International law and normative unity
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit international
In the Supreme Court of Canada's 1993 judgment in Hunt v. T & N Plc, Justice La Forest laid down the following goal to international law : “develop (…) co-ordination in the face of [the] diversity” of the international system. In other words, international law has to...
Introduction to the Challenges of European and French Law in Legal Informatics
Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit européen
The " new technologies " which appeared thirty years ago and are characterized by a considerable development are subject to fundamental legal questions. The definition of new technologies remains vague and includes the information and communication technologies. The information and communication...
Parenthood in French law and filiation
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit de la famille
The purpose of this paper is first to understand French parenthood, namely the way to be the legal father or mother of a child. Investigating further, we will see whether the current legislation is modern enough or not, which will be our main question. Indeed, some scholars and politicians think...
Constitutional law applicable in the Anglo-Saxon - parliamentary sovereignty
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit constitutionnel
One of the key characteristics of British Constitution is the dominance of the Parliament. The Parliament is the main legislative body in British Constitution. It is bicameral; and is composed of two chambers, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The main functions of the...
Difficulties of application of international law - Example of the Cambodia genocide
Dissertation - 13 pages - Droit international
This paper will show to the reader the difficulties which can appear in practice concerning the international criminal law. Indeed, several problems can occur. First of all, one has to know what the aim of the international criminal law is and we have to define what is the...
The Objectivity and Universality of International Human Rights Law : Two of its Utopian Claims ?
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit international
The question of human rights and their consequences in the natural and objective scenarios are relative to the cultural context in which they arise. In this document, we will demonstrate how even if the instruments of Human Rights international Law try to defend a universal conception of...
Conflict of laws and Crossborder litigation - The slavery issue and the conflict of laws
Dissertation - 6 pages - Histoire du droit
In the field of the conflict of laws, slavery is often perceived as the most difficult question which the courts had to face. Indeed, it is hard to have an indifferent view on the issue, as it involves matters of philosophical, humanitarian, moral, political and economic considerations,...
Critically discuss the contributions of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement to international legal scholarship
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
After the World War II and its atrocities, a new international institution, the United Nations (UN) was created in 1945 to focus on the new challenges faced by the international community. One of the major challenges was the wave of decolonization which started between the two World wars. It was...
UK Company Law: Minority Shareholders Protection
Étude de cas - 7 pages - Droit international
Northwest Transportation Company Ltd v Beatty (1887): the case involving ratifying breach of duty regarding self-dealing. The courts held that controlling shareholder-director can vote in favour of ratifying the breach. However, there are two restrictions: (i) directors cannot commit...
International business law: final assignment
Dissertation - 16 pages - Droit international
I am the president of Natural Vitamins Inc ("Natural Vitamins?) which manufactures and sells all-natural vitamins and food supplements in the United States, mainly through chiropractors. I founded the company with David and Corinne, owning about 65% of the capital all together. Our company,...
Is the declaration of independence by the provisional authorities in Kosovo compatible with international law?
Cours - 6 pages - Droit international
Document: Is the declaration of independence by the provisional authorities in Kosovo compatible with international law?. Rédigé en anglais, international law. Fait en European Licence of Law (2nd year). 7 pages Extrait: The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence was an...
Fondements du droit anglo-américain - Force du précédent et revirements de jurisprudence
Dissertation - 6 pages - Histoire du droit
« Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt », décision Roe. v Wade, 1973. Contrairement aux systèmes de droit romano-germanique, le revirement de jurisprudence en matière de Common Law n'apparaît pas comme un instrument d'adaptabilité du droit. Si les juges...
How European Law Is Made?
Fiche - 1 pages - Droit européen
The European Union was created in 1992 by the Maastricht treaty. It is a structure which includes the European Community and its law which is by far the most important of EU laws and deals with economic and social rights. In addition to it, other sources of law complete the...
Misrepresentation in Contract Law
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit des obligations
Jemma, was a restaurant owner. She decided to shift from London to the countryside. In order to execute this move, she attended an auction in Borehampton with an idea of purchasing ?lot 69.' This ?lot 69' is described in the auctioneers' catalogue as ?a perfect development opportunity...
The difficult application of canadian criminal law in Nunavut
Thèse - 57 pages - Droit international
With its creation in 1999, the new territory of Nunavut hoped to solve the social and economical problems it was facing. For the second time in the history of the Poles, indigenous people were given the right by the government to decide their future. The first Inuit to be recognized were the...
Grands systèmes de droit étranger : droit français, droit anglais, droit américain et droit chinois
Cours - 28 pages - Droit international
On a une notion de cohérence, de systématique. Quand on parle d'un système, on fait référence finalement à la structure d'un droit, aux classifications que ce droit admet, aux concepts dont il fait usage. On va donc considérer qu'au-dessus des règles qui changent, il y a des cadres...
Evaluate the developing case law of the Court of Justice with respect to its application of the principle of State liability to situations in which a Member state has failed to fulfil its obligations concerning the transposition of a Directive into nation
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit européen
In the first part, I shall debate that the immediate consequence of the directives and article 228 were the first steps taken by the court with respect to the application of a state liability. In the second part, I shall explain the context and consequences of the application of the state...
Contract Law: Wivenhoe Cycles Ltd and Easy-Transport plc
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit des obligations
On the 14th of July 2007, Wivenhoe Cycles Ltd wrote to Easy-Transport plc of London to provide a feasible advice on the lowest price for 100 units of Raleigh bicycles to be delivered on the 1st of September 2007. It so happened that Easy-Transport plc of London reverted the following day, to...
Business Law - The Contract
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit des obligations
A contract has been concluded between an undergraduate student in moder language, Mandy, and Limited Horizons Holiday. The company wanted to engage Mandy to act as its representative for its Majorcan Culture Holidays, for a summer season, for a sum of £3.000 and accommodation, food and travelling...
L'exception britannique est-elle toujours d'actualité ?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
L'exception de la Grande-Bretagne se reflète dans son système politique, en particulier parce que sa constitution matérielle couvre toutes les normes juridiques liées à la décentralisation et à la hiérarchie des normes et au libre exercice du pouvoir. La constitution dépend de la culture...
Finnish administrative law: the administrative procedure in Finland from a French perspective
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit administratif
Finland has its own administrative judicial system. After the first decision by an administrative authority, the citizens can appeal to an administrative court system. It is composed of nine provincial administrative authorities, representing the first level of jurisdiction. Then, the top...
The protection of women under human rights law, international criminal law and international humanitarian law
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
International Women's Day is on the 8th of March. It is a day for women to remember "nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development?. It is also an opportunity to look at the advances made in the protection of women. Women are all different but the group "women" is...
European Law - Article 30 of the Treaty of the European Union
Commentaire de texte - 4 pages - Droit européen
Article 230 of the Treaty of European Community is the principal Treaty which can challenge community norms. Four conditions have to be satisfied in order to allow this mechanism. First of all, the act has to be quoted by the article, secondly the institution or person who challenges the act must...
La jurisprudence est-elle une source principale ou accessoire du droit ?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit civil
Depuis des siècles, l'évolution du droit a été marquée par une tension entre l'écrit et le non-écrit, entre la loi et la jurisprudence. La question de la place de la jurisprudence dans la hiérarchie des sources du droit est aussi vieille que la jurisprudence elle-même. La jurisprudence,...
Cour de cassation, 1ère Chambre civile, 1 décembre 2010, 09-13.303, Publié au bulletin - Quelle correspondance avec le droit français du principe de dommages et intérêts punitifs dans le cadre de la demande en exequatur ?
Commentaire d'arrêt - 2 pages - Droit international
Le présent arrêt rendu par la Cour de cassation est l'occasion de revenir sur les différentes conceptions entre le droit français et celui de la Common law au sujet des dommages et intérêts versés à la victime à la suite de préjudice subi. En effet, la Common law a...
Les fondements de l'État de droit et les aménagements de la séparation des pouvoirs
Cours - 26 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Les règles de droit établissent l'ordre juridique nécessaire pour former une société organisée, avec le droit constitutionnel comme base, encadrant les institutions et préservant les libertés fondamentales. Le droit est intrinsèquement lié à la morale, jouant un rôle crucial dans...
La méthode et l'environnement historique et philosophique du droit anglais
Cours - 51 pages - Droit international
Le droit matériel (black letter law) est celui qui s'acquiert par les livres. Le droit anglais est un modèle en tant que faisant partie des pays de la Common Law. L'héritage philosophique de l'Angleterre est différent de celui de la France ; ce sont les «...
En quoi l'évolution du rôle du juge dans la pensée juridique américaine constitue-t-elle un renouvellement profond de la théorie du droit dans son ensemble ?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit autres branches
La place du juge dans un système de common law, à l'instar de celui des États-Unis, est particulièrement centrale, dans la mesure où le précédent jurisprudentiel y constitue la source de droit la plus importante. Pour autant, la doctrine juridique y a longtemps déconsidéré le...
U.S. law - Examples and cases of violations of Article 82 (abuse of dominant position)
Fiche - 2 pages - Droit européen
Article 82 of the consolidated version of the 1997 EC Treaty, prohibits the abuse of dominance by one or more companies located in the EU or in a substantial part of it. In order to be considered, this abuse must affect trade between the member states. Article 82 is currently being reviewed by...
Droit britannique du travail et protection sociale comparée
Mémoire - 53 pages - Droit du travail
La comparaison de droit envisageait dans les diversités géographiques est aussi ancienne que la science du droit elle-même. L'étude des 153 constitutions résultant des cités grecques ou barbares est à la base du traité d'Aristote sur la politique. Au Moyen Age on a le droit commun et le droit...
