The International Criminal Court and the prosecution of nationals of non-party states
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
If the ICC can prosecute nationals of non-party states, then the principles of the Rome Statute violate a fundamental principle of general international law. What principle of general international law is violated and to what extent does the Rome Statute violate this?
Droit constitutionnel britannique
TD - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Le Human Rights Act, estime Jean-François Flauss, « est une loi parlementaire très particulière, dès lors que de facto elle est revêtue d'une valeur supra-législative ». Il se trouve que la constitution anglaise n'est pas écrite, alors le modèle de construction repose sur une constitution...
Le principe de l'identité constitutionnelle en droit constitutionnel européen
Cours - 15 pages - Droit européen
Ce principe de l'identité constitutionnelle a été forgée à partir des conclusions ou des synthèses opérées par la doctrine sur les évolutions jurisprudentielles, à la fois des constitutions nationales et des jurisprudences européennes. Elle s'inscrit dans une problématique historique qui a été...
Le droit de ne pas être arrêté ou détenu arbitrairement
Cours - 1 pages - Libertés publiques
Le droit de ne pas être arrêté et détenu arbitrairement est appelé le droit à la sûreté. L'article 39 de la Magna Carta de 1215 dispose pour la première fois : "Aucun homme libre ne sera saisi, ni emprisonné ou dépossédé de ses biens, déclaré hors-la-loi, exilé ou exécuté, de quelque manière...
La procédure administrative contentieuse et le droit au procès équitable
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit administratif
L'intérêt du sujet porte sur le rapport de ce principe énoncé par la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme (CEDH) et la procédure contentieuse française, notamment parce que la France apparaît originale avec son dualisme juridictionnel, cette existence de deux ordres de juridiction, et...
Cour de cassation, Assemblée plénière, 29 juin 2001 - L'enfant simplement conçu peut-il être victime d'homicide involontaire ? - Fiche d'arrêt
Commentaire d'arrêt - 2 pages - Droit civil
Un individu sous l'emprise de l'alcool provoque un accident de la route, impliquant une femme enceinte de 6 mois, qui sera blessée et perdra son enfant à naître.
La lecture de l'article 102 du TFUE (Traité sur le Fonctionnement de l'Union Européenne) a-t-elle évolué?
Commentaire d'article - 4 pages - Droit européen
"Le traité fondateur ne dit pas grand'chose, cela est bien connu" (Autonomie et antitrust, Sylvaine POILLOT-PERUZZETTO et David BOSCO, Contrats Concurrence Consommation, n 6, juin 2020, dossier 10). C'est de ce constat qu'il faut partir pour appréhender l'article 102 du Traité du...
Dans quel cas un employeur peut-il recruter un salarié en CDD ? - publié le 04/09/2012
Étude de cas - 4 pages - Droit du travail
En dehors du CDI, il existe des contrats de courte durée, comme le contrat à durée déterminée ou le contrat nouvelle embauche, ce dernier ayant été abandonné en 2008. La société Overside a recruté Pierre en CDD durant quatre mois, ceci dans le but de remplacer un salarié se trouvant en congé...
conflict of laws in IB
Fiche - 2 pages - Droit international
, it is important while doing business to set things clearly and that is why the contract need to be very clear and provide legal information to make sure that in any case of possible dispute the rules are clear. In any case of conflict, I truly believe, that mediation and negotiations are the...
Le précédent dans les juridictions anglaises
Fiche - 2 pages - Droit international
- Au Royaume Uni, le précédent horizontal n'existe pas. - Aux Etats-Unis, il n'existe que le précédent vertical. - Cas de précédent contraire à la CEDH. - Le droit au droit de l'union européenne...
English legal system: the Sources of English Law
Cours - 87 pages - Droit constitutionnel
The judicial decisions are the first to be found to develop a system. Today, they are still influencing the system as a whole. Judicial decisions have a weight that their continental counter part does not have. In England, under certain requirements, decisions are biding the judge with the...
English Legal System : The Administration of England and Wales
Cours - 93 pages - Droit autres branches
We'll study the administration of justice in England and Wales. Scotland has it's own courts and system. Civil and criminal justice have come close to each other. They must be treated separately because they are very different in particular in the point of view of appeals and the...
CAVEJ M1 Cours Anglais juridique
Cours - 120 pages - Droit autres branches
So now, let's examine what is a contract at English law. Before we actually go into the details of the characteristics of English contracts, it is necessary to define what precisely a contract is. Essentially, in English law, a contract is an agreement between two or more parties that the...
Judicial Power: A third and co-equal branch, judicial review and independence
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
In the Constitution, the Supreme Court's specificity finds its origin in the adaptation of the British Common Law's legacy to the American federalism. And, the law's superiority or the 'Rule of Law' implies a strong Judicial System. Indeed, the United States seems to...
Essay on human rights
Dissertation - 10 pages - Droit international
"Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end [...], but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature [...], would you consent to be the architect on those conditions?". There, Fyodor Dostoevsky asked...
Medellin v. Texas
Commentaire d'arrêt - 3 pages - Droit international
Medellin v. Texas is a Supreme Court decision dealing with the obligation of the American states to comply with a judgment of the International Court of Justice concerning the legal rights of people convicted in those states. Hence, what is at stake here is the issue of whether or...
Primacy / Supremacy of European Community Law against Sovereignty of the Member States
Mémoire - 25 pages - Droit européen
Today the European Union (EU) consists of 27 Member States; it reaches from the Atlantic coast of Western Europe all the way to the Black Sea of Eastern Europe. In the European Union, the most important and closest collaboration between the Member States happens via the European Community (EC)....
Vienna Convention on consular relations
Commentaire d'arrêt - 9 pages - Droit international
THE HAGUE, 10 March 2005. Today the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, delivered its Judgment in the case concerning Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America). On 3 April 1998, the Republic of Paraguay...
CAVEJ L1 Anglais juridique
Cours - 222 pages - Droit autres branches
Wales remained a separate entity from England until the 16th century. Wales is composed of a number of principalities (principautés) with distinct characteristics. Those differences resulted in various conflicts until the middle Ages. Fortunately, in 1536, the Act of Union integrated together...
Legal structures for business
Dissertation - 13 pages - Droit des affaires
The British courts have not strictly maintained the Salomon principle of separateness, or the idea of the incorporation. Critically discuss the cases where the apparent failure to maintain the Salomon principle has occured, the reasons why this has occured and the current legal position...
The question of certain expenses of the United Nations (Article 17 paragraph 2)
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit international
The issues with regard to certain expenses related to United Nations (Article 17 paragraph 2) had been taken to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion by the 1731 XVI resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations of 20th December 1961. The...
Regulations: Direct applicability and Direct effect
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit européen
Article 249 of the European Community Treaty provides that Regulations shall be directly applicable in all Member States. Does this mean that they are also necessarily directly effective? As notices Josephine Steiner , this question is of paramount concern to EC lawyers. If a provision of EEC law...
Discuss the analysis and significance of the abduction and trial of Eichmann from an international law perspective, with reference to legal writing
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit international
First, we will discuss whether the principle known as "the fruit of the poisonous tree? in the United States must be applied to the abduction of Adolf Eichmann or not. The violation of International law was "clear? according to Louis Henkin in 1968 but one cannot deny that the end justifies the...
Consistence between the English Criminal Justice and Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit pénal
The United Kingdom was one of the original parties to the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). States which contract into the ECHR are obliged to secure the enjoyment of Convention rights for their citizens. Sometimes positive actions may be required as creation,...
Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza case analysis
Commentaire d'arrêt - 4 pages - Droit autres branches
In the United Kingdom, where there is no written Constitution, the section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 has given the courts the prerogative to read and give effect to statutes “in a way which is compatible with the Convention rights ”. If it cannot be done so, the section 4(2)...
Human Rights Law: Essay on the Human Rights Act
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit autres branches
The State's "margin of appreciation" doctrine is a fundamental component of the European Convention system of Protection of Human Rights. While human rights are not a state's private area of jurisdiction, the idea of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is that this statute...
La Cour africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples
Mémoire - 105 pages - Droit international
Le concept des droits de l'homme a aujourd'hui trouvé sa place dans notre société pour définir les droits inaliénables, intransgressibles et intrinsèques que disposent les individus, indistinctement de leur race, sexe, religion, ethnie, entre autres. De l'antiquité à la période moderne, les...
Massachussets versus Environmental Protection Agency
Commentaire d'arrêt - 4 pages - Droit international
This decision dealt with environmental matters and was regarded as one of the most important environmental Supreme Court decisions in years. If one in the present age delves into this case, the insights would have a grave impact on the pollution control and globalization boom. The case...
Justices turn to rights of defendants
Commentaire de texte - 3 pages - Droit international
Nowadays, choosing a lawyer, and finding how to defend one-self, is more and more essential, as the lawyers have the fate of the defendants in their hands. But what happens when the defendant is not satisfied with his lawyer, or when the lawyer does not do his job properly? Are lawyers and...
Ending contractual obligations: factors and discharge
Dissertation - 11 pages - Droit des obligations
The common law has always taken the view that people enter into contract voluntarily. It follows that if the contract was made without full knowledge of the facts, or if a person was forced to make a contract against his or her will, a court would consider that contract to be banned. The...
