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Landlocked Countries and the Law of the Sea
Kishor Uprety
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Landlocked Countries and the Law of the SeaIntroductionThe definition of landlocked countries (LLC) is purely geography-based. These are countries lac...
Law of the Sea
Eugenia López-Jacoiste
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Law of the SeaIntroductionOn 10 December 1982, the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea finally adopted the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (...
Law of Treaties, The
Antonio Remiro Brotons
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
The Law of Treaties Introduction The Law of Treaties is a set of international and national rules that governs the life of treaties from their ...
Law-Making by Non-State Actors
Timothy Masiko, Mary E. Footer
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Law-Making by Non-State ActorsIntroductionInternational law is a set of norms that covers the general procedures and institutions for the conduct of i...
League of Nations, The
Rose Sydney Parfitt
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
The League of NationsIntroductionThe League of Nations, the precursor to the United Nations, was formed in 1920 in the wake of the First World War, as...
Lebanon, Special Tribunal for
Martin Wählisch
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
Special Tribunal for LebanonIntroductionOn 14 February 2005, Lebanon’s former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, was assassinated in a bomb attack against ...
Legal Status of Military Forces Abroad
Joop Voetelink
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Legal Status of Military Forces AbroadIntroductionToday, states routinely deploy elements of their armed forces on the territory of other states withi...
Liability for International Environmental Harm
Jaye Ellis
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Liability for International Environmental HarmIntroductionThree main approaches to the legal consequences of transboundary environmental harm have bee...
Liberation and Resistance Movements
Martin Wählisch
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Liberation and Resistance MovementsIntroductionThe phenomenon of resistance and liberation movements has occurred throughout history and remains curre...
Mandates in International Law
Cait Storr
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Mandates in International LawIntroductionThe term “mandate” has no fixed legal definition in international law. In general, it refers to a mode of ext...
Maritime Delimitation
Jorge Antonio Quindimil López
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Maritime Delimitation Introduction Maritime delimitation is one of the most discussed issues in international law, distinguished by unusual te...
Martens Clause
Vaios Koutroulis
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Martens Clause ...
Medieval International Law
Ignacio De La Rasilla Del Moral
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Medieval International Law Introduction The object of study of medieval international law has traditionally been coincidental with the examina...
Mens Rea, International Crimes
Mohamed Elewa Badar, Iryna Marchuk, Sara Porro
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Mens Rea, International Crimes Introduction The relatively young, albeit dynamic, field of international criminal law, spawned by the prolifer...
Middle East Boundaries and State Formation
Michelle Burgis-Kasthala
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Middle East Boundaries and State FormationIntroductionStates are the primary actors in the international system, and as Shaw reminds us, “statehood is...
Migration
Vincent Chetail
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Migration Introduction The role of international law in the sensitive field of migration is complex, ambiguous, and frequently neglected by co...
Military Necessity
David Turns
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Military Necessity Introduction Military necessity is one of the most fundamental yet most misunderstood and misrepresented principles of the i...
Military Occupation
Teresa Fajardo
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Military OccupationIntroductionMilitary occupation was defined by Oppenheim as “invasion plus taking possession of enemy country for the purpose of ho...
Minorities
Kristin Henrard
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Minorities Introduction Although there is still no generally agreed-upon definition of the concept “minority,” it has become clear that most i...
Modes of Participation
Kai Ambos
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Modes of Participation Introduction Subjects of international law were, originally, merely the states. The first international criminal law in...
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