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  • Calvinism

    Calvinism and Law The issue of ‘Calvinism and Law’ is a much-debated theme. It played a huge role in the historical debates around the Barmen Declaration (1934) in Germany and the Belhar Confession (1982) in South Africa. It prompts immediately vibrant discussions on civil disobedience and the relation between church and state and minorities and…

  • History of the International Labour Organization

    History of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Origins of the ILO An important part of the scheme for a League of Nations embodied in the Peace Treaty of Versailles in 1919 involved the creation of a new International Labour Organization. The Labour part of the Treaty (Part XIII.) rested on the principle laid down in…

  • Classification of Law Materials

    Classification of Law Materials General Genre/form The Library of Congress (LC) added, in 2015, the much-anticipated “general genre/form terms” to the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT), and they are live in the authority file. The project to develop these general genre/form terms was a partnership between LC’s Policy and…

  • Constitutional Text: China 1982, Amended 2004

    Constitutional Text: China Constituion of 1982, Amended in 2004 CHINA’S Constitutions OF 1982 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 MARCH 14TH, 2004 China is a country with one of the longest histories in the world. The people of all ethnic groups in China have jointly created a culture of grandeur and have a glorious revolutionary tradition. After…

  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…

  • Constitutional Text: Marocco 1972, Amended 1996

    CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO MARCH 10, 1972, AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER 7, 1996 Preamble An Islamic and fully sovereign state whose official language is Arabic, the Kingdom of Morocco constitutes a part of the Great Arab Maghreb. As an African state, it has, among its objectives, the realisation of African unity. Aware of…

  • John Bouvier

    John Bouvier John Bouvier (1787-1851) was a writer, publisher and lawyer. He was born in Codogno, France, in 1787. He immigrated to Philadelphia, with his (quaker) family, when he was fifteen. Bouvier oppened his own press, after working as apprentice to a printer, in 1808. He started in 1814 a weekly newspaper, “The American Telegraph”.…

  • Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 27

    Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 91 OBVIOUS ERRORS OF TRANSCRIPTION 91.1 Rectification (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) to (g), obvious errors of transcription in the international application or other papers submitted by the applicant may be rectified. (b) Errors which are due to the fact that something other than what was obviously intended…

  • Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 27

    Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 91 OBVIOUS ERRORS OF TRANSCRIPTION 91.1 Rectification (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) to (g), obvious errors of transcription in the international application or other papers submitted by the applicant may be rectified. (b) Errors which are due to the fact that something other than what was obviously intended…

  • Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 20

    Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 69 TIME LIMIT FOR INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 69.1 Time Limit for International Preliminary Examination (a) All agreements concluded with International Preliminary Examining Authorities shall provide for the same time limit for the establishment of the international preliminary examination report. This time limit shall not exceed: (i) 6 months…

  • Geneva Convention (IV) 5

    Geneva Convention (IV)   CHAPTER XII Release, Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral Countries Art. 132. Each interned person shall be released by the Detaining Power as soon as the reasons which necessitated his internment no longer exist. The Parties to the conflict shall, moreover, endeavour during the course of hostilities, to conclude agreements for the…

  • Geneva Convention (IV) 13

    Geneva Convention (IV)   CHAPTER III Food and Clothing Art. 89. Daily food rations for internees shall be sufficient in quantity, quality and variety to keep internees in a good state of health and prevent the development of nutritional deficiencies. Account shall also be taken of the customary diet of the internees. Internees shall also…

  • Geneva Convention (IV) 13

    Geneva Convention (IV)   CHAPTER III Food and Clothing Art. 89. Daily food rations for internees shall be sufficient in quantity, quality and variety to keep internees in a good state of health and prevent the development of nutritional deficiencies. Account shall also be taken of the customary diet of the internees. Internees shall also…

  • Geneva Convention (IV) 7

    Geneva Convention (IV)   PART II GENERAL PROTECTION OF POPULATIONS AGAINST CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES OF WAR Art. 13. The provisions of Part II cover the whole of the populations of the countries in conflict, without any adverse distinction based, in particular, on race, nationality, religion or political opinion, and are intended to alleviate the sufferings caused…

  • Geneva Convention (III) 9

    Geneva Convention (III)   ARTICLE 31 Medical inspections of prisoners of war shall be held at least once a month. They shall include the checking and the recording of the weight of each prisoner of war. Their purpose shall be, in particular, to supervise the general state of health, nutrition and cleanliness of prisoners and…