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  • League of Nations

    The League of Nations was the ill-fated predecessor of the United Nations. Origins To Alexander of Russia's scheme of a Holy Alliance we need only briefly allude. Though admirable in intention it was rejected as "sublime nonsense and mysticism” by Castlereagh, and it eventually […]

  • League of Nations

    The League of Nations was the ill-fated predecessor of the United Nations. Origins To Alexander of Russia's scheme of a Holy Alliance we need only briefly allude. Though admirable in intention it was rejected as "sublime nonsense and mysticism” by Castlereagh, and it eventually […]

  • Privacy

    Privacy is a highly subjective notion; its interpretation changes over time and space. It has been said that privacy is "part philosophy, some semantics and much pure passion."( Alan Westin, Privacy and Freedom (New York: Atheneum, 1967), p. x, as quoted in Bennett, Regulating […]

  • Foreign Direct Investment

    Foreign Direct Investment in International Trade Meaning of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country. According to balance of […]

  • Industrial Action

    Industrial action in the International Trade Union Rights Area Definition of Industrial action provided by ITUC-CSI-IGB: Any form of action taken by a group of workers, a union or an employer during an industrial dispute to gain concessions from the other party, e.g. a strike, go-slow or an […]

  • Violent Crime

    A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim. This entails both crimes in which the violent act is the objective, such as murder, as well as crimes in which violence is the means to an end, (including criminal ends)…

  • Zionism in the 20th Century

    Zionism Zionism in the 20th CenturyIntroduction to Zionism in the 20th CenturyThe two greatest achievements of Zionism in this century are the commitment made by the British government in the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and the establishment of Israel in 1948.During World W…

  • History of the State of Exception

    History of the State of Exception A Brief History of the State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben An excerpt from State of Exception We have already seen how the state of siege had its origin in France during the Revolution. After being established with the Constituent Assembly’s decree of July 8, 1791, it acquired its…

  • History of Zionism

    History of Zionism History of Zionism before 1910 During the middle ages, though the racial character of the Jews was being transformed by their Ghetto seclusion, the national yearning suffered no relaxation. If it expressed itself exclusively in literature, it was not on that account undergoing a process of idealization. (Cf. Abrahams’s Jewish Life in…

  • Matimak Trading Co. v. Khalily

    Matimak Trading Co. v. Khalily United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Federal Reporter, Third Series, vol. 118, p. 76 (1997) Circuit Judge McLaughlin: Plaintiff appeals from an order entered August 19, 1996 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Wood, J.) dismissing plaintiff’s claims for lack…

  • 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: Argentina 1994

    CONSTITUTION OF THE ARGENTINE NATION AUGUST 22ND, 1994 We, the representatives of the people of the Argentine Nation, gathered in General Constituent Assembly by the will and election of the Provinces which compose it, in fulfillment of pre-existing pacts, in order to form a national union, guarantee justice, secure domestic peace, provide for the common…

  • Constitutional Text: Indonesia 1945, Amended 2002

    CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AUGUST 18, 1945, AS AMENDED TO AUGUST 10, 2002 The Preamble to the Constitution Whereas independence is the inalienable right of all nations, therefore, all colonialism must be abolished in this world as it is not in conformity with humanity and justice; And the moment of rejoicing has arrived…

  • Outline of Trust and Estates

    Outline of Trust and Estates Note: this is based in United States law I. POLICY AND INTRODUCTION A. Dead Hand Control 1. Controlling consideration in determining meaning of a donative document is donor’s intention 2. Courts cannot consider wisdom, fairness, or reasonableness of donation 3. Courts can only bar donations if they are prohibited or…

  • International trade law Part 6

    International Trade law Part 6   71 Reciprocity Clause and International trade law Caroline Van den Bergh Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law Volume 27, Number 2, May 2009 p.228 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 72 International trade law – Role of Dispute Settlement Decisions in WTO Law – WTO Appellate Body Reaffirms WTO-Inconsistency…