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  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • Intellectual Property Regulation

    Intellectual Property Regulation Pre-TRIPs Prior to the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, intellectual property was not truly regulated under international law. It was domestically regulated. Internationally, intellectual property protection was loosely coordinated within a patchwork of international treaties and conventions. Post-TRIPs The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, effectively, subsumed all international…

  • Party Autonomy

    Outline of Choice of forum and law In order to figure out what law will be applicable, need to know what the forum is à forum will determine what choice of law rules will be applied Basic Framework for Determining Applicable law – Determine the forum o Is there a forum […]

  • Party Autonomy

    Outline of Choice of forum and law In order to figure out what law will be applicable, need to know what the forum is à forum will determine what choice of law rules will be applied Basic Framework for Determining Applicable law – Determine the forum o Is there a forum […]

  • Magna Carta

    Legal Materials Pictures and translations of the Magna Carta are posted on the Internet by the National Archives and Records Administration and the British Library. You'll find a print copy in the American Jurisprudence 2d Deskbook. Abstract The Magna Carta (literally, the […]

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Litigation

    Litigation in us Courts Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2011, the United States participated as a party in an appeal before the United States Supreme Court […]

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Litigation

    Litigation in us Courts Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2011, the United States participated as a party in an appeal before the United States Supreme Court […]

  • Inter-american Commission on Human Rights

    United States Statement at the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. […]

  • Inter-american Commission on Human Rights

    United States Statement at the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. […]

  • Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities

    Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities in us Courts in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in in this legal Encyclopedia, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases in tandem in 2010 concerning […]

  • Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities

    Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities in us Courts in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in in this legal Encyclopedia, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases in tandem in 2010 concerning […]

  • Central Authority

    Central Authority Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction In addition to creating a judicial remedy for cases of wrongful removal and retention, the Convention requires each Contracting State to establish a Central Authority (hereinafter “CA”) with the broad mandate of assisting applicants to secure the return of their children…

  • Central Authority

    Central Authority Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction In addition to creating a judicial remedy for cases of wrongful removal and retention, the Convention requires each Contracting State to establish a Central Authority (hereinafter “CA”) with the broad mandate of assisting applicants to secure the return of their children…

  • Hague Apostille Convention

    The 1961 Hague Apostille Convention Summary The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents brought about a basic simplification of the series of formalities which complicated the utilisation of public documents outside of the countries from which they emanated. The traditional rule acta probant sese ipsa does not…

  • Lgbt Persons

    United States Initiatives to Protect the Human Rights of LGBT Persons in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As Secretary Clinton announced in her speech above, on December 6, 2011, President Obama […]