Search results for: “legitimacy”
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Head of State
Head of State in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: A head of state or chief of state is the chief public representative of a nationstate, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising […]
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Rebel Government
Hierarchical Display of Rebel government Politics > Political framework > Political systemPolitics > Political framework > Political philosophy > Legitimacy Rebel government Concept of Rebel government See the dictionary definition of Rebel government. Characteristics of Rebel government […]
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Electoral Register
Hierarchical Display of Electoral register Politics > Electoral procedure and voting > Organisation of elections > Electorate Electoral register Concept of Electoral register See the dictionary definition of Electoral register. Characteristics of Electoral register [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] […]
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Evolution of International Organizations
Evolution of International Organizations Evolution of International Organizations Resources See Also Foregin Policy Foreign Affairs International Relations Further Reading Abbott, K. W., Genschel, P., Snidal, D., & Zangl, B. (Eds.). (2015). International organizations as orchestrators. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. Adams, M., de Waele, H., Meeusen, J., & Straetmans, G. (2013). Judging Europe’s judges: The…
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Obligations of International Organizations
Obligations of International Organizations Case Law on the Obligations of International Organizations Main court decisions: Case 21-24/72, International Fruit Company v. Produktschap voor Siergewassen, Court of Justice of the EC, [1972] ECR 1219, 5.2. Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt, advisory opinion, [1980] ICJ Reports 73, 5.3. Case…
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Compliance with International Law
Compliance With International Law Resources See Also Foregin Policy Foreign Affairs International Relations Further Reading Abbott, K., & Snidal, D. (2000). Hard and soft law in international governance. International Organization, 54(3), 421–456. Agon, S. (2016). Is compliance the name of the effectiveness game? Goal-shifting and the dynamics of judicial effectiveness at the WTO. World Trade…
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Index
Encyclopaedia Britannica Index 1959 Encyclopaedia Britannica Index in Law and Politics Law Banking law Bologna Casuality Crete Criminal law Education of women Federal courts Legal articles Legislation Ordeal Source Stoics Primitive law Law agent Law agents Law and opinion in the 19th century [Dicey] Law courts Law determiner [General law] Lawyers, Scot Law mechant [lex…
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TELEVANGELISM
TELEVANGELISM Term first used by Jeffrey K. Hadden and Charles E. Swann in Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of Televangelism (Addison-Wesley 1981) to describe a new form of religious broadcasting combining television and evangelism. Televangelism also is referred to as “the electric church” by religious broadcasters, especially Ben Armstrong (The Electric Church , Nelson…
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STRATIFICATION
STRATIFICATION A structure of social inequality in which individuals and groups have an unequal share in the distribution of power, privilege, and prestige in society. Over the years, social scientists have investigated the relationship between religion and social inequality. Researchers have focused on issues such as the impact of inequality on religion, the effect of…
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Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms
The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…
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International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation
International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation (ICEAC) Note: it seems that this Court is difunct. The International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation (“the Court”) was established in Mexico D.F. on November 1994, by 28 lawyers from 22 different countries, as a form of Institutionalised Arbitration. The Court facilitates through conciliation and arbitration the…
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Sovereign Debt Litigation
Sovereign Debt Litigation Further Reading Adams P (1991) Odious debts. Corruption and the third world environmental legacy. Earthscan, London/TorontoGoogle Scholar Ago R (1991) “Binding” advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice. AJIL 85:439–451Google Scholar Akehurst M (1972–1973) Jurisdiction in international law. BYIL 46:145–257Google Scholar Alagherii Dantis (MCMXX) De Monarchia (first published 1559). In aedibus…
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Non-state Actors
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on non-state actors explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "non-state actors" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law […]