Tag: Private law

  • Common Frame of Reference

    Hierarchical Display of Common Frame of Reference Law > Civil law > Civil law > ContractTrade > Consumption > Consumer > Consumer protectionEuropean Union > European Union law > EU lawLaw > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Private law > European private law […]

  • Common Frame of Reference

    Hierarchical Display of Common Frame of Reference Law > Civil law > Civil law > ContractTrade > Consumption > Consumer > Consumer protectionEuropean Union > European Union law > EU lawLaw > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Private law > European private law […]

  • European Private Law

    Hierarchical Display of European private law Law > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Private lawLaw > Civil law > Civil law > Contract > Common Frame of Reference European private law Concept of European private law See the dictionary definition of European private law. […]

  • International Commercial Arbitration

    See also International business arbitration in this international legal encyclopedia. International Commercial Arbitration Resources Treaties and Conventions on Arbitration See also Treaties in this legal […]

  • International Commercial Arbitration

    See also International business arbitration in this international legal encyclopedia. International Commercial Arbitration Resources Treaties and Conventions on Arbitration See also Treaties in this legal […]

  • Carriage of Passengers

    Comparative Analysis International Overview The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Carriage of Passengers by Sea (the "Passenger Convention 1961") was adopted in Brussels on 29 April 1961 and came into force on 4 June 1965. It was in force in […]

  • Arbitration

    Arbitration, reference of a dispute to an impartial person or persons, called arbitrators, for a decision or award based on evidence and arguments presented by the disputants. The parties involved usually agree to resort to arbitration in lieu of court proceedings to resolve an existing […]

  • Private International Law

    Branches of Private International Law Intellectual Property International commercial arbitration International Commercial Law International Contracts International Family Law International Law of Procedure See also: Hague Conference on Private […]

  • Private Property

    Property Property and Political PhilosophiesIntroduction to Private PropertyThe concept of private property has been challenged by political philosophies such as communism and socialism. According to Communist doctrine, for example, ownership of real property and most personal prop…

  • Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum

    In Kiobel, et al., v Royal Dutch Petroleum, et al., lawyers for 12 individuals seeking to hold major oil companies legally responsible for human rights abuses in Nigeria in the 1990s have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court's ruling that corporations are immune to such […]

  • Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit

    Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit to Enforce Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in information on Privileges and Immunities in this legal Encyclopedia.A.2.c., in […]

  • Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit

    Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal of Suit to Enforce Arbitral Award in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in information on Privileges and Immunities in this legal Encyclopedia.A.2.c., in […]

  • Judgments Project

    Resumption of the Judgments Project in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Resumption of the Judgments Project: Over a decade ago, the Member States of the Hague Conference on Private International Law initiated “The Judgments Project,” which […]

  • Judgments Project

    Resumption of the Judgments Project in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Resumption of the Judgments Project: Over a decade ago, the Member States of the Hague Conference on Private International Law initiated “The Judgments Project,” which […]

  • Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities

    Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities in us Courts in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in in this legal Encyclopedia, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases in tandem in 2010 concerning […]