Search results for: “specific limitations on trade”
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Apotex, Inc V United States of America
Apotex, Inc v United States of America in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): In 2011, the United States fully briefed the jurisdictional issues in the arbitration under NAFTA information on Trade, […]
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Resolutions of Export Control Violations
Raytheon: Resolution of Export Control Violations in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Raytheon: Resolution of Export Control Violations: On April 30, 2013, the State Department announced the resolution of an enforcement action against Raytheon Company. A […]
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Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration
Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration Note: this entry is a continuation of the entry about the Participation of Amici Curiae in NAFTA Chapter Eleven Cases. By Andrea K. Bjorklund (March 22, 2002) What Value Can The Proposed Amici Add The question of the movant’s interest must inevitably be bound up with the substantive knowledge…
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Value
Real Estate meaning of ValueIn the words of the Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms about Value: Derived from the Latin valere, or the Old French valoir, 'to be worth'. That which is good or desirable, or the result of owning or using something that is good or desirable in itself. The […]
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Choice of Forum
In the United States For information about Choice of forum in the context of international trade, click here
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Promulgation
Promulgation in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: Promulgation is the act of formally proclaiming new legislation to the public. This occurs when the law receives final formal approval.
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Violent Crime
A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim. This entails both crimes in which the violent act is the objective, such as murder, as well as crimes in which violence is the means to an end, (including criminal ends)…
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Tariff (Freight)
A document issued, usually in booklet form, by a Common Carrier (read this and related legal terms for further details) listing its charges for transportation services. Commonly, the rate, or cost of transportation, vari…
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Tariff (Freight)
A document issued, usually in booklet form, by a Common Carrier (read this and related legal terms for further details) listing its charges for transportation services. Commonly, the rate, or cost of transportation, vari…
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History of the State of Exception
History of the State of Exception A Brief History of the State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben An excerpt from State of Exception We have already seen how the state of siege had its origin in France during the Revolution. After being established with the Constituent Assembly’s decree of July 8, 1791, it acquired its…
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Binding Ruling
Binding Ruling Introduction A binding ruling is New Zealand Tax Authority’s interpretation of how a tax law applies to a particular arrangement. An arrangement (called “Schema”in Australia) is any agreement, contract, proposal, action, plan, course of action or course of conduct, promise or undertaking, whether express or implied and whether or not enforceable, or intended…
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Exchange
Exchange Exchange Definition Exchange, in commerce, generally, may be defined as a central office or place of business, such as a stock exchange or labor exchange. Specifically, the term is used to mean a business association, generally incorporated, the members of which meet at stated periods, usually at fixed hours daily, to trade in securities…
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Outline of International Arbitration
Outline of International Arbitration See Outline of International litigation Subject-matter The history of international arbitration is dealt with in the article Peace, where treaties of general arbitration are discussed, both those which embrace all future differences thereafter to arise between the contracting parties, and also those more limited conventions which aim at the settlement of…
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Legal Pluralism
Legal Pluralism Legal Pluralism Hooker (1975: 1) highlighted that ‘[l]egal systems typically combine in themselves ideas, principles, rules, and procedures originating from a variety of sources’, adding that ‘[b]oth in the contemporary world and historically the law manifests itself in a variety of forms and a variety of levels’ (p. 1). Studying legal pluralism clearly…