Search results for: “political pluralism”
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Hans Kelsen
An explicitly rational approach to understanding law was promoted by Hans Kelsen (1881-1973), whose pure science of law has been treated as the highest development of analytical positivism, but is now seen in a different light.82 In his Kantian quest for 'pure theory',83 Kelsen searched for […]
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Hans Kelsen
An explicitly rational approach to understanding law was promoted by Hans Kelsen (1881-1973), whose pure science of law has been treated as the highest development of analytical positivism, but is now seen in a different light.82 In his Kantian quest for 'pure theory',83 Kelsen searched for […]
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Mixed Jurisdictions
Mixed Jurisdictions Mixed jurisdictions and mixed legal systems, their characteristics and definition, have become a subject of very considerable interest and debate in Europe, no doubt because of the European Union, which has brought together many legal systems under a single legislature, which in turn has adopted laws and directives taking precedence over national laws.…
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Rules
Rule Commmon Meanings In a broad, more general sense, but applied to law, a rule is a "a law or principle that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable"(1), or "control of or dominion over an area or […]
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Rules
Rule Commmon Meanings In a broad, more general sense, but applied to law, a rule is a "a law or principle that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable"(1), or "control of or dominion over an area or […]
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Equality
Equality Before the Law in the CEDAW Article 15: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Equality Before the Law, that all countries are required to ensure that women are given equality before the law. In particular, […]
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Equality
Equality Before the Law in the CEDAW Article 15: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Equality Before the Law, that all countries are required to ensure that women are given equality before the law. In particular, […]
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International Customary Law
Customary International Law Art. 38 (1) Statute of the International Court of Justice, after saying that the court's function is 'to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it', states, in para. (1) (b), that it shall apply 'international custom, as […]
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International Customary Law
Customary International Law Art. 38 (1) Statute of the International Court of Justice, after saying that the court's function is 'to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it', states, in para. (1) (b), that it shall apply 'international custom, as […]
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Immigration Zone
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on immigration zone explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "immigration zone" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]
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Immigration Zone
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on immigration zone explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "immigration zone" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]
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Organizational Networks
Literature Review on Networks: Organizational In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Seok-Eun Kim offers the following summary about the topic of Networks: Organizational: The proliferation of network usages rests on diverse theoretical foundations, which risk […]
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Asian Legal Systems
Asian Law and Legal Systems Contents of Asian Law and Legal Systems Contents of this subject matter include: Asian history and cultural development Perceptions of different legal systems, orientalism & reverse orientalism, 'Asian values' & 'American values' Legal pluralism; […]