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  • Costa Rica

    The Legal History of Costa Rica This section provides an overview of Costa Rica, as follows: Money and Credit There are three important banks, the Anglo-Costa Rican Bank, with a capital of £120,000, the Bank of Costa Rica (£200,000), and the Commercial Bank of Costa Rica […]

  • Education

    "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is […]

  • Banking

    Banking Definition Banking may be defined as transactions carried on by any individual or firm engaged in providing financial services to consumers, businesses, or government enterprises. In the broadest sense, a bank is a financial intermediary that performs one or more of the following […]

  • Banking

    Banking Definition Banking may be defined as transactions carried on by any individual or firm engaged in providing financial services to consumers, businesses, or government enterprises. In the broadest sense, a bank is a financial intermediary that performs one or more of the following […]

  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • Precautionary Principle

    Precautionary Principle and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Precautionary Principle provided by the European Union Commission: The concept of the precautionary principle was first set out in a Commission communication adopted in February 2000 on recourse to the precautionary […]

  • Precautionary Principle

    Precautionary Principle and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Precautionary Principle provided by the European Union Commission: The concept of the precautionary principle was first set out in a Commission communication adopted in February 2000 on recourse to the precautionary […]

  • State

    Political Theory: The State Introduction to State The central concern of political theorists throughout history has been the theory of the state. Plato contributed to the founding of this theory in his discourse the Republic, which attempted to reconcile moral theory and political practice by […]

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Index

    Encyclopaedia Britannica Index 1959 Encyclopaedia Britannica Index in Law and Politics Law Banking law Bologna Casuality Crete Criminal law Education of women Federal courts Legal articles Legislation Ordeal Source Stoics Primitive law Law agent Law agents Law and opinion in the 19th century [Dicey] Law courts Law determiner [General law] Lawyers, Scot Law mechant [lex…

  • SUBSIDIARITY

    SUBSIDIARITY Although now one of the core terms in Catholic social thought, to expect for the term subsidiarity any substantive content or any specific rule for its application would be a case of misplaced concreteness. The term captures the aspiration that polities and administrations have responsibilities for “distributive justice” in ways that promote “social” or…

  • Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

    Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Details Done at Date (Signature): Jun 23, 1979 Entry into Force: Agreement Type: Multilateral Treaties Place of Adoption: Bonn Treaty Status: In Force Field of Application: Global Agreements and Conventions Depository: Germany Other Details Languages…

  • International Environmental Treaties

    International Environmental Treaties The case of Australia D. Anton, J. Kohout and N. Pain, in “Nationalizing Environmental Protection in Australia: The International Dimensions” (1993), wrote: “A national approach to environmental protection is the most effective way for Australia to protect its own environment and to contribute to the common cause of global environmental protection.[1] (…)…

  • Magna Carta

    Legal Materials Pictures and translations of the Magna Carta are posted on the Internet by the National Archives and Records Administration and the British Library. You'll find a print copy in the American Jurisprudence 2d Deskbook. Abstract The Magna Carta (literally, the […]

  • Construction Arbitration

    Construction Arbitration and ADR On-Site Dispute Management Services Ideally, the use of the techniques and processes described below for handling disputes on-site is established in the early stages of a project. Assisted Negotiations Typically, parties may engage in direct party-to-party settlement efforts involving only those who are involved in the dispute. However, where difficulties arise,…

  • 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 […]