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  • Piracy Prosecutions Issues

    Piracy U.S. Prosecutions in 2013 (Continuation) United States views on international law [1] in relation to Piracy U.S. Prosecutions: 1. Piracy and the Charming Betsy Canon Section 1651 criminalizes “the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations.” Correspondence between […]

  • Terrorism Definition

    Terrorism Definition Introduction to the Problems of the Terrorism Definition There is “no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism. The plurality of terrorism definitions reflects the disagreement that exists over the politically sensitive issues of the “purposes of terrorist aims, actors, and activities… [and is] symptomatic of larger ideological arguments over who the ‘bad guys’…

  • Wests Tax Law Dictionary

    West’s Tax Law Dictionary West’s Tax Law Dictionary Details Publisher: West Group Title: West’s Tax Law Dictionary: Definitions of Terms, Words, and Phrases Used in Modern Americn Tax Law and Listings of Federal Tax Forms, Instructions, and Publications Pages: 1358 Some of the Tax Concepts of the Dictionary Able Accounts Actuarial Valuations Adoption Affordable Care…

  • 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…

  • List of International Criminal Law Documents

    List of International Criminal Law Documents Charter of the United Nations Statute of the International Court of Justice Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-Operation Among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations North Atlantic Treaty Resolution on the Definition of Aggression Resolutions Regarding Afghanistan and Iraq U.N.…

  • Discretion

    Discretion Definition of Discretion Discretion is defined as ‘liberty of deciding as one thinks fit, absolutely or within limits’ (Concise Oxford Dictionary). Discretion and Policing Philip C. Stenning wrote in the SAGE Dictionary of Policing all the following about Discretion: “It is a central feature of every stage of the administration of criminal justice within…

  • 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…

  • Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement

    Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement Author: Larry E. Sullivan, editor-in-chief Publisher: Thousand Oaks (Sage Publications) Description: 3 volumes ISBN: 0761926496 Contents note: v. 1. State and local / Marie Simonetti Rosen, editor — v. 2. Federal / Dorothy Moses Schulz, editor — v. 3. International / M.R. Haberfeld, editor.…

  • Sei Fujii v. the State of California

    SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…

  • Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004

    Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004 CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH NOVEMBER 4, 1972, AS AMENDED TO MAY 16, 2004 BISMILLAH-AR-RAHIMAN-AR-RAHIM (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful) Preamble We, the people of Bangladesh, having proclaimed our Independence on the 26th day of March, 1971 and through a historic war for…

  • Constitutional Text: Algeria 1963, Amended 2002

    CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA SEPTEMBER 10, 1963, AS AMENDED TO APRIL 10, 2002 Preamble The Algerian people are a free people, and decided to remain so. Its history is a long series of struggles that always made Algeria a land of freedom and dignity. Being at the heart of great events…

  • Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 2

    Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict   Article 9 IMMUNITY OF CULTURAL PROPERTY UNDER SPECIAL PROTECTION The High Contracting Parties undertake to ensure the immunity of cultural property under special protection by refraining, from the time of entry in the International Register, from any act of hostility directed…

  • High Seas 2

    High Seas   Article 98 Duty to render assistance 1. Every State shall require the master of a ship flying its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the ship, the crew or the passengers: (a) to render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being…

  • Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization 5

    Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization   Annex to the Convention DRAFT HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT Recognition of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization and the granting of privileges and immunities by the Host State INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Article III.1 of this Convention, and without prejudice to Article XVII.2, the present Annex relates to…

  • Convention on the High Seas 2

    Convention on the High Seas   Article 12 1. Every State shall require the master of a ship sailing under its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the ship, the crew or the passengers, (a) To render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being…