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  • Sentencing Guidelines

    In the United States For information about Sentencing guidelines in the context of international trade, click here

  • All Countries

    All Countries covered by the Legal Encyclopedia Western Europe Legal Systems Andorra Legal System Austria Legal System Belgium Legal System Denmark Legal System England and Wales Legal System Finland Legal System French Legal System German Legal System Greece Legal System Holy See Legal System Iceland Legal System Ireland Legal System Isle of Man Legal System…

  • Countries

    Select a Country Please choose a country http://Lawin.org http://lawi.us http://lawi.au.com http://lawi.biz/ http://lawi.asia http://lawi.org.uk Browse country-specific information and find the entries relating to each region. Africa South of Sahara – Select a country Angola Benin […]

  • Countries

    Select a Country Please choose a country http://Lawin.org http://lawi.us http://lawi.au.com http://lawi.biz/ http://lawi.asia http://lawi.org.uk Browse country-specific information and find the entries relating to each region. Africa South of Sahara – Select a country Angola Benin […]

  • Magna Carta

    Legal Materials Pictures and translations of the Magna Carta are posted on the Internet by the National Archives and Records Administration and the British Library. You'll find a print copy in the American Jurisprudence 2d Deskbook. Abstract The Magna Carta (literally, the […]

  • Online Court

    Online Court Dutch Online Court Michael Cross wrote a new piece on the Law Society Gazette website about failure of a pioneering online court in The Netherlands. From the article: “The failure of a pioneering online court in The Netherlands should not deter efforts to build more ambitious version in England and Wales, the Master…

  • Online Court

    Online Court Dutch Online Court Michael Cross wrote a new piece on the Law Society Gazette website about failure of a pioneering online court in The Netherlands. From the article: “The failure of a pioneering online court in The Netherlands should not deter efforts to build more ambitious version in England and Wales, the Master…

  • 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.…

  • Seaworthiness

    Seaworthiness Some of the sources imposing this duty Civil law (art. 2008, 2015, 2022, and 2063 C.C.Q. (C.B. at p. 60) Common law Harter Act, 1893, 46 U.S. Code Appendix 190-196 Steel v. State Line (1877-78) 3 App. Cas. 72 …..(H.L.) (C.B. at p. 56) Canadian Pacific Forest Products v. Belships [1999] 4 F.C. 330,…

  • Seaworthiness

    Seaworthiness Some of the sources imposing this duty Civil law (art. 2008, 2015, 2022, and 2063 C.C.Q. (C.B. at p. 60) Common law Harter Act, 1893, 46 U.S. Code Appendix 190-196 Steel v. State Line (1877-78) 3 App. Cas. 72 …..(H.L.) (C.B. at p. 56) Canadian Pacific Forest Products v. Belships [1999] 4 F.C. 330,…

  • Choice of Jurisdiction

    Choice of Jurisdiction Introduction In the past, the courts of all nations have jealously guarded their jurisdictions and have looked unfavourably on clauses in contracts which called for suit elsewhere. In consequence, courts properly seized with a dispute, have usually refused motions calling for the stay of proceedings. Recently, however, motions for stay have been…

  • Choice of Jurisdiction

    Choice of Jurisdiction Introduction In the past, the courts of all nations have jealously guarded their jurisdictions and have looked unfavourably on clauses in contracts which called for suit elsewhere. In consequence, courts properly seized with a dispute, have usually refused motions calling for the stay of proceedings. Recently, however, motions for stay have been…

  • Bankruptcy Laws

    History of Bankruptcy Laws In most parts of the British empire the law of bankruptcy has been modelled upon the English system. This is particularly the case in Australia and New Zealand. Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand follow the lines of the existing English […]

  • Bankruptcy Laws

    History of Bankruptcy Laws In most parts of the British empire the law of bankruptcy has been modelled upon the English system. This is particularly the case in Australia and New Zealand. Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand follow the lines of the existing English […]

  • Crime Prevention

    Crime Prevention Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) It is defined as a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behaviour through environmental design. CPTED strategies rely upon the ability to influence offender decisions that precede criminal acts by affecting the built, social and administrative environment. It is pronounced sep-ted and is known by various labels or…