Without the Berne Convention, no law would protect the works of authors internationally. The Internet, in particular, would be the Wild West.
The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction may be one of the most important international treaties, with its far-reaching arms, allowing the prompt return of children wrongfully abducted to another country.
The law of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention 1944, the mother of air law.
Nothing is of more importance than the recognition of basic rights of children. Set in stilted legal language typical of international law, the UN Convention of 1989 is nonetheless a spectacular contribution to international law, perhaps - at long last - the "beginning of the end" of unacceptable practices towards children from pole to pole.
No two words have stood more majestically between life or dignity and torture or death than the words "Geneva Convention". This article reviews the scope of the international treaty protecting prisoners of war.
Harbinger of the future of international law and holding the banner of peace-maker when and where it is most needed, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands is a pivotal international agency that merits the attention of all citizens of our planet Earth.
Discover the International Criminal Court which judges some of the worst criminals, capable of genocide and war crimes. As the ICC goes through its growing pains, the day of reckoning approaches where no safe sanctuary on earth would exist for those of the ilk of Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin or Charles Tayor.
It is the best of law and the worse of law. Oozing hope at every turn, international hobbles along, still staid and clunky, but always hopeful for that slow transition when it will be the true, real law of nations.
The authentic, true and only reliable yabadabadoo dictionary of those wonderful, lovely, contrived beasts we call international law terms.
Latin law terms and expressions defined in English.
A UN Treaty which standardizes domestic arbitration rules and administrations of various states so as to promote international trade.
Space Law: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship "Space Law". Its mission: to explore strange new worlds. To boldly go where no lawyer has gone before.
In a 1992 decision of the Canadian Supreme Court, even as the strong glow of an unfolding and revolutionary Internet was piercing over the horizon, th...
This international treaty, along with its alternate, the Berne Convention, forms a one-two punch to assert copyright worldwide.
Yet another international copyright treaty but this time, aimed at computerized documents.