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  • European Energy Charter

      PART I DEFINITIONS AND PURPOSE ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS As used in this Treaty: (1) "Charter"means the European Energy Charter adopted in the Concluding Document of the Hague Conference on the European Energy Charter signed at The Hague on 17 December 1991; signature of the […]

  • Immigration

    Introduction to Immigration Immigration, the movement of people into another nation with the intention of residing there permanently. The contrasting term emigration refers to the movement of people permanently leaving a nation. Immigration is a worldwide phenomenon. From the 17th century to […]

  • Immigration

    Introduction to Immigration Immigration, the movement of people into another nation with the intention of residing there permanently. The contrasting term emigration refers to the movement of people permanently leaving a nation. Immigration is a worldwide phenomenon. From the 17th century to […]

  • EU National

    Hierarchical Display of EU national Law > International law > Private international law > NationalEuropean Union > European construction > Deepening of the European Union > Citizens’ Europe > European citizenship EU national Concept of EU national See the dictionary definition of EU […]

  • Representative Democracy

    Representative Democracy in Election Law Democracy in which the people do not exercise power directly but rather through representatives, elected periodically through free, secret and universal suffrage. Concept of Representative Democracy Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in […]

  • Representative Democracy

    Representative Democracy in Election Law Democracy in which the people do not exercise power directly but rather through representatives, elected periodically through free, secret and universal suffrage. Concept of Representative Democracy Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in […]

  • Welfare State

    Concept of Welfare State Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Literature Review on Welfare State In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Paul B. Kirby offers the following summary about the topic of Welfare State: […]

  • Welfare State

    Concept of Welfare State Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Literature Review on Welfare State In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Paul B. Kirby offers the following summary about the topic of Welfare State: […]

  • Taxation

    Other Popular Tax Definitions in the World Legal Encyclopedia Adjusted Gross Income (sometimes, including Taxation) Ad Valorem Tax (sometimes, including Taxation) Alternative Minimum Tax (sometimes, including Taxation) Big Four (audit firms) (sometimes, including Taxation) Black Market […]

  • Taxation

    Other Popular Tax Definitions in the World Legal Encyclopedia Adjusted Gross Income (sometimes, including Taxation) Ad Valorem Tax (sometimes, including Taxation) Alternative Minimum Tax (sometimes, including Taxation) Big Four (audit firms) (sometimes, including Taxation) Black Market […]

  • Hazardous Waste

    Hazardous Waste in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): The United States joined consensus on United Nations Human Rights Council resolution 18/11, "Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the […]

  • Diplomatic Relations

    Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations outlines the rules of diplomatic law for the exchange and treatment of envoys between states. It has become an almost universally adopted Convention with 179 states party to it. The Vienna Convention […]

  • Petition

    Petition in Constitutional Law From the Comparative Constitutions Project: By right to petition, we mean the right to submit individual or group level grievances to government Petition and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) […]

  • Democracy

    Introduction to Democracy Democracy (Greek demos,"the people"; kratein, "to rule"), political system in which the people of a country rule through any form of government they choose to establish. In modern democracies, supreme authority is exercised for the most part by […]

  • Diplomatic Protection

    Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection: On October 21, 2013, Steven Hill, Deputy Legal Adviser for the U.S. Mission to the UN, delivered remarks at the UN General Assembly Sixth […]