Tag: Featured
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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 […]
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Organization of African Unity
Organization of African Unity and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Based on the Handbook on Peaceful Settlement of Disputes between States (1992, United Nations): Article XIX of the OAU Charter lays down the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes and provides for the establishment […]
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Government Surveillance Powers
Government Surveillance Powers Government Surveillance Powers: the Threat of Terrorism Of 15 European Union member states, eleven have mandatory national identification card systems. These are long-standing normative differences that would likely bring public outcry if implemented in North America. Other monitoring programs and database (e.g. NSEERS in the EU or US-VISIT in the US) have…
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Records Access
Records Access Communication Records Access The United States PATRIOT Act permits ISPs to hand over any transactional data to law enforcement without court order or subpoena. Data can include not only “the name, address, local and long distance telephone toll billing records, telephone number or other subscriber number or identity, and length of service of…
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Records Access
Records Access Communication Records Access The United States PATRIOT Act permits ISPs to hand over any transactional data to law enforcement without court order or subpoena. Data can include not only “the name, address, local and long distance telephone toll billing records, telephone number or other subscriber number or identity, and length of service of…
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Inter-american Commission on Human Rights
United States Statement at the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. […]
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Inter-american Commission on Human Rights
United States Statement at the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. […]
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Legal Writing
Exclamations By William Domnarski. He practices civil and criminal law in Southern California and is the author of four books, including Swimming in Deep Water, a collection of short essays about the legal profession. We've all wanted to do it. We've all wanted to flag phrases or sentences […]
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International Criminal Justice
International Criminal Justice U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice By John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State (2008): I’d like to discuss the United States’ approach to international criminal justice generally, and in particular, our views on the various international criminal tribunals. Let me start by making a few points about…
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International Criminal Justice
International Criminal Justice U.S. Perspectives on International Criminal Justice By John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State (2008): I’d like to discuss the United States’ approach to international criminal justice generally, and in particular, our views on the various international criminal tribunals. Let me start by making a few points about…
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Arbitration Rules
Arbitration Rules Rules from International Institutions International Arbitration institutions have led the way in rulemaking for international commercial arbitration through institutional rules and commentary. The following are the institutions most often named in international agreements: Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) Dubai International Arbitration Centre…
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UNIDROIT Principles
The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…
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UNIDROIT Principles
The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…
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Non-Conforming Delivery
Non-Conforming Delivery Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980: Special Cases Partial Delivery and Partial Non-Conforming Delivery Although Art. 52(2) entitles the buyer to refuse to take delivery of the excess quantity, it does not make clear whether the buyer has the right to refuse to take delivery where the seller…
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Withholding Performance
Withholding Performance Buyer’s Right to Withhold Performance of Contract under the UN Sales Convention Introduction Concept of the Right to Withhold Performance Withholding performance under the Convention, as in English law, means that the buyer is entitled to refuse to perform his obligation without being required or even being entitled to terminate [avoid] the contract.…