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  • Bitcoin

    Bitcoin in the E-Commerce Law Bitcoin, launched in 2009, was the first decentralized convertible virtual currency and the first cryptocurrency. Bitcoins are mathematical tokens composed of unique strings of numbers and letters that constitute units of the currency and are oftentimes traded […]

  • Nullification

    Introduction to Nullification Nullification, in the history of American political theory, the alleged right of a state to suspend operation of a federal law within its boundaries. The right of nullification was asserted on the basis of a belief that states are the ultimate sources of […]

  • Nullification

    Introduction to Nullification Nullification, in the history of American political theory, the alleged right of a state to suspend operation of a federal law within its boundaries. The right of nullification was asserted on the basis of a belief that states are the ultimate sources of […]

  • Fixture

    The act whereby a contract for the charter of a vessel is fixed, or concluded….

  • Legate

    Spanish Translation of legatee and devisee [inmuebles]This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to legatee or devisee [inmuebles] and / or a definition of this topic: Heredero (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry).

  • List of Legal Systems in Countries Around the World

    List of Legal Systems in Countries Around the World This guide identifies selected print and online sources describing the legal systems of foreign countries and their constitutions and constitutional courts. It is an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and…

  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…

  • Outline of UNCISG

    Outline of UNCISG International transactions law a. When Does it Apply? i. Art. 1 – To contracting states OR where rules of Private International Law would lead to applying law of a contracting state. It is supplementary private law not public law. ii. NOT Comprehensive deals with sales K’s…UNIDROIT deals with all international commercial K’s…

  • International institutions Part 13

    International institutions Part 13   140 Managing North Sea Pollution Effectively:Linking International and Domestic Institutions Jon Birger Skjærseth International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics Volume 3, Number 2, June 2003 p.167-190 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 141 Interim Measures: A Comparative Study of Selected International judicial institutions Nsongurua J. Udombana Indian Journal of International…

  • International Security Part 11

    International Security Part 11   144 Business goes to war: private military/security companies and International humanitarian law Emanuela-Chiara Gillard International Review of the Red Cross Volume 88, Number 863, September 2006 p.525 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 145 Promoting compliance of private security and military companies with International humanitarian law Benjamin Perrin International Review of…

  • Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral 2

    Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral   Whenever someone may destroy the initial entitlement if he is willing to pay an objectively determined value for it, an entitle- ment is protected by a liability rule. This value may be what it is thought the original holder of the entitlement would…

  • Council of Europe: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine

    Council of Europe: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine   Chapter I – General provisions Article 1 – Purpose and object Parties to this Convention shall protect the dignity and identity of all human beings and guarantee everyone, without discrimination, respect for their integrity and other rights and fundamental freedoms with regard to the application…

  • EU Constitutional Treaty

    European Union Constitutional Treaty Title of the Treaty Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe including the Protocols and Annexes, and Final Act with Declarations. Introduction 1. In Rome on 29 October 2004, the Heads of State or Government of the EU’s Member States signed the Constitutional Treaty for the EU. This Treaty is intended to…