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client’s legal department is insisting that the contract be governed by country Z’s laws and that any and all disputes be exclusively resolved in country Z’s courts. Finally, the client desires to make payment against documents with the presentation of drafts—something which your finance department is not very comfortable with. ASSIGNMENT First your group needs to select a country (through Maud) not yet selected by other groups. Then, respond to the following Questions in electronic form--total

Lecture 2: The British Constitution & Monarchy To convey: traduire (au sens de communiquer, transmettre) To set up: établir, ériger To embody: incarner (embodiement) To draft: rédiger A landmark: un point de repère To lay down : établir par écrit A tax : un impôt Taxation : fait de payer des impôts To summon: convoquer A trial : un procès (from to try: juger) To make sure that Bill : Texte de loi proposé au Parlement (projet ou proposition) A money bill: un projet de loi de finances

Understanding the evolution of law in society Society has evolved and so did the laws governing it. In the highly developed states of the modern world the citizen is cared for and governed by laws from the cradle to the grave. In fact, even before his birth, the citizen is protected by law, for instance the laws pertaining to abortion protects the fetus. Similarly, after the demise of the citizen the law sees to it that his will is enacted. So a brief overview of the main theories and concepts

empowering alternatives. Patriarchy was as first defined by the radical feminists is the concept that all the structures and institutions of society were created by man in order to benefit man. In addition, radical feminists say that in order to achieve equality, all the institutions and norms must be uprooted because they were built with patriarch (male dominated) values. Classical patriarchy in Middle Eastern societies is demonstrated by the male dominated society that exists there. The job of

part du Congrès américain. -Racial segregation politic in America in 19 century. Racial segregation in the united states was imposed after the reconstitution peroid after the civil war, wich end with the compromise of 1877 by wich is ended the activity of ex-states confederated by the troops of the north.the former states of the south set up then the laws ( of jim crow) wich abolished the slavery and granted citizen’s to the American blacks. After a decade during which the political and social situation

free at last!” It was a high point of a civil rights movement, often carried on by ordinary people, like Rosa Parks. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat in a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, so a white man could sit down. Her arrest was the catalyst for a mass boycott. The black citizens of the city refused to use the segregated bus line and the seating law was overturned. The civil rights movement was often marred by violence. In 1966, white supremacists attacked a march in Chicago, hitting Dr

Martin Luther King biography Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, GA. on January the 15th . His grandfather and his father were pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He grew up in a middle-class family. He lived in a society governed by segregation and racism. In the fifties he joined the N.A.A.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), an association founded in 1909. He succeeded in his studies : Graduated in literature in 1948, in Theology in 1951.(*), his studies ended

c. Canada. 1 Section 2: Historic Origins and The Reception of European Law 2 2.1. Brief History. 2 a. Franco-British Conflicts 2 b. Articles of Capitulation of Montréal (1760) 3 2.2 The Colonial Regime and the Reception of English Law 3 Treaty of Paris (1763) 3 a. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 (put into force in 1764) 3 b. The Principles of the Reception of English Law 4 *Campbell v. Hall [1774] 4 c. Quebec Act (1774) 6 2.3

Europe” and aimed at providing the EU with a new legal basis (54.9% against on a turnout of 69.7%).1 On June 1, in a consultative referendum, and the first referendum ever in the Netherlands, 61.6% of Dutch voters (on a turnout of 62.8%) also said “No.”2 By that time, Spain and Luxembourg had already held referenda, which had authorized ratification, and Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Austria and Germany had ratified the treaty following parliamentary approval of the same.3 The

Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg Trials refer to trials held by USA, UK, USSR and France against members of the political, military and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany. >> To what extent were the Nuremberg Trials of consequent influence on both history and international law ? I.Origin and presentation of the Nuremberg Trials As soon as the end of 1943, the Allies started to think about the post-war treatment of Nazi leaders. At the Tehran Conference first and then at Yalta