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  • Incarceration Rates

    Incarceration Rates This entry provides a comprehensive account of prison populations around the world and analyses recent trends in imprisonment. The imprisonment rate, in the United States, is the estimated number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction sentenced to more than 1 year per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages (i.e., total imprisonment rate)…

  • Incarceration Rates

    Incarceration Rates This entry provides a comprehensive account of prison populations around the world and analyses recent trends in imprisonment. The imprisonment rate, in the United States, is the estimated number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction sentenced to more than 1 year per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages (i.e., total imprisonment rate)…

  • International human rights law Part 33

    International human rights law Part 33   448 International human rights law Perspective on Grutter and Gratz David Weissbrodt Constitutional Commentary Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 2004 p.275 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 449 The Judicial Application of Human Rights Law: National, Regional and International Jurisprudence Jayawickrama John P. Beal Jurist: Studies in Church Law…

  • Public Health

    Introduction to Public Health Public Health, protection and improvement of the health of entire populations through community-wide action, primarily by governmental agencies. The goals of public health are to prevent human disease, injury, and disability; protect people from environmental […]

  • Economic Rights

    Economic Rights, Social Rights, Cultural Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 24, 2011, Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, […]

  • Extradition

    Introduction to Extradition Extradition, in law, surrender by one sovereign power to another of a fugitive from justice. Between nations, the right of one power to demand of another the extradition of a fugitive accused of crime, and the duty of the country in which the fugitive has found […]

  • Food Safety

    Food safety and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Food safety provided by the European Union Commission: The European Union has made food safety one of the main priorities of its policy agenda. It is a horizontal objective to be taken into account in several areas of Community […]

  • Libya

    Countries or entities currently subject to sanctions by the United States: Libya Libya in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 26, 2011, State Department Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh […]

  • Homelessness

    Homelessness Definition Homelessness may be defined as the condition of people who lack regular legal access to adequate housing. Introduction Homelessness has been recognized as a significant social problem in the United States since the early 1980s, when a rapid increase in the number of […]

  • 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…

  • Persons With Disabilities

    Persons With Disabilities in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In a July 25, 2011 proclamation, President Obama marked the 21st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). […]

  • Persons With Disabilities

    Persons With Disabilities in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In a July 25, 2011 proclamation, President Obama marked the 21st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). […]

  • War Crimes

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on war crimes explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "war crimes" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the […]

  • War Crimes

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on war crimes explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "war crimes" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the […]

  • Incarceration Effects

    Incarceration Effects Lawmakers across the political spectrum, in some countries such as the United States, have begun to re-examine the policies that led to the massive growth in incarceration over the last generation. Incarceration is costly, the evidence for its deterrence value is mixed, and it has disproportionately affected people who are poor and (in…