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  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING PROTECTION Article 1 DEFINITION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY For the purposes of the present Convention, the term “cultural property” shall cover, irrespective of origin or ownership: (a) movable or immovable property of great importance to the cultural…

  • International law index

    International law index Here is the list of almost 2.000 items of the international law index of the Wiki Encyclopedia of Law. AAPL v Sri Lanka Case Abduction, Transboundary Aboriginal Title Abu Dhabi Oil Arbitration Abuse of Rights Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Accessions to the WTO Accountability Accretion Achille Lauro Affair (1985) Acquiescence…

  • Encyclopedia of Public International Law update

    Encyclopedia of Public International Law update The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a comprehensive online resource containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law. The March 2012 update adds over 200 new articles. Highlights include highly-anticipated contributions on such central topics as Foreign Relations, International Co-operation, International humanitarian law…

  • International Law Encyclopedia 8

    International Law Encyclopedia 8 LIST OF ENTRIES IN VOLUME VIII Pacifi c Islands Jon M Van Dyke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

  • Jamaica

    Legal Materials Legal: For an introduction to Jamaican legal materials see The Jamaican Legal System and Guide to Legal Research by Jeanne Slowe and Claudette Solomon. The Laws of Jamaica (Acts) are posted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, although a Disclaimer says the […]

  • Jamaica

    Legal Materials Legal: For an introduction to Jamaican legal materials see The Jamaican Legal System and Guide to Legal Research by Jeanne Slowe and Claudette Solomon. The Laws of Jamaica (Acts) are posted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, although a Disclaimer says the […]

  • League of Nations Failure

    League of Nations Failure Even before its first meeting, the League of Nations suffered what some historians have characterized as a death blow: the U.S. rejection of the Treaty of Versailles and with it, the League of Nations. A variety of factors led to the U.S. Senate’s rejection of the treaty, among them Woodrow Wilson’s…

  • Dictionary of International Trade

    Dictionary of International Trade Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator) Contents The Dictionary of International Trade of Global Negotiator include, among others, the following terms and acronyms: Back haul Back letter Back order Back to back letter of credit Backhauling Bad faith BAF Bailee Bailment Balance of payments Balance of trade Bale Bank acceptance Bank…

  • Dictionary of International Trade

    Dictionary of International Trade Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator) Contents The Dictionary of International Trade of Global Negotiator include, among others, the following terms and acronyms: Back haul Back letter Back order Back to back letter of credit Backhauling Bad faith BAF Bailee Bailment Balance of payments Balance of trade Bale Bank acceptance Bank…

  • International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law

    International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (IECL) is a multivolumen (17-volume Encyclopedia), one of the well-known law works, a much-cited reference work, and an ambitious project that brings together works from leading scholars in comparative law. Maybe because its ambition it is somewhat dated. The International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law appears…

  • International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law

    International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (IECL) is a multivolumen (17-volume Encyclopedia), one of the well-known law works, a much-cited reference work, and an ambitious project that brings together works from leading scholars in comparative law. Maybe because its ambition it is somewhat dated. The International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law appears…

  • Treaty of Versailles extra-European Territorial Changes

    Treaty of Versailles extra-European Territorial Changes Versailles Treaty: Germany renounces extra-European possessions Germany is required to renounce generally and specifically all her extra-European possessions. The general clause of renunciation leaves the titles in the air, but Germany undertakes to recognize and conform to the measures which may be taken by the Powers in connection therewith.…

  • History of Zionism

    History of Zionism History of Zionism before 1910 During the middle ages, though the racial character of the Jews was being transformed by their Ghetto seclusion, the national yearning suffered no relaxation. If it expressed itself exclusively in literature, it was not on that account undergoing a process of idealization. (Cf. Abrahams’s Jewish Life in…

  • Declaration of Paris, Historical

    About the Declaration of Paris, Historical One point of considerable interest in International Law is the very different degree of durability which the various parts of the system have proved to possess. The oldest rules which belong to its structure are simply rules of religion and morality ordinarily applied between man and man, but so…

  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…