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  • Executive Department

    Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of executive department, with a description of the most significant features of executive department at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Legality Of Yogi […]

  • Executive Department

    Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of executive department, with a description of the most significant features of executive department at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Legality Of Yogi […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • International Criminal Justice

    International Criminal Justice U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice By John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State (2008): I’d like to discuss the United States’ approach to international criminal justice generally, and in particular, our views on the various international criminal tribunals. Let me start by making a few points about…

  • International Criminal Justice

    International Criminal Justice U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice By John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State (2008): I’d like to discuss the United States’ approach to international criminal justice generally, and in particular, our views on the various international criminal tribunals. Let me start by making a few points about…

  • Assets of Foreign Central Banks

    Assets of Foreign Central Banks in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On July 5, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided the case, NML Capital Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 652 […]

  • Assets of Foreign Central Banks

    Assets of Foreign Central Banks in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On July 5, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided the case, NML Capital Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 652 […]

  • Sanctions in Iran

    Imposition, Implementation, and Modification of Sanctions in Iran in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Imposition, Implementation, and Modification of Sanctions in Iran: In 2013, the dual-track U.S. approach to preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons […]

  • Municipal Law

    Municipal Law Definition Municipal Law, term used to designate the body of law of an individual nation or subdivision thereof, as distinguished from international law. Municipal law includes both public law, the branch of law concerned with the relations between the state and the individual, […]

  • Political Pluralism

    Political Pluralism Pluralism in Politics On the basis of some decades of experience, one can reasonably argue that eclmic pluralism is entirely compatible with the existence of a unified republic. Kallen would have said that it is simply the expression of democracy in the sphere of culture. It is, however, an unexpected expression: the American…

  • Transnational Organized Crime

    Transnational Organized Crime Transnational organized crime (TOC) poses a significant and growing threat to national and international security, with dire implications for public safety, public health, democratic institutions, and economic stability across the globe. Not only are criminal networks expanding, but they also are diversifying their activities, resulting in the convergence of threats that were…

  • Elimination of Racial Discrimination

    Periodic Report of the United States to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Periodic Report of the United States to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: On June 12, 2013, the […]

  • Sources of Law

    Sources of International Law It is generally accepted that the sources of international law (international obligations) are listed in the Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, which provides that the Court shall apply: international conventions, whether […]

  • International Evidence

    International Evidence Article 21 of the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: Administrative rules for the taking of the evidence The five sub-divisions of article 21 lay down the administrative rules which will apply if a consul or a commissioner is authorized to take evidence under articles 15, 16…