Articles tagged as International Law

International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally accepted in relations between nations. International law is studied as a distinctive part of the general structure of international relations.

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The Mahkutai – 1996

Case Summaries

A cargo owner contracted with a charterer to organize for the transportation and delivery of their cargo with a bills of lading which contained a… ...

Last modified: 25th Jun 2019

Corporate Governance

Business Law

Corporate governance is a term that primarily refers to the rules, processes or laws by which businesses are monitored, managed and controlled. ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

The Question of Like Product Is Surprisingly Controversial

Commercial Law

Awanish Kumar Aritra Chatterjee The question of ‘like product’ is surprisingly controversial given the scant number of cases that have come bef… ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

How Should One Define the Principles of ‘Kompetenz-Kompetenz’

Commercial Law

‘Kompetenz-Kompetenz’ are among the most significant in the field of international arbitration. The reason for their importance… ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Enforcement of a Foreign Judgment

Commercial Law

It is effortless to get a Judgment always than enforcing it. An applicant who, for instance, successfully sues in Italy for breach of contract … ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Business Activities Involve Cross Border Transactions of Goods

Commercial Law

International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and governmental, sales, investments, logistics, and transportation) that take place between two or more nations… ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Discussion of Corporate Manslaughter

Business Law

Table of Contents Table of Cases AG’s Reference (No. 2 of 1999) [2000] QB 796 10 Lennard’s Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd …. ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Intellectual Property Rights

Business Law

Concept An intellectual property right pertains to any original creation of the human intellect such as artists, library, technical or scientific … ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Yip-Chiu-Cheung v R

Case Summaries

The defendant entered into an agreement with an undercover narcotics officer in a hotel in Hong Kong. The agreement was that the defendant was to… ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Refuge for Ships in Distress

Transportation Law

The right of ships in distress to seek refuge in ports has been long recognized in customary international law. ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Public Institutions and Parliament

Public Law

Public Institutions and Parliament. To illustrate the point, it must be said that the vast majority of countries have a written constitution, videlicet, a single document which encompasses all of the above, for example the Constitution of the USA (within which is found the… ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Rights of Fetus and Mother in the Abortion Debate

Medical Law

In recent years, abortion has become a live topic both at national and international levels, attracting great academic… ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

International Conventions

The GATT was most recently negotiated between the members of the WTO in the so-called Uruguay Round of 1986-1994, following previous negotiations. ...

Last modified: 24th Jun 2019

Selmouni v France (2000) 29 EHRR 403

Case Summaries

Case Summary of Selmouni v France (2000). European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Article 3 (Prohibition on Torture) and Article 6 (Right to a Fair Trial). ...

Last modified: 21st Jun 2019

Saadi v Italy and Chahal v UK

Case Summaries

Case Summary of Saadi v Italy (2008) 24 BHRC 123, 125 -142 and Chahal v United Kingdom (1996) 23 EHRR 413, 74. Article 3 ECHR ...

Last modified: 21st Jun 2019

Criminal Justice Law Dissertation Proposal

Law Dissertation Proposals

The legal effects and political effects of re-introducing capital punishment into the British Criminal Justice System. ...

Last modified: 21st Jun 2019

Varga And Others v Hungary 2015

Case Summaries

Varga And Others v Hungary 2015 ECHR 14097/12, 45135/12, 73712/12, 34001/13, 44055/13, and 64586/13 ...

Last modified: 21st Jun 2019

Z v UK Case Summary

Case Summaries

Z and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 29392/95). The applicants, four siblings, Z, a girl born in 1982, A, a boy born in 1984… ...

Last modified: 21st Jun 2019

Torreggiani and Others v Italy 43517/09 (ECHR, 08 January 2013)

Case Summaries

The case of Torreggiani and Others v Italy deals primarily with the Article 3 prohibition on torture or inhuman and degrading treatment ...

Last modified: 21st Jun 2019

No Legal Duty to Save Someone in Distress

Public Law

In Hong Kong, there is generally no legal duty to save someone in distress. Liability for a failure to act will only arise when a legal duty to act… ...

Last modified: 21st Jun 2019

European Convention on Human Rights 1950

International Conventions

Following the Second World War and the horrors against humanity that had followed it, the United Nations had been given the impetus that was required in order for them to create a modern international law of human rights. ...

Last modified: 18th Jun 2019

Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property

International Conventions

The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement (‘TRIPS’) is a multilateral agreement administered by the World Trade Organisation (‘WTO’). ...

Last modified: 18th Jun 2019