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Outline of Trust and Estates
Outline of Trust and Estates Note: this is based in United States law I. POLICY AND INTRODUCTION A. Dead Hand Control 1. Controlling consideration in determining meaning of a donative document is donor’s intention 2. Courts cannot consider wisdom, fairness, or reasonableness of donation 3. Courts can only bar donations if they are prohibited or…
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International Criminal Law Links
International Criminal Law Links Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (on Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) Universal Jurisdiction in Europe The State of the Art Trial Track JusticeUpdated : ICL Blog International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials International Criminal Law Society United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network(UNCJIN) was established in 1989…
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“Lex iniusta non est lex”? Do seriously unjust laws bind? Legally?
Main source: Finnis, John, “Natural Law Theories”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . “Lex iniusta non est lex” ? Do seriously unjust laws bind? Legally? In such a case, does the law as settled by social-fact sources, in losing its directiveness for judges and citizens, lose…