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  • International Criminal Court

    Introduction to International Criminal Court International Criminal Court (ICC), independent judicial institution with the power to try and punish individuals for the most serious crimes of international concern: genocide, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression, and war crimes. The […]

  • Nationalism

    Nationalism Definition Nationalism, movement in which the nation-state is regarded as the most important force for the realization of social, economic, and cultural aspirations of a people. Nationalism is characterized principally by a feeling of community among a people, based on common […]

  • Inheritance

    Introduction to InheritanceInheritance, in law, succession to the real and personal property of a deceased individual. Inheritance may be by will or, in the absence of a will, by operation of the statutes governing intestacy. The transfer of property by testate and intestate succession is o…

  • Inheritance

    Introduction to InheritanceInheritance, in law, succession to the real and personal property of a deceased individual. Inheritance may be by will or, in the absence of a will, by operation of the statutes governing intestacy. The transfer of property by testate and intestate succession is o…

  • Continental Shelf

      PART VI CONTINENTAL SHELF Article 76 Definition of the continental shelf 1. The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the sea-bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer […]

  • Continental Shelf

      PART VI CONTINENTAL SHELF Article 76 Definition of the continental shelf 1. The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the sea-bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer […]

  • Precautionary Principle

    Precautionary Principle and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Precautionary Principle provided by the European Union Commission: The concept of the precautionary principle was first set out in a Commission communication adopted in February 2000 on recourse to the precautionary […]

  • Precautionary Principle

    Precautionary Principle and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Precautionary Principle provided by the European Union Commission: The concept of the precautionary principle was first set out in a Commission communication adopted in February 2000 on recourse to the precautionary […]

  • Territorial Jurisdiction

    Territorial Units treatment in the Convention on Law Applicable to Products Liability Articles 12-14 (of the Convention on Law Applicable to Products Liability) are directed to the peculiar problems of States which are composed of territorial units, each with its own rules of law on the […]

  • New Zealand

    Legal Materials Company Information: You can look up the names, contact information and directors of New Zealand companies using the NZ Companies Office Database. More information on selected New Zealand companies is available from D&B reports. New Zealand securities filings are […]

  • New Zealand

    Legal Materials Company Information: You can look up the names, contact information and directors of New Zealand companies using the NZ Companies Office Database. More information on selected New Zealand companies is available from D&B reports. New Zealand securities filings are […]

  • Court ADR

    Court ADR The Roots of Court ADR The dispute resolution field has deep roots in the courts dating back to Professor Frank Sander’s proposal for a multi-door courthouse at the Pound Conference in 1976. The widespread popularity and growth of mediation and dissatisfaction in many quarters with the traditional legal process resulted in the proliferation…

  • Jonathan Wild

    Jonathan Wild Director of a Corporation of Thieves, and a most famous Receiver. Executed at Tyburn, 24th of May, 1725 Jonathan Wild was born at Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire, about the year 1682. At about fifteen years of age Jonathan, having made some progress at school in writing and arithmetic, was bound apprentice to a buckle-…

  • Hashish

    Hashish or Indian hemp Note: see the entry on Legality of cannabis Hashish: THE GENEVA CONFERENCES In 1923 the South African Government sent to the League of Nations the suggestion that hashish should be treated as a habit-forming narcotic drug and brought within the scope of The Hague Convention. The Advisory Committee considered the matter…

  • Authors of Legal Dictionaries

    Authors of Law Dictionaries Albericus de Rosate, 1290-1360: Albericus’s Dictionarium Area: (Roman/Canon Law, 1581) Albericus was “born in Rosciate, near Bergamo, around 1290. He studied in Padua under Oldradus da Ponte and Riccardus Malumbra. He studied also under Ranieri di Forlì and received advice and help from Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In the second decade of…