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  • Judges of the International Court of Justice

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on judges of the international court of justice explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "international court of justice, judges of" in the Parry and Grant […]

  • Judges of the International Court of Justice

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on judges of the international court of justice explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "international court of justice, judges of" in the Parry and Grant […]

  • Schiller Classification

    Schiller Classification The Schiller classification system is a locally-developed system for classifying foreign, comparative, pre-literate, ancient, medieval, and religious law materials. A call number in the Schiller classification system is comprised of an abbreviation to designate a legal system, followed by a number indicating the specific subject area within the system. Topical Divisions in the…

  • Hicks Classification System

    Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…

  • Hicks Classification System

    Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…

  • World Intellectual Property Organization

    Summary of World Intellectual Property Organization A specialized agency of the United Nations charged with fostering international agreements to protect rights to intellectual property, with the object of facilitating international technology transfer. WIPO serves as the nucleus for new […]

  • Soft Law

    Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]

  • Soft Law

    Compliance with Soft Law In the study of compliance with soft law, several factors were identified in advance as possibly affecting state performance. While most of them apply to all subject areas in the study, the relative importance of each varies from one subject to another. The […]

  • Patents

    Introduction This part of the Encyclopedia of Law provides an overview of the basic attributes of patents, along with the patentability requirements, practice in the USPTO, primarily the steps involved in obtaining a patent, some post-issuance considerations such as the patent term, and the […]

  • Patents

    Introduction This part of the Encyclopedia of Law provides an overview of the basic attributes of patents, along with the patentability requirements, practice in the USPTO, primarily the steps involved in obtaining a patent, some post-issuance considerations such as the patent term, and the […]

  • Periodical

    Periodical in Law Libraries The follow definition of Periodical is of use in law library research: A publication that is produced at regular intervals, or "periodically", and is intended to appear indefinitely. Generally, the frequency of publication is weekly, monthly, quarterly. […]

  • Periodical

    Periodical in Law Libraries The follow definition of Periodical is of use in law library research: A publication that is produced at regular intervals, or "periodically", and is intended to appear indefinitely. Generally, the frequency of publication is weekly, monthly, quarterly. […]

  • Act of State Doctrine

    Act Of State Doctrine Summary of Act Of State Doctrine A principle of international law that holds that the actions of a state, performed within its own boundaries are not subject to legal review in other countries. Some limitations on the doctrine have arisen in recent years, largely in […]

  • Act of State Doctrine

    Act Of State Doctrine Summary of Act Of State Doctrine A principle of international law that holds that the actions of a state, performed within its own boundaries are not subject to legal review in other countries. Some limitations on the doctrine have arisen in recent years, largely in […]

  • Forms of Government

    Summary Overview Governments are organized in a variety of forms. This entry covers the different ways of classifying these forms: according to the geographic distribution of power, the relationship between legislative and executive branches, and the number of persons who can participate in […]