Legal History and Traditions - Ethiopian Legal Brief
... The course emphasizes the significance of understanding past legal systems for an enhanced appreciation of present legal orders. It seeks to direct the attention of students to the co-existence of multiple legal orders in multiethnic countries such as Ethiopia. The course seeks to stimulate students ...
... The course emphasizes the significance of understanding past legal systems for an enhanced appreciation of present legal orders. It seeks to direct the attention of students to the co-existence of multiple legal orders in multiethnic countries such as Ethiopia. The course seeks to stimulate students ...
Transnational Legality: Stateless Law and International Arbitration
... any debate. I do not intend an exhaustive treatment of any area of legal scholarship, as lawyers sometimes maladroitly think they can provide. I do not seek to supply answers that have a pretense to finality. My purpose is to open the debate on arbitration as transnational law to new territories, in ...
... any debate. I do not intend an exhaustive treatment of any area of legal scholarship, as lawyers sometimes maladroitly think they can provide. I do not seek to supply answers that have a pretense to finality. My purpose is to open the debate on arbitration as transnational law to new territories, in ...
The Concept of the Rule of Law - MacSphere
... even in my darkest thesis-writing hours. Your constant reassurance and encouragement have been invaluable. I won't forget tea, ballet, yoga and our many other adventures! I will wear my skirt as though it were a trophy proclaiming my triumph in the war with my thesis! Stay out of the shrubbery. Ashl ...
... even in my darkest thesis-writing hours. Your constant reassurance and encouragement have been invaluable. I won't forget tea, ballet, yoga and our many other adventures! I will wear my skirt as though it were a trophy proclaiming my triumph in the war with my thesis! Stay out of the shrubbery. Ashl ...
THE CONCEPT OF LAW Prof. Dr. and
... sometimes without any intervention on the part of the camp administration. Shipwrecked people cast ashore on an uninhabited island will almost immediately proceed to set up some improvised system of “government” and “law”. Society as a whole, depending upon the coexistence and cooperation of many di ...
... sometimes without any intervention on the part of the camp administration. Shipwrecked people cast ashore on an uninhabited island will almost immediately proceed to set up some improvised system of “government” and “law”. Society as a whole, depending upon the coexistence and cooperation of many di ...
THE CONCEPT OF LAW Prof. Dr. and
... sometimes without any intervention on the part of the camp administration. Shipwrecked people cast ashore on an uninhabited island will almost immediately proceed to set up some improvised system of “government” and “law”. Society as a whole, depending upon the coexistence and cooperation of many di ...
... sometimes without any intervention on the part of the camp administration. Shipwrecked people cast ashore on an uninhabited island will almost immediately proceed to set up some improvised system of “government” and “law”. Society as a whole, depending upon the coexistence and cooperation of many di ...
verbatim record of the legal experts meeting on the law of the sea
... Experts to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the historic 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea held last year. The presence of practitioners in the field of Law of the Sea is very instrumental in understanding the nuances and practical aspects of implementation of the United Nation ...
... Experts to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the historic 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea held last year. The presence of practitioners in the field of Law of the Sea is very instrumental in understanding the nuances and practical aspects of implementation of the United Nation ...
The of Power in Paradise: Political
... print over 500 pages through which the detailed ethnographic and theoretical analyses interestingly meander, is demanding on the reader. But the rewards are great. Santos engages with issues of modernity, capitalism, transnationalism, and globalization, explicitly setting out to interrogate prevaili ...
... print over 500 pages through which the detailed ethnographic and theoretical analyses interestingly meander, is demanding on the reader. But the rewards are great. Santos engages with issues of modernity, capitalism, transnationalism, and globalization, explicitly setting out to interrogate prevaili ...
Hart`s Methodological Positivism - Penn Law: Legal Scholarship
... powers (81). At another point he writes that secondary rules "may all be said to be on a different level from the primary rules, for they are all about such rules" (94). This second disu'nction is a logical one: secondary rules are in effect characterized as second-order rules that in some way opera ...
... powers (81). At another point he writes that secondary rules "may all be said to be on a different level from the primary rules, for they are all about such rules" (94). This second disu'nction is a logical one: secondary rules are in effect characterized as second-order rules that in some way opera ...
How Law is Like Chess - bepress Legal Repository
... Kelsen had a detailed answer to this question.6 The law, according to Kelsen, is first and foremost a system of norms. Norms are ‘ought’ statements, prescribing certain modes of conduct. Unlike moral norms, however, Kelsen maintained that legal norms are created by acts of will. They are products of ...
... Kelsen had a detailed answer to this question.6 The law, according to Kelsen, is first and foremost a system of norms. Norms are ‘ought’ statements, prescribing certain modes of conduct. Unlike moral norms, however, Kelsen maintained that legal norms are created by acts of will. They are products of ...
Lobbying and Litigating Against "Legal Bootleggers"
... The shift in the organized bar's strategy, and the timing of the shift, raises the question of whether the courts' inherent power to define the practice of law has a solid mandate from state constitutions and the separation of powers doctrine, or whether the power developed to serve protectionist in ...
... The shift in the organized bar's strategy, and the timing of the shift, raises the question of whether the courts' inherent power to define the practice of law has a solid mandate from state constitutions and the separation of powers doctrine, or whether the power developed to serve protectionist in ...
Continued
... classical philosophy of law, juris naturalis scientia, have already received important confirmations in the positive juridical orders, and will receive others soon or in the course of time, whatever may be the resistance and the oppositions which they still encounter. ...
... classical philosophy of law, juris naturalis scientia, have already received important confirmations in the positive juridical orders, and will receive others soon or in the course of time, whatever may be the resistance and the oppositions which they still encounter. ...
Law and Morality - The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
... mous and purposively rational pursuit of individual interests. It has been shown time and time again, from Marx to MacPherson,8 that this would hold true only if everyone enjoyed equal access to the opportunity structures of a market society — and even then only under the premise that there is no pr ...
... mous and purposively rational pursuit of individual interests. It has been shown time and time again, from Marx to MacPherson,8 that this would hold true only if everyone enjoyed equal access to the opportunity structures of a market society — and even then only under the premise that there is no pr ...
LUMSA * International Commercial Law 24 february 2014
... The CISG attempts to unify the law governing international commerce, seeking to substitute one sales law for the many and diverse national legal systems that exist in the field of sales. The benefits of a uniform law for the international sale of goods are indeed many and substantial, and not merely ...
... The CISG attempts to unify the law governing international commerce, seeking to substitute one sales law for the many and diverse national legal systems that exist in the field of sales. The benefits of a uniform law for the international sale of goods are indeed many and substantial, and not merely ...
Legal Positivism
... None of these objections have proven persuasive. Nevertheless, they are the most valuable contributions to the development of legal positivism since Hart. The attention Dworkin has lavished on Hart’s work – albeit largely critical – has been hugely important in contemporary thought generally, and le ...
... None of these objections have proven persuasive. Nevertheless, they are the most valuable contributions to the development of legal positivism since Hart. The attention Dworkin has lavished on Hart’s work – albeit largely critical – has been hugely important in contemporary thought generally, and le ...
Accepted version - Queen Mary University of London
... It is true that ‘past and ever new generations of scholars have been drawn to his heritage’ (Kojder, 2006, p. 333). Almost all who have devoted serious study to his writings, – and there have been very many throughout the century since they were produced – hold them in high respect. He was called ‘ ...
... It is true that ‘past and ever new generations of scholars have been drawn to his heritage’ (Kojder, 2006, p. 333). Almost all who have devoted serious study to his writings, – and there have been very many throughout the century since they were produced – hold them in high respect. He was called ‘ ...
Tracing the Performance of Law in Indonesia (A Perspective of
... pointed out by Satjipto Rahardjo2 that it has a sterility of law and jurisprudence in Indonesia due to the law that developed in Indonesia until the 1980s, is incapable of supporting the direction of change in society. The law is not able to function to perform social engineering when people experie ...
... pointed out by Satjipto Rahardjo2 that it has a sterility of law and jurisprudence in Indonesia due to the law that developed in Indonesia until the 1980s, is incapable of supporting the direction of change in society. The law is not able to function to perform social engineering when people experie ...
Normative Pluralism: an Exploration, by Jan Klabbers and Touko
... other examples of what can be referred to as "normative pluralism." Often, such invocations do not involve the international setting, but can also occur in domestic settings — and sometimes they transgress this distinction in that a domestic decision based on one specific normative order is challeng ...
... other examples of what can be referred to as "normative pluralism." Often, such invocations do not involve the international setting, but can also occur in domestic settings — and sometimes they transgress this distinction in that a domestic decision based on one specific normative order is challeng ...
Sociology and Natural Law
... impersonality and objectivity are needed, the intimacy and commitment associated with primary relations may well be inappropriate. A different ideal, that of "official" behavior, may be called for. This ideal, too, is a demanding one and it is likely to be fulfilled in practice only partially. The i ...
... impersonality and objectivity are needed, the intimacy and commitment associated with primary relations may well be inappropriate. A different ideal, that of "official" behavior, may be called for. This ideal, too, is a demanding one and it is likely to be fulfilled in practice only partially. The i ...
My Bio - Carol Ann Wilson
... general counsel, and other writing assignments. Wrote Guide to Research on the Internet (© 2000) for the company as a marketing tool. Freelance work for attorneys and judges in Houston. Prior Texas employment: Houston law firm of O’Quinn Laminack & Pirtle as secretary and personal assistant to John ...
... general counsel, and other writing assignments. Wrote Guide to Research on the Internet (© 2000) for the company as a marketing tool. Freelance work for attorneys and judges in Houston. Prior Texas employment: Houston law firm of O’Quinn Laminack & Pirtle as secretary and personal assistant to John ...
International Law and the UN System
... argue that “law” is larger than what governments decide. As one author (Weston) puts it: Law does not live by executives and legislators alone. It lives also by individual human beings such as ourselves, pushing and pulling through reciprocal claim and mutual tolerance in our daily competition for p ...
... argue that “law” is larger than what governments decide. As one author (Weston) puts it: Law does not live by executives and legislators alone. It lives also by individual human beings such as ourselves, pushing and pulling through reciprocal claim and mutual tolerance in our daily competition for p ...
Law as Rights - TRU SLS Home Page
... Fuller criticizes HLA Hart. He says – what is this psychological purchase/buy in, if not morality? Hart is just trying to avid using the word morality, but is really the same thing he is saying. An “ought” claim is that people follow laws because they think they are good. It would be a good thing, g ...
... Fuller criticizes HLA Hart. He says – what is this psychological purchase/buy in, if not morality? Hart is just trying to avid using the word morality, but is really the same thing he is saying. An “ought” claim is that people follow laws because they think they are good. It would be a good thing, g ...
International law
... traditional sense, but the U.N. is important in how treaties are created because its General Assembly debates, considers, and takes positions on a number of issues. These activities often generate enough attention or energy to encourage nations to begin the treaty formation process with other na ...
... traditional sense, but the U.N. is important in how treaties are created because its General Assembly debates, considers, and takes positions on a number of issues. These activities often generate enough attention or energy to encourage nations to begin the treaty formation process with other na ...
Britain and the European Union
... There is no doubt, however, that the fourth recension is associated with the abbey church of Westminster and that the interests of the monks are safeguarded in the rubrics. It would be absurd to suppose, on the other hand, that the abbot of Westminster could, of his own volition, introduce changes i ...
... There is no doubt, however, that the fourth recension is associated with the abbey church of Westminster and that the interests of the monks are safeguarded in the rubrics. It would be absurd to suppose, on the other hand, that the abbot of Westminster could, of his own volition, introduce changes i ...
Diss Text - Journal of Conflictology
... justice, security and truth, determining the role of law within peace work. Remarkably, the dominant narrative on law today is a combination of moral and modern understandings, which, in terms of legal philosophy, are represented by iusnaturalistic and iuspositivistic currents. In this line, one of ...
... justice, security and truth, determining the role of law within peace work. Remarkably, the dominant narrative on law today is a combination of moral and modern understandings, which, in terms of legal philosophy, are represented by iusnaturalistic and iuspositivistic currents. In this line, one of ...
Legal education
Legal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end, either related to law (such as politics or academic) or business. It includes: First degrees in law, which may be studied at either undergraduate or graduate level depending on the country. Vocational courses which prospective lawyers are required to pass in some countries before they may enter practice. Applied legal education for specific branches of law such as, Business law, Human resource and Labour laws, Property laws, Family laws, Human rights & Legal awareness, Taxation law and many more. Higher academic degrees and doctorate.