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Law
Definition of Law A law is an obligatory rule of conduct. The term is applied to observed uniformities of action, as in the law of gravitation. But its proper use is in the sphere of jurisprudence.There are different views as to the nature of law. Hobbes defined law as The commands of him or […]
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Common Law
Definition of Common Law That part of the law of England formulated, developed and administered by the old Common Law Courts, based on the common custom of the country, and originally unwritten. It is opposed to equity, the body of rules administered by the Court of Chancery ; to statute law, […]
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Principles of European Contract Law (Commision on European Contract Law)
Principles of European Contract Law (Commision on European Contract Law) 1 The “Principles of Existing EC Contract Law” differ from to other initiatives relating to European private law, mainly in that they will be harvested from the existing Community law and not from domestic legal […]
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Oxford Reports on International Law
Oxford Reports on International Law in Europe The Oxford Reports on International Law is an integrated database of significant court decisions by domestic and international courts on international law issues. This legal resource provides a cumulative digest to ICJ jurisprudence. Of […]
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List of International Business Law Selected Cases, by Subject
List of International Business Law Selected Court Decisions, by Topic in Europe Legal Status of Eastern Greenland: Treaties and Conventions (Sources of International Law) The Asylum Case: Custom (Sources of International Law) D.THE SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ACTUAL PRACTICE […]
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List of International Law Selected Cases, by Subject
List of International Law Selected Court Decisions, by Subject in Europe Case Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic: The Law of Nations Contemporary International Law Case The Case of Parking Privileges for Diplomats: when is International law really law? Case North Sea […]
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About the Origins and Sources of International Law, Historical
About the Origins and Sources of International Law, Historical in Europe The eminent man who founded the Whewell Professorship of International Law laid an earnest and express injunction on the occupant of this chair that he should make it his aim, in all parts of his treatment of the […]
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Maxims of Law
Maxims of Law in Europe According to the Bouvier´s Dictionary, a Maxim is an established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant with reason. Maxims in law are somewhat like axioms in geometry. See 1 Commentaries on the Laws of England […]
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Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law
Maxims of Law from Bouvier’s Dictionary of Law in Europe 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 […]