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  • Turnkey Contract

    Turnkey Contract and International Trade Economy In relation to international trade economy, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Turnkey Contract: An arrangement under which a contractor assumes responsibility to a client for constructing productive installations and […]

  • Choice of Forum

    In the United States For information about Choice of forum in the context of international trade, click here

  • De Facto Membership

    De Facto Member of GATT and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of De Facto Member of GATT: A former dependency of a GATT member that since attaining independence has applied the […]

  • Escape Clause

    A provision common to most international trade agreements under which an adhering nation is permitted to withdraw trade concessions under prescribed conditions, normally in those cases where such concessions are found to result in material injury to the domestic economy. Most major trading […]

  • Nullifying Contracts

    Introduction to Nullifying ContractsThe contract of a lunatic, an idiot, or a person so under the influence of a narcotic or of intoxicating liquor as not to be capable of a free exercise of will is sometimes said to be wholly void. In recent cases, however, such contracts have usually been…

  • Outline of UNCISG

    Outline of UNCISG International transactions law a. When Does it Apply? i. Art. 1 – To contracting states OR where rules of Private International Law would lead to applying law of a contracting state. It is supplementary private law not public law. ii. NOT Comprehensive deals with sales K’s…UNIDROIT deals with all international commercial K’s…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 4

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   FINAL PROVISIONS Article 29 LANGUAGES 1. The present Convention is drawn up in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the four texts being equally authoritative. 2. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization shall arrange for translations of the Convention into…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 4

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   FINAL PROVISIONS Article 29 LANGUAGES 1. The present Convention is drawn up in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the four texts being equally authoritative. 2. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization shall arrange for translations of the Convention into…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 3

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   CHAPTER VI: SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION Article 18 APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION 1. Apart from the provisions which shall take effect in time of peace, the present Convention shall apply in the event of declared war or of any…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 2

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   Article 9 IMMUNITY OF CULTURAL PROPERTY UNDER SPECIAL PROTECTION The High Contracting Parties undertake to ensure the immunity of cultural property under special protection by refraining, from the time of entry in the International Register, from any act of hostility directed…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • World Intellectual Property Organization: Copyright Treaty

    World Intellectual Property Organization: Copyright Treaty   Article 1 Relation to the Berne Convention (1) This Treaty is a special agreement within the meaning of Article 20 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as regards Contracting Parties that are countries of the Union established by that Convention. This Treaty…

  • WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty 3

    WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty   Article 19 Obligations concerning Rights Management Information (1) Contracting Parties shall provide adequate and effective legal remedies against any person knowingly performing any of the following acts knowing, or with respect to civil remedies having reasonable grounds to know, that it will induce, enable, facilitate or conceal an infringement…

  • WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty 2

    WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty   Article 9 Right of Rental (1) Performers shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing the commercial rental to the public of the original and copies of their performances fixed in phonograms as determined in the national law of Contracting Parties, even after distribution of them by, or pursuant to,…