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  • Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary

    Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary is basically a Legal dictionary for students of law. In fact, the 13th edition has the only title of “The Law Student’s Dictionary”. Therefore, the last edition with the name “Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary” was the 12th edition (of 2001). It is a handy…

  • 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…

  • 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: Austria 1920, Admended 2004

    AUSTRIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1920 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 JANUARY 1ST, 2004 Chapter I General Provisions; European Union A. General Provisions Article 1. Austria is a democratic republic. Its law emanates from the people. Article 2. 1. Austria is a federal state. 2. The Federal State is composed of the autonomous Laender of Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower…

  • Constitutional Text: Argentina 1994

    CONSTITUTION OF THE ARGENTINE NATION AUGUST 22ND, 1994 We, the representatives of the people of the Argentine Nation, gathered in General Constituent Assembly by the will and election of the Provinces which compose it, in fulfillment of pre-existing pacts, in order to form a national union, guarantee justice, secure domestic peace, provide for the common…

  • List of Legal Dictionaries

    List of Legal Dictionaries Prescription Dictionaries vs. Description Dictionaries In the introduction to A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation, his author, William D. Popkin, explained that there is a “major dispute about dictionaries … whether the dictionary should be descriptive or prescriptive. This debate is well known in the context of ordinary dictionaries, where the dispute…

  • Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law

    Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law   A communi observantia non est recedendum. There should be no departure from common observance or usage. Co. Litt. 186. A l’impossible nul n’est tenu. No one is bound to do what is impossible. 1 Bouvier’s Institutes of American Law. n. 601. A verbis legis non est…

  • The American and English Encyclopedia of Law

    The American and English Encyclopedia of Law The “Encyclopedia of Pleading and Practice, Under the Codes and Practice Acts, at Common law , in Equity and in Criminal Cases”was a Companion work of this Encyclopedia of Law. Edition of 1887 The edtors of the American and English encyclopedia of law, 1887 Edition, were: John Houston…

  • The American and English Encyclopedia of Law

    The American and English Encyclopedia of Law The “Encyclopedia of Pleading and Practice, Under the Codes and Practice Acts, at Common law , in Equity and in Criminal Cases”was a Companion work of this Encyclopedia of Law. Edition of 1887 The edtors of the American and English encyclopedia of law, 1887 Edition, were: John Houston…

  • Outline of International art and cultural heritage law

    Outline of International art and cultural heritage law POLICY IS VERY IMPORTANT: – What is at stake? – What is the big picture? – How will this affect the artist? The public? – What are the ramifications? I. What is Art? A. Difficult question to answer – There must be an original expression art does…

  • Outline of Evidence

    Note: this entry is based in United States law I. Burdens and Presumptions a. Burden of Proof i. Burden of pleading 1. You have to plead a claim, to state a claim for which relief can be granted ii. Burden of production 1. Must introduce evidence to support your claim in your pleading iii. Burden…

  • Trade law Part 12

    Trade law Part 12   120 Three-Dimensional Trade Marks: The Mars and Lindt Cases LAURA DONNELLAN European Intellectual Property Review Volume 32, Issue 3, 2010 p.132 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW Three-dimensional shapes have proved to be problematic for both the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance. Regulation 40/94 on Community trade…

  • Statute of the International Court of Justice 2

    Statute of the International Court of Justice   Chapter I. Organization of the Court. Article 2. The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges. elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices,…

  • Ranking of the top 100 legal most-cited articles of all time

    List of the top 100 legal most-cited articles of all time in ranking order Ranking of the top 100 legal most-cited articles of all time, according to Shapiro Below is the ranking of the top 100 most-cited articles of all time, according to “The most-cited law review articles of all time”, by Fred R. Shapiro…

  • Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness

    Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness Mark Freeman (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2006, 316 pp) The emphasis on the ‘right to know’1 as a crucial aspect of ending impunity has lead to a greater focus on the necessity of holding truth commissions. As many authors in the fields of transitional justice and International Criminal Law…