Search results for: “terminology”
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Terms of Trade
Summary of Terms of Trade An export-import price ratio derived by dividing indices of export prices by indices of import prices. For example, when export indices are 105 percent of a base period, and import indices are 98 percent of the same base period, then the terms of trade […]
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STATUS
STATUS Of considerable significance for social scientific investigations of the origins, development, and decline of a wide variety of religious ideologies, movements, and institutions. Like other concepts that seek to impose sociological rigor on familiar societal terminology, status is subject to a number of distinct (although overlapping) usages that sometimes generate confusion. The Legal Context…
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International Environmental Treaties
International Environmental Treaties The case of Australia D. Anton, J. Kohout and N. Pain, in “Nationalizing Environmental Protection in Australia: The International Dimensions” (1993), wrote: “A national approach to environmental protection is the most effective way for Australia to protect its own environment and to contribute to the common cause of global environmental protection.[1] (…)…
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Micro-State
Resources See Also Legal System Country Jurisdiction Immigration Consulate
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Micro-State
Resources See Also Legal System Country Jurisdiction Immigration Consulate
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Sales
Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping
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Sales
Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping
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Forms of Government
Summary Overview Governments are organized in a variety of forms. This entry covers the different ways of classifying these forms: according to the geographic distribution of power, the relationship between legislative and executive branches, and the number of persons who can participate in […]
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Forms of Government
Summary Overview Governments are organized in a variety of forms. This entry covers the different ways of classifying these forms: according to the geographic distribution of power, the relationship between legislative and executive branches, and the number of persons who can participate in […]
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Treatises
Treatises as Secondary Authority and other Legal Research Sources History While coming in different sizes and formats, what distinguishes the legal treatise from other categories of commentary is that it aims to survey a complete field, providing organized, efficient, and relatively […]
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UNIDROIT Principles
The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…
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UNIDROIT Principles
The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…
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Withholding Performance
Withholding Performance Buyer’s Right to Withhold Performance of Contract under the UN Sales Convention Introduction Concept of the Right to Withhold Performance Withholding performance under the Convention, as in English law, means that the buyer is entitled to refuse to perform his obligation without being required or even being entitled to terminate [avoid] the contract.…
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Withholding Performance
Withholding Performance Buyer’s Right to Withhold Performance of Contract under the UN Sales Convention Introduction Concept of the Right to Withhold Performance Withholding performance under the Convention, as in English law, means that the buyer is entitled to refuse to perform his obligation without being required or even being entitled to terminate [avoid] the contract.…
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Crime Victimization
Crime Victimization ‘Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law’ Historical Context The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities entrusted in 1989, by its resolution 1989/13 of 31 August 1989, a…