066. In 1215 King John (1167-1216) elevated the importance of the common law at…

  • Trade Publications

    Trade publications in Law LibrariesThe follow definition of Trade publications is of use in law library research: Periodical articles and books written by and for people working in specific trade occupations. Examples of trade publications would include periodicals for construction, mechanics, […]