Search results for: “criminal restraint”
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War Crimes
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on war crimes explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "war crimes" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the […]
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Freedom of Speech
Introduction to Freedom of Speech Freedom of Speech, freedom of expression, both oral and written, from governmental prior restraint, except as such expression constitutes libel, slander, obscenity, sedition, or criminal conduct such as bribery, perjury, or incitement to riot. In the U.S., […]
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Duress
• Why is duress a problem? We want to know people actually agreed to contract of their own free will. (either under subjective or objective theory). Also violates pareto superior economic model, where at least one of the parties is better off and the other is at least not worse off. […]
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Margin of Appreciation
Margin of Appreciation and the European Convention on Human Rights Court Margin of Appreciation "means that, within reason, the Court will leave it to the individual State to decide whether the particular human right is infringed, applying its own standards. It is particularly important […]
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Antitrust
Summary of Antitrust Legislation or public policies opposed to the monopolization or domination of a particular product or industry by one firm or a group of firms acting in concert. The object of antitrust laws is to preserve market competition. In the United States violation of the […]
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Antitrust
Summary of Antitrust Legislation or public policies opposed to the monopolization or domination of a particular product or industry by one firm or a group of firms acting in concert. The object of antitrust laws is to preserve market competition. In the United States violation of the […]
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Children Online Legislation
Overview of Children Online Legislation in relation to cyber crime: [1]Legal issues pertaining to the need to protect children and youth online are now being considered in the context of a world in which young people are so familiar with the use of information technologies that they may […]
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Alien Tort Statute
Alien Tort Statute (ATS) 1. Doe v. Exxon 2. Bowoto v. Chevron 3. Document Summary – Ministry of Defense v. Elahi 4. Doe I v. Lui Qui 5. Record – Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 6. Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 7. Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy Inc.p 8.…
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Capitulations
Capitulations History Capitulations (from Lat. caput, or its Low-Latin diminutive capitulum, as indicating the form in which these acts were set down in “chapters”; the Gr. equivalent cephaleosis, kephalaiosis, is occasionally used in works of the 17th century), treaties granted by a state and conferring the privilege of extra-territorial jurisdiction within its boundaries on the…
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…
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Treaty Law
Treaty Law The Concept of Treaty in International Law (book) Whether or not a certain norm is legally binding upon international actors may often depend on whether or not the instrument which contains the norm is to be regarded as a treaty. In this study, the author argues that instruments which contain commitments are, ex…
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Jewish Law
Jewish law. Halakah Table of contents. Halakah Even ha-?ezer law (General) H . oshen mishpat. law (General) Mishpat Ivri Bibliography Monographic series Legal Education . Study and teaching General works The concept of Jewish law Sources of Jewish […]
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Legal Literature
The Legal History of Legal Literature in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of Legal Literature in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Legal Literature in English Common Law in the Oxford […]
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Introduction to Sherman Antitrust ActSherman Antitrust Act, basic federal enactment regulating the operations of corporate trusts, passed by the U.S. Congress in July 1890, through the efforts of Senator John Sherman of Ohio. The act declared illegal "every contract, combination in the…