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  • Kosovo

    Kosovo in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The Security Council continued to meet in 2011 to consider reports on the United Nations Administration in Kosovo ("UNMIK") and hear briefings by […]

  • Nuclear Weapon

    Nuclear Nonproliferation In relation to the international law practice and nuclear nonproliferation in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation About this subject:Nuclear SecurityNote: there is detailed […]

  • Nuclear Weapon

    Nuclear Nonproliferation In relation to the international law practice and nuclear nonproliferation in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section: Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation About this subject:Nuclear SecurityNote: there is detailed […]

  • Private Property

    Property Property and Political PhilosophiesIntroduction to Private PropertyThe concept of private property has been challenged by political philosophies such as communism and socialism. According to Communist doctrine, for example, ownership of real property and most personal prop…

  • Evolution of International Organizations

    Evolution of International Organizations Evolution of International Organizations Resources See Also Foregin Policy Foreign Affairs International Relations Further Reading Abbott, K. W., Genschel, P., Snidal, D., & Zangl, B. (Eds.). (2015). International organizations as orchestrators. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. Adams, M., de Waele, H., Meeusen, J., & Straetmans, G. (2013). Judging Europe’s judges: The…

  • ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

    ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE (1805-1859) French social theorist and politician; the outstanding classical interpreter of religion’s role in modern American democracy and prerevolutionary France. The son of an aristocratic and monarchist family, Tocqueville’s travels in America, England, and Ireland led him to a reformist political stance in support of democratic institutions. Before traveling to America and…

  • SCIENCE AND RELIGION

    SCIENCE AND RELIGION If science is defined as that body of knowledge about man and the universe that is based on observation, experiment, and measurement, while religion embodies teachings that are based on faith, then it follows that these two domains are bound to come into conflict with one another if they are treated as…

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Structural Bias

    Besides “partisan bias” in media reporting, a second type of media bias is known as “structural bias.” This type of bias stems from certain “structures” (customs, reporting routines, commercial pressures, etc.) that operate within the news industry. As a result of the highly commercial and purportedly nonpartisan nature of the mainstream media, the issue of…

  • Sovereign Debt Litigation

    Sovereign Debt Litigation Further Reading Adams P (1991) Odious debts. Corruption and the third world environmental legacy. Earthscan, London/TorontoGoogle Scholar Ago R (1991) “Binding” advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice. AJIL 85:439–451Google Scholar Akehurst M (1972–1973) Jurisdiction in international law. BYIL 46:145–257Google Scholar Alagherii Dantis (MCMXX) De Monarchia (first published 1559). In aedibus…

  • Age

    Introduction to Age A perpetrator's youth has long been a defense to criminal charges because children are deemed incapable of making rational decisions for which they should be held accountable. Under the common law, a child under 7 years of age is deemed too young to be criminally […]

  • Intellectual Property Law

    Intellectual property law deals with the rules for securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs, and artistic works. For example, a book may be considered an intellectual property, and its author may have the rightful ownership over it. In a nutshell, intellectual property law […]

  • Intellectual Property Law

    Intellectual property law deals with the rules for securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs, and artistic works. For example, a book may be considered an intellectual property, and its author may have the rightful ownership over it. In a nutshell, intellectual property law […]

  • Soft Law

    Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]

  • Soft Law

    Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]