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Party Systems
Political Parties: Party SystemsIntroduction to Party SystemsA political party system consists of all the parties in a particular nation and the laws and customs that govern their behavior. There are three types of party systems: (1) multiparty systems, (2) two-party systems, and (…
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Socialist Legal Systems
Socialist Legal Systems Socialist law is the legal system used in most Communist states. It is based on the civil law system and Marxist-Leninist ideology. During the cold war period, it was incorporated into the legal systems of the Soviet Union and its former satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. These systems were built…
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Recording Phone Calls and Conversations
Recording Phone Calls and Conversations Introduction Recording telephone calls or in-person conversations (including by recording video that captures sound): there are federal and state wiretapping laws applicable to expose to the risk of criminal prosecution and potentially give an injured party a civil claim for money damages against the other. In most countries and U.S.…
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Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others
Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others (Ex Parte Pinochet) England, House of Lords. Lord Browne-Wilkinson: My Lords, As is well known, this case concerns an attempt by the Government of Spain to extradite Senator Pinochet from this country to stand trial in Spain for crimes committed (primarily in…
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Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others
Hello Hello Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others (Union of India and Others, Claimants) England, Court of Appeal, Civil Division, 1991. In 1976, an Indian laborer named Ramamoorthi, who lived near the site of a ruined Hindu temple at Pathur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, was…
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Constitutional Text: Indonesia 1945, Amended 2002
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AUGUST 18, 1945, AS AMENDED TO AUGUST 10, 2002 The Preamble to the Constitution Whereas independence is the inalienable right of all nations, therefore, all colonialism must be abolished in this world as it is not in conformity with humanity and justice; And the moment of rejoicing has arrived…
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Prisoners of War Law
Prisoners of War Law Introduction Prisoners of War Law is mainly covered under the Geneva Convention which defines POWs as a person, civilian or combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Prisioners of Law (POW) is any person captured or interned by a belligerent…
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Chile – Price Band System and Safeguard Measures Relating to Certain Agricultural Products
Chile Price Band System and Safeguard Measures Relating to Certain Agricultural Products World Trade Organization – scope of coverage of Agreement on Agriculture Article 4.2 – meaning of variable levy and minimum import price – the task of DSU Article 21.5 panels Australia was a third party in a complaint by Argentina against Chile’s…
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Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-ballistic Missile Systems
Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-ballistic Missile Systems Article I. 1. Each Party undertakes to limit anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems and to adopt other measures in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty. 2. Each Party undertakes not to deploy ABM systems for a defense of the territory of its country and not to…
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South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty ARTICLE 1 USAGE OF TERMS For the purposes of this Treaty and its Protocols: a) “South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone”means the areas described in Annex 1 as illustrated by the map attached to that Annex; b) “territory” means internal waters, territorial sea and archipelagic waters, the seabed and…
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Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 2
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer Article 4 Co-operation in the Legal, Scientific and Technical Fields 1. The Parties shall facilitate and encourage the exchange of scientific, technical, socio-economic, commercial and legal information relevant to this Convention as further elaborated in annex II. Such information shall be supplied to bodies agreed…
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Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer Article 1 Definitions For the purposes of this Convention: 1. “The ozone layer”means the layer of atmospheric ozone above the planetary boundary layer. 2. “Adverse effects”means changes in the physical environment or biota, including changes in climate, which have significant deleterious effects on human health…
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American Legal Systems: A Resource and Reference Guide
American Legal Systems: A Resource and Reference Guide American Legal Systems: A Resource and Reference Guide, 1997 Toni M. Fine, Director of Graduate & International Programs, Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Publisher :LexisNexis This book provides an overview of American legal institutions and sources of law, and presents a guide to the…