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  • Executive Power

    The Legal History of Executive Power This section provides an overview of Executive Power in an historical perspective. Absence of Any Executive Power Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Absence of Any Executive Power, wrote in 1921: This […]

  • International Law

    International Law consists of the rules and principles of general application dealing with the conduct of States and of international organizations in their international relations with one another and with private individuals, minority groups and transnational companies. Legal Issues […]

  • Philosophy

    Contents Philosophy and theory of Law Special topics of philosophy and theory of law This topic covers the following: Origin of Law Sources of Law Nature of Law Limits of law Rule of law Legal reasoning Justice and injustice Equal protection of the law […]

  • Legal Profession

    The Legal History of Legal Profession in Islamic Law This section provides an overview of Legal Profession in Islamic Law Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of legal profession, with a description of the most significant features of legal profession at […]

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]

  • Public Law

    Law Public Law Introduction to Public Law Public law concerns the relationships within government and those between governments and individuals. Because the Roman codes were almost entirely limited to the private area, public law is usually not codified. In civil-law countries, separate […]

  • Public Law

    Law Public Law Introduction to Public Law Public law concerns the relationships within government and those between governments and individuals. Because the Roman codes were almost entirely limited to the private area, public law is usually not codified. In civil-law countries, separate […]

  • France

    Legal Materials This entry discusses sources for French: Business Information Legal Materials News Business Information You can look up French company registration records (for free) and retrieve filings (for a fee) from Infogreff. The Union of French Chambers of […]

  • France

    Legal Materials This entry discusses sources for French: Business Information Legal Materials News Business Information You can look up French company registration records (for free) and retrieve filings (for a fee) from Infogreff. The Union of French Chambers of […]

  • Social Policy

    Social Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Policy means: legislative, institutional, budgetary support to achieve objectives in the field of human welfare, to protect the interests of socially vulnerable layers of such socially important areas as health, education, […]

  • Social Policy

    Social Policy (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Policy means: legislative, institutional, budgetary support to achieve objectives in the field of human welfare, to protect the interests of socially vulnerable layers of such socially important areas as health, education, […]

  • Language

    Language Language Model Syntax in Legal Information Retrieval The following is a basic concept of Language Model Syntax in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Language Model Syntax may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. […]

  • Language

    Language Language Model Syntax in Legal Information Retrieval The following is a basic concept of Language Model Syntax in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Language Model Syntax may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. […]

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]