Search results for: “ethnic conflict”

  • Genocide

    Genocide as an U.S. State Statute Topic This term is one of the topics in some U.S. State Statutes. Other topics of the World Encyclopedia of Law which are topics of some State Statures are: Licensed Public Accountants (State statute topic) Guardians Ad Litem (State statute topic) […]

  • Community Policing

    As police services attempt to maintain public confidence, Community Policing has undergone several iterations, with the result that it is no longer possible to clearly define. However 5 features of community policing have been reasonably consistent, Neighbourhood based, Reassurance, […]

  • Community Policing

    As police services attempt to maintain public confidence, Community Policing has undergone several iterations, with the result that it is no longer possible to clearly define. However 5 features of community policing have been reasonably consistent, Neighbourhood based, Reassurance, […]

  • Political Pluralism

    Political Pluralism Pluralism in Politics On the basis of some decades of experience, one can reasonably argue that eclmic pluralism is entirely compatible with the existence of a unified republic. Kallen would have said that it is simply the expression of democracy in the sphere of culture. It is, however, an unexpected expression: the American…

  • Cybercrime

    Cybercrime is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities on the planet. Cybercrime is defined as the use of any computer network for crime and the high-tech criminals of the digital age have not been slow to spot the opportunities. The scope of the definition becomes even larger with […]

  • Equal Political Participation

    Equal Political Participation in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Equal Political Participation: On September 26, 2013, the HRC adopted resolution 24/8 on equal political participation. U.N. Doc. A/HRC/RES/24/8. The resolution was the culmination of an […]

  • Sources of Law

    Sources of International Law It is generally accepted that the sources of international law (international obligations) are listed in the Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, which provides that the Court shall apply: international conventions, whether […]

  • Humanitarian Intervention

    Literature Review on Humanitarian Intervention In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Michelle Maiese offers the following summary about the topic of Humanitarian Intervention: Humanitarian intervention is the threat or use of military force primarily for the […]

  • International Recognition

    Recognition in International Law In a world system where the principal actors are independent and sovereign states, that choose to regulate their relations through the medium of a system of international law, to be recognised as a state and to become endowed with the legal rights and obligations that this entails is thus of central…

  • International Recognition

    Recognition in International Law In a world system where the principal actors are independent and sovereign states, that choose to regulate their relations through the medium of a system of international law, to be recognised as a state and to become endowed with the legal rights and obligations that this entails is thus of central…

  • 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’…

  • Encyclopedia of Race and Crime

    Encyclopedia of Race and Crime Details Authors: Helen Taylor Greene and Shaun L. Gabbidon Editorial: Sage Publications Inc. Volumes: 2 vols. Description This Encyclopedia covers issues in both historical and contemporary context, with information on race and ethnicity and their impact on crime and the administration of justice. The Encyclopedia of Race and Crime explores…

  • Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy

    Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy Table of Contents Chronology of American Foreign Policy, 1607-2001 / Richard Dean Burns and Louise B. Ketz — African Americans / Brenda Gayle Plummer — Alliances, Coalitions, and Ententes / Warren F. Kimball — Ambassadors, Executive Agents, and Special Representatives / Kenneth J. Grieb — Anti-Imperialism / Robert Buzzanco —…

  • Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History

    Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Details of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Volumes: 6-Volume Set Editor in Chief: Stanley N. Katz Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 17 April 2009 Pages: 3072 Pages ISBN: 9780195134056 Description of the Encyclopedia The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History covers legal history from ancient to modern…

  • Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

    Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity Details of the Encyclopedia Editor: Dinah L. Shelton, editor in chief. Published: Detroit : Macmillan Reference Date of Publication: c2005. Contents of the Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity Entries Starting by A in the Encyclopedia Advertising African Americans African Crisis Response Initiative Aggression Algeria Alien Tort…