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  • Recognition of Judgments

    Private International Law: Recognition of JudgmentsIntroduction to Recognition of JudgmentsIn general international practice, whenever the recognition of foreign laws or of foreign legal acts is specifically prohibited by statute or would result in unconscionable injury or contrave…

  • Nation-State

    Introduction to Nation-StateNation-State, territory controlled by a single government and inhabited by a distinct population with a common culture that shapes the identity of its citizens." (1)ResourcesNotes and ReferencesInformation about <a href="http://law…

  • Interstate System Membership

    International Relations The Interstate System Membership in the Interstate SystemIntroduction to Interstate System MembershipA nation is considered a member of the international system if other nations recognize the authority of its government. Other nations can formally extend thi…

  • United States Arbitration Act

    An act of Congress that prescribes the basis for arbitration of commercial disputes arising from maritime contracts and contracts involving foreign entities. The act is divided into two chapters.Chapter I, dealing with maritime transactions, was enacted in 1947 and based upon an earlier …

  • New York Convention On The Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards

    Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards. An international convention that emerged on June 10, 1958, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration. The convention establishes principles and procedures for the arbitration of international commercial disputes…

  • Dual Recognition

    The recognition of two rival governments within a country by a third power. This condition normally occurs when one government is recognized as the de jure government, and a competing regime is recognized as the de facto government of at least a portion of the country. For example, during the years …

  • Recognition of Juridical Persons in International Law

    Recognition of Juridical Persons in International Law Juridical persons (or persona ficta) are entities, other than natural persons, that have sufficient existence in the eyes of the law to function legally, sue and be sued, and make decisions through agents. Examples are business entities (including associations and corporations) and governmental and intergovernmental organizations. Juridical persons…

  • Sei Fujii v. the State of California

    SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…

  • United States—Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products

    United States-Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products World Trade Organization, Appellate Body, 1998. Appellate Body Report WT/DS58/AB/R.[1] I. Introduction: Statement of the Appeal This is an appeal by the United States from certain issues of law and legal interpretations in the Panel Report, United States-Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products. .…

  • MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states

    MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states: 1. Accretion, Anand, Ram P 2. Andorra, Viñas Farré, Ramón 3. Annexation, Hofmann, Rainer 4. Archipelagic Waters, Jiménez…

  • MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states

    MPEPIL: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states: 1. Accretion, Anand, Ram P 2. Andorra, Viñas Farré, Ramón 3. Annexation, Hofmann, Rainer 4. Archipelagic Waters, Jiménez…

  • Charter of the Organization of American States 3

    Charter of the Organization of American States   Article 42 The Member States recognize that integration of the developing countries of the Hemisphere is one of the objectives of the inter-American system and, therefore, shall orient their efforts and take the necessary measures to accelerate the integration process, with a view to establishing a Latin…

  • Charter of the Organization of American States

    Charter of the Organization of American States Chapter III MEMBERS Article 4 All American States that ratify the present Charter are Members of the Organization. Article 5 Any new political entity that arises from the union of several Member States and that, as such, ratifies the present Charter, shall become a Member of the Organization.…

  • Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession

    Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession Aleksander Pavkovi? and Peter Radan (Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007, 277 pp) This book offers a very useful addition to contemporary scholarship on secession. For an interested audience of non-experts, it covers the main relevant on-going debates on the definition of secession, on its causes, on the normative debate…

  • Arbitration: Examples of Recognition and Enforcement

    Arbitration: Examples of Recognition and Enforcement   In a German case before the Court of Appeal of Celle, the seller sought to enforce an award of the International commercial arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC). 49 The buyer contended that permitting enforcement would violate public policy either…