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Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms
The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…
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Arbitral Courts
Arbitral Courts Note: for information on the Court of Arbitration for Sport, see here. For information on the ICC International Court of Arbitration, see here. For information on the International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation, see here. Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Note: The Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration was an Australian court…
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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
In Kiobel, et al., v Royal Dutch Petroleum, et al., lawyers for 12 individuals seeking to hold major oil companies legally responsible for human rights abuses in Nigeria in the 1990s have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court's ruling that corporations are immune to such […]
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Federal Common Law Suit
A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law of Nations in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The second question presented is […]
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Federal Common Law Suit
A Corporation Can be Held Liable in a Federal Common Law Suit Based on the Alien Tort Statute For Violating the Law of Nations in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The second question presented is […]
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Contracts
Appropriations, Contracts, Rent From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Appropriations, Contracts, Rent (1): Under the constitution of the United States, Congress can not make appropriations nor give aid to any denomination. Also, similar provisions are in many of the […]
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Contracts
Appropriations, Contracts, Rent From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Appropriations, Contracts, Rent (1): Under the constitution of the United States, Congress can not make appropriations nor give aid to any denomination. Also, similar provisions are in many of the […]
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Immunities
Immunity of Foreign Officials In relation to the international law practice and immunity of foreign officials in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Privileges and Immunities About this subject:Samantar v. Yousuf Note: there is detailed information and […]
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Punitive Damages
Punitive damages are awarded in cases where the conduct of the defendant is deemed to be so outrageous that justice is only served by adding a penalty over and above compensatory damages. (1) Introduction to Damages in Tort Law There are three kinds of torts, and in two of them (negligent […]
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Punitive Damages
Punitive damages are awarded in cases where the conduct of the defendant is deemed to be so outrageous that justice is only served by adding a penalty over and above compensatory damages. (1) Introduction to Damages in Tort Law There are three kinds of torts, and in two of them (negligent […]
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Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit
Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit to Enforce Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in information on Privileges and Immunities in this legal Encyclopedia.A.2.c., in […]
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Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit
Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit to Enforce Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in information on Privileges and Immunities in this legal Encyclopedia.A.2.c., in […]