- 3 - With the gravest concern for the explosive and dangerous condition created by this decision and inflamed by outside meddlers: We reaffirm our reliance on the Constitution
as the fundamental law of the land. We decry the Supreme Court's encroachments on rights reserved to the States and to the people, contrary to established law and [...]
Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin is a topic seen consistently in today's media publications; however, the average citizen does not truly understand what it is and how it works. In
addition, due to its innovative nature, cryptocurrency presents many legal and regulatory issues that the US federal government does not know how to deal with. [...]
PhD ; This thesis addresses the problem concerning the contribution of foreign investments to the economic development of the host State as a jurisdictional requirement under
the Washington Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (“ICSID Convention”). [...]
In the late 1990s, the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) was incorporated into British law. Section 3 of the HRA grants British judges to go as far as they can when interpreting
domestic legislation in line with the European Convention on Human Rights. This article reviews relevant case law to assert that despite this extension of judicial [...]
PhD ; Digital technology is challenging traditional copyright principles. Despite suggestions from a number of commentators that copyright cannot survive the challenge, this
thesis aims to demonstrate that copyright can evolve and adapt rather than face elimination. [...]
PhD ; EMBARGOED UNTIL 01/06/2014 ; This thesis analyses the issue of formation of contract. It is particularly concerned with a critical appraisal of current Iranian law, and
assesses Iranian rules and practice against two widely accepted regimes, i. e. English law and Uniform law (mainly United Nations Convention on Contract for International [...]
Reproduced with permission of Kluwer Law International from Raymond, A., 'The Use of Intellectual Property as Collateral in Secured Financing: Practical Concerns', Comparative
Law Yearbook of International Business 32, 525-542, 2010. Publisher's website: www.kluwerlaw.com ; This edition of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business [...]
Opinion 1/09 may be considered as one of the most conspicuous contributions the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given to the constitutional building of the European Union
(EU). For the first time in its case law, it has labelled national courts as the ‘guardians’ and ‘ordinary courts’ of the EU legal order, focusing particularly [...]
The administration of justice in Italy includes first, second and third instance. The first and second instances are represented by the Court of First Instance and the Court
of Appeal: these are judgment of merit. The court of last appeal for both the civil and the criminal jurisdiction is the Court of Cassation, the Italian Supreme Court. [...]
