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  • Alien Tort Statute

    Alien Tort Statute (ATS) 1. Doe v. Exxon 2. Bowoto v. Chevron 3. Document Summary – Ministry of Defense v. Elahi 4. Doe I v. Lui Qui 5. Record – Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 6. Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 7. Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy Inc.p 8.…

  • Anti-Corruption

    Anti-Corruption Introduction By Anne Peters The 172 ratifications of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which was adopted in 2003, shows that States around the world are – at least verbally – committed to the international fight against corruption… In the 1990s, the United States achieved adoption of a treaty to criminalize foreign bribery, namely…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • Private International Law Scope

    International Law: Private ConcernsIntroduction to Private International Law ScopePrivate international law is concerned with various matters that are handled by a court of law in the following order. (1) The court must first decide whether or not it has jurisdiction in a case invo…

  • 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…

  • Library of Congress Classification Class K

    Library of Congress Classification Class K System Many large law libraries from the United States, Canada (specially the major libraries, but not the law firm libraries) and other countries use the classification scheme developed by the Library of Congress (LC). Under this system, each item (like a book) is assigned a call number according to…

  • Prosecutor v. Kupreskic

    Prosecutor v. Kupreskic Introduction to International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia In May 1993, because of serious violations of International humanitarian law being committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 827[1] establishing the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[2] The purpose of the ICTY was…

  • 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…

  • Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations 5

    Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 4 THE REQUEST (CONTENTS) 4.1 Mandatory and Optional Contents; Signature (a) The request shall contain: (i) a petition, (ii) the title of the invention, (iii) indications concerning the applicant and the agent, if there is an agent, (iv) the designation of States, (v) indications concerning the inventor where…

  • Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 4

    Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property   Article 6septies (1) If the agent or representative of the person who is the proprietor of a mark in one of the countries of the Union applies, without such proprietor’s authorization, for the registration of the mark in his own name, in one or more countries…

  • Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization 5

    Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization   Annex to the Convention DRAFT HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT Recognition of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization and the granting of privileges and immunities by the Host State INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Article III.1 of this Convention, and without prejudice to Article XVII.2, the present Annex relates to…

  • Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization 4

    Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization   ARTICLE XVII Legal status, privileges and immunities 1. The Organization shall be an independent intergovernmental organization having the capacity of a legal person to perform any legal act that is necessary or useful for the carrying out of its functions or for the exercise…

  • European Convention on Nationality

    European Convention on Nationality   Chapter I – General matters Article 1 – Object of the Convention This Convention establishes principles and rules relating to the nationality of natural persons and rules regulating military obligations in cases of multiple nationality, to which the internal law of States Parties shall conform. Article 2 – Definitions For…

  • European Energy Charter 11

    European Energy Charter   ARTICLE 24 EXCEPTIONS (1) This Article shall not apply to Articles 12, 13 and 29. (2) The provisions of this Treaty other than (a) those referred to in paragraph (1); and (b) with respect to subparagraph (i), Part III of the Treaty shall not preclude any Contracting Party from adopting or…