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  • Biological Weapons

    Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks: Chemical and Biological Weapons Introduction to Biological Weapons Concern over terrorist use of chemical and biological weapons increased after the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway and the discovery in 2001 of anthrax spores mailed in the […]

  • Biological Weapons

    Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks: Chemical and Biological Weapons Introduction to Biological Weapons Concern over terrorist use of chemical and biological weapons increased after the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway and the discovery in 2001 of anthrax spores mailed in the […]

  • Wto Accession

    WTO Accession: Russia, Samoa, Montenegro, and Vanuatu in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On December 16, 2011, trade representatives at the 8th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization […]

  • Amici Curiae in NAFTA Cases

    Public attention to cases brought under NAFTA Chapter Eleven has grown commensurately with the increased numbers of those cases. While media coverage has increased, most of that attention stems from particular interest groups. Many of these groups are not satisfied with newspaper reports or government-supplied information available on the internet, but wish to participate more…

  • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

    Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is an ambitious, comprehensive, and high-standard trade and investment agreement being negotiated between the United States and the European Union (EU). T-TIP will help unlock opportunity for American families, workers, businesses, farmers and ranchers through increased access to European markets for Made-in-America goods…

  • 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 […]

  • Regulatory Law

    Regulatory Law…

  • History of the International Labour Organization

    History of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Origins of the ILO An important part of the scheme for a League of Nations embodied in the Peace Treaty of Versailles in 1919 involved the creation of a new International Labour Organization. The Labour part of the Treaty (Part XIII.) rested on the principle laid down in…

  • List of International Business Law Selected Cases, by Subject

    Hello List of International Business Law Selected Court Decisions, by Topic Legal Status of Eastern Greenland: Treaties and Conventions (Sources of International Law) The Asylum Case : Custom (Sources of International Law)   D.THE SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ACTUAL PRACTICE The Practice in International Tribunals The Practice in Municipal Courts Case 1-3. Sei Fjujii…

  • 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…

  • Constitutional Text: Austria 1920, Admended 2004

    AUSTRIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1920 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 JANUARY 1ST, 2004 Chapter I General Provisions; European Union A. General Provisions Article 1. Austria is a democratic republic. Its law emanates from the people. Article 2. 1. Austria is a federal state. 2. The Federal State is composed of the autonomous Laender of Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower…

  • Labour Department and Ministry

    Labour Department and Ministry One of the outward signs of the intensified governmental interest in labour has been the establishment in 1913 of a Department of Labor in the United States, and in 1917 of a Ministry of Labour in Great Britain. United Kingdom The demand for the creation in the United Kingdom of a…

  • Convention on Nitrogen Oxides, 1988

    Convention on Nitrogen Oxides, 1988   Article 1 Definitions For the purposes of the present Protocol, 1. “Convention”means the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, adopted in Geneva on 13 November 1979; 2. “EMEP”means the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe; 3. “Executive Body” means the…

  • WTO/GATT Research

    WTO/GATT Research See also More about WTO/GATT Research I. Secondary Sources Start here for research guides, quick facts, news, statistics, background, scholarly analysis, and citations to official documents and dispute settlement reports. A. Other Research Guides • Introduction to International Law Research. Jean Davis and Victoria Szymczak. • ASIL American Society of International Law Guides…

  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade resources

    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) / World Trade Organization (WTO) resources Legal texts index A-Z Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization Agreement Establishing the WTO: acceptance of and accession to the agreement Agriculture > summary > interpretation Agriculture: measures concerning the possible negative effects of the reform programme on least-developed and net food-importing…