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  • High Seas

      PART VII HIGH SEAS SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 86 Application of the provisions of this Part The provisions of this Part apply to all parts of the sea that are not included in the Exclusive Economic Zone , in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the…

  • High Seas

      PART VII HIGH SEAS SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 86 Application of the provisions of this Part The provisions of this Part apply to all parts of the sea that are not included in the Exclusive Economic Zone , in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the…

  • Deprivation of Nationality

    U.S. Response to Questions on Deprivation of Nationality From the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to U.S. Response to Questions on Deprivation of Nationality From the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: In February […]

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • International Refugee Law

    International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…

  • International Recognition

    Recognition in International Law In a world system where the principal actors are independent and sovereign states, that choose to regulate their relations through the medium of a system of international law, to be recognised as a state and to become endowed with the legal rights and obligations that this entails is thus of central…

  • International Recognition

    Recognition in International Law In a world system where the principal actors are independent and sovereign states, that choose to regulate their relations through the medium of a system of international law, to be recognised as a state and to become endowed with the legal rights and obligations that this entails is thus of central…

  • Lower Court

    Lower Court Lower Courts in the United States Article III of the United States Constitution declares, in section 1, that the judicial power of the United States shall be invested in one Supreme Court and in “such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” The Supreme Court has held…

  • Land War

    Davis's Interpretation of Article 23 (h) Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Davis's Interpretation of Article 23 (h), wrote in 1921: 37. This is also the opinion of Davis, one of the American delegates to the second Hague Conference; he gives […]

  • Legal topics

    Academic Legal topics Law in general Comparative and uniform law Jurisprudence Legal Periodicals Bibliography Legal Monographic series Encyclopedias of Law Dictionaries of Law Words and phrases Legal Maxims Legal Quotations Legal Yearbooks Legal Directories Legal Research Legal composition and draftsmanship Legal Education Law societies International bar associations The legal profession Legal aid Legal assistance to…

  • Legal History

    Legal History “This abstraction called the Law,” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once observed, is “a magic mirror, [wherein] we see reflected, not only our own lives, but the lives of all men that have been!”1 Holmes believed that this “magic mirror” offered historians an opportunity to explore the social choices and moral imperatives of…

  • Privacy in Argentina

    Privacy in Argentina Argentina country report of the Epic (Electronic Privacy Infomation Center) survey “Privacy and Human Rights” (2005, 2006 and 2007): Constitutional Privacy Framework Articles 18 and 19 of the Argentine Constitution provide (in part), “The home is inviolable as is personal correspondence and private papers; the law will determine what cases and what…

  • Substantive Law

    Substantive Law Legal definition of Substantive Law Substantive law defines the rights and remedies of particular laws within a case. The part of the law that creates, defines, and regulates rights, including, for example, the law of contracts, torts, wills, and real property. In the definition of Substantive Law by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it is…

  • Substantive Law

    Substantive Law Legal definition of Substantive Law Substantive law defines the rights and remedies of particular laws within a case. The part of the law that creates, defines, and regulates rights, including, for example, the law of contracts, torts, wills, and real property. In the definition of Substantive Law by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it is…

  • Invasion of Privacy

    Introduction to Invasion of PrivacyInvasion of Privacy, unlawful surveillance or intrusion into a person's private dwelling with intent to expose or encroach upon that person's private affairs." (1)ResourcesNotes and ReferencesInformation about <a href=&qu…