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  • Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others

    Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others in Europe (Union of India and Others, Claimants) England, Court of Appeal, Civil Division, 1991. In 1976, an Indian laborer named Ramamoorthi, who lived near the site of a ruined Hindu temple at Pathur in […]

  • Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England

    Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England in Europe Introduction • Section the First : On the Study of Law • Section the Second : Of the Nature of Laws in General • Section the Third : Of the Laws of England • Section the Fourth : Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of…

  • Henry Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice

    Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne in Europe Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927), British statesman, had, during his tenure of office as Foreign Minister (1900-5), definitely set his mark on British foreign policy at a […]

  • List of North Ireland Reports

    List of North Ireland Reports in Europe Ir Jur— Irish Jurist Reports Ir LTR — Irish Law Times Reports Ir R — Irish Reports Ir RCL — Irish Reports, Common Law Series LR Ir — Law Reports, Ireland N Ir — Northern Ireland Law Reports N Ir Pub Gen Acts — Northern Ireland […]

  • Mozley and Whiteley´s Law Dictionary

    Mozley and Whiteley´s Law Dictionary in Europe 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 […]

  • Edgar Algernon Cecil

    Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood in Europe Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864-1958), English lawyer and statesman, third son of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1937, was born Sept. 14 1864. […]

  • George Ranken Askwith

    George Ranken Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith in Europe George Ranken Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith (1861-1942), English lawyer and civil servant, was born at Morley, Yorks, Feb. 17 1861, and was educated at Marlborough and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was called to the bar in 1886 (K.C. 1908), and […]

  • Sir George Farwell

    Sir George Farwell in Europe Sir George Farwell (1845-1915), English judge, was born at Codsall, Staffs., Dec. 22 1845. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1866. He was called to the bar in 1871. In 1891 he became a Q.C. and in 1895 a bencher of…

  • Louisa Twining

    Louisa Twining in Europe Louisa Twining (1820-1912), English philanthropic worker, was born in London Nov. 16 1820. In early life she was an artist, and published Symbols and Emblems of Mediaeval Christian Art (1852) and Types and Figures of the Bible (1854). In 1853, however, she became […]

  • Herbert Henry Asquith

    Herbert Henry Asquith in Europe Herbert Henry Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, was a Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He succeeded Henry Campbell-Bannerman. He was succeeded by David Lloyd George. English […]