Contract law is generally a matter of state, not federal law. Each state (and federal district, unincorporated territory, and Indian reservation) of the United States has its own body of statute and common law that governs the creation and enforcement of contractual obligations. These laws can v...
Back to Basics: Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction in the Violence Against Women Reactivation Act of 2013 and the Expansion of Inherent Tribal Sovereignty Indian Country is home to some of the highest rates of violent crime in the United States. Specifically, Indian women are at least twice ...
‘Conveyance’ refers to the act of transferring the title, ownership, rights and interests in a property, from one entity to another. The term ‘deed’ refers to an instrument, like a written document that is signed by all the parties to a contract, in this case, the seller and buyer....
Employee Provident Fund (EPF)is implemented by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) of India. An establishment with 20 or more workers working in any one of the 180+ industries ( given here) should register withEPFO. EPFO is astatutorybody of the Indian Government under Labour and ...
A “self-executing” treaty, on the other hand, is a federal law enforceable in the United States automatically upon ratification; it is equivalent to an act of the legislature. Whether a treaty is self-executing or non-self-executing depends on the language of the treaty. Each of the ...
While there has been much debate regarding whether the Constitution is a compact (i.e., contract) among the states or a grant from the American people of certain powers to the federal government,[1]there is no dispute that the Constitution sets out the areas in which the federal government...
We cannot possibly discuss all of the clauses; so we will summarize those that most affect business entities. In order of appearance in the Constitution these clauses are the following: Taxing and Spending Clause; Borrowing Clause; Commerce Clause; Contract Clause; Freedom of Speech Clause; ...