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  • Ethical Concerns

    Ethical Concerns “THE DEEPEST DISAGREEMENT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE IS BETWEEN THOSE WHO THINK THAT THERE IS AT LEAST SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT DUTIES BEYOND BORDERS, AND THOSE WHO THINK THAT ETHICAL CONCERN CANNOT CROSS BOUNDARIES” (O.O’NEILL). (London, 1994) Disagreement about international justice and whether ethical concerns should cross state boundaries revolves around the issue…

  • List of International Human Rights Treaties

    List of International Human Rights Treaties There are nine core international human rights treaties, each established with a committee of experts to monitor implementation of the treaty provisions by its States parties. Some of the treaties are supplemented by optional protocols dealing with specific concerns. The treaties are: International Convention on the Elimination of All…

  • Socialized Medicine

    Introduction to Socialized MedicineSocialized Medicine, public system of national health care. An example of socialized medicine is the medical service provided to the British people by the National Health Service Act of 1948. Doctors are paid salaries by the government with an additional p…

  • List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entries: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Listing of entries to the Encyclopedia by Author: Benjamin Aaron Professor of Law, Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles LABOR AND THE ANTITRUST LAWS Henry J.…

  • List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Articles and Contributors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entry: the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. List of Authors by Entry (A-Z): ADEQUATE STATE GROUNDS Kenneth L. Karst ADKINS V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Leonard W. Levy ADLER V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Martin Shapiro ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES Joseph Vining…

  • Advisory Proceedings

    Advisory Proceedings Advisory proceedings are less confrontational than contentious proceedings in that States are not parties and do not have to defend themselves. For “The Elgar Companion to the International Court of Justice” (Elgar Companions to International Courts and Tribunals series, Robert Kolb), they are “something of a peculiarity for a court of justice. The…

  • History of Social Darwinism

    History of Social Darwinism Origins Social Darwinism originated in Britain during the second half of the 19th century. Darwin did not address human evolution in his most famous study, On the Origin of Species (1859), which focused on the evolution of plants and animals. He applied his theories of natural selection specifically to people in…

  • Social Darwinism

    Social Darwinism Social Darwinism Definition Social Darwinism, term coined in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in “survival of the fittest.” Introduction Social Darwinists base their beliefs on theories of evolution developed by British naturalist Charles…

  • Economic Analysis of Law

    Economic Analysis of Law Introduction: Critical legal studies The Critical legal studies is a theory that challenges and overturns accepted norms and standards in legal theory and practice which fully emerged in the late 1970s. “Critical legal studies was a left-wing political/academic movement that now exists only as a school of thought in legal academia.…

  • Constitutions

    Constitutions Identifying Constitutions: the concept of a constitution and its relationship with written documents A crucial, and not at all trivial, step is to identify a country ‘s “constitution” at any given time. The flood of institutional research over the last two decades has expanded and diluted the concept of a constitution. For many, constitutions…

  • KIA-KIK North America LC Classification

    KIA-KIK North America — Continued KIE-KIK United States US Diagram Cf. KF8201+ Indians (Law of the United States) Cf. E78-99.Z9 Indians of North America KIE (5000 no) Regional comparative American Indian law Bibliography General bibliography 2.A-Z Guides to law collections. Tribal law gateways (Portals). Web directories, A-Z Including national and regional tribal directories 2.A46 American…

  • Public International Law Classification (Max Planck Institute)

    Public International Law Classification (Max Planck Institute) Notation Classification VR1 General VR 1.1 Comprehensive Studies VR 1.2 Surveys of State Practice VR 1.3 Surveys of Judicial Decisions VR 1.4 Surveys of Literature VR 1.5 Institutes, Societies VR 1.5.1 Institut de Droit International (before 1996 see 1.5.3) VR 1.5.2 International Law Association (before 1996 see 1.5.3)…

  • The Year Books

    The Year Books, precursors of Law Reports The Year Books were the law reports of medieval England. They are the principal source materials for the development of legal doctrines in the English courts from the late 13th century (earliest examples date from about 1268) to 1535 (the last in the printed series). Many (more than…

  • Sei Fujii v. the State of California

    SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…

  • 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…