During the 20th century important restrictions on the freedom of action of states began to appear. TheHague conventionsof 1899 and 1907 established detailed rules governing the conduct of wars on land and at sea. TheCovenantof theLeague of Nations, the forerunner of theUnited Nations(UN), restri...
blurring the distinction between internal and international conflicts and complicating the application of relevant legal rules. In a number of cases (e.g., in Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Somalia), theUnited NationsSecurity Council declared that internal conflicts amounted to a threat to or abreachof in...
. Due to contextual issues, article 1 of the 1969 Organisation for African Unity’s Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (1969 OAU Convention) added a second paragraph to the 1951 Convention to incorporate people that have been displaced due to liberation wars ...
. Due to contextual issues, article 1 of the 1969 Organisation for African Unity’s Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (1969 OAU Convention) added a second paragraph to the 1951 Convention to incorporate people that have been displaced due to liberation wars ...
formerly a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) will present on the modern development of international criminal law, including key prosecutions at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the fou...
For example, where a conservation law conflicts with a law governing mining, the latter usually prevails in practice (Organization of American States [OAS] 2015). Unclear or overlapping laws open the way to judicial challenges that can delay or block the implementation of measures to protect the...
Civil procedure in state and federal courts; introductory survey of procedures by which questions of substantive law commonly are raised and determined; procedural and remedial background; law governing controversies in federal courts; details of procedure in a lawsuit, including forum selection, pleading...
In some family CLBGs, there are permanent Board of Trustees or Governing Trustees to ensure that the founding family maintains control over objectives and direction of the CLBG. How many members in CLBG? It depends, there is really no optimum number of members. The decision on how many memb...
—“Welcome to the Wild, Wild North: Conscientious Objection Policies Governing Canada’s Medical, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dental Professions,” by Jacquelyn Shaw and Jocelyn Downie (pp 33–46). [emergency contraception and conscientious objection, Italy] “Whose Self-Determination? Barriers to Access...
Arbitration is an essential component in business. In an age when transparency is a maxim, important issues which the laws governing arbitration currently fail to address are the extent to which disclosure of information can be constrained by private agreement … Continue reading → Posted in Format...