Fullman has an actionable claim under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) and whether the Fourteenth Circuit has jurisdiction over this matter can be determined by the same answer. If Lansdale can be held liable under the ATS‚ the Fourteenth Circuit has jurisdiction. If suit is barred against Lansdale‚ due to his status as a corporation‚ the Fourteenth Circuit lacks subject-matter jurisdiction and‚ thus‚ the case must be dismissed. The Supreme Court has not determined whether corporations can be held
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Are human rights innate and universal? Living Human Rights Post WWII on the 10 December 1948‚ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was espoused by the General Assembly of the United Nations in order to agree on the notion that such atrocities that occurred throughout the Great War and the Second World War would not ever be reciprocated. The document that was drawn up in less than two years by the UN and Western states‚ and although ambitious it would guarantee a premise for life and
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I. STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION The district court and this Court have subject matter jurisdiction over this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1331 (federal question) and Section 1338(a) (trademarks). This Court has jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1291(a)(1) in that this is an appeal from a permanent injunction entered after the district court granted a motion for partial summary judgment. See LaVine v. Blaine School Dist.‚ 257 F.3d. 981 (9th Cir. 2001). The
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80 meetings‚ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created. The final obstacle for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approval from the United Nation General assembly. In order for the document to be approved it required two-thirds of the vote. On December 10‚ 1948‚ the document was adopted.1 The United Nation has not been successful at enforcing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because the underlying values in the document are not actually universal. Different states
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not seem to be the case. So therefore‚ I do not think that any nation should scrutinize or punish another nation for not following the document if that nation does not as well. Furthermore‚ I think that if all‚ or most nations‚ do not follow the Universal Declaration of Human Rights then it was a pretty big waste of time and energy making it and since not respected it should become null and void‚ and just another piece of failed history. First I am going to write about the Declaration in general;
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Public International Law Notes LAWS 6243 1. History of International Law a. Ancient: Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ Greece & Rome b. Middle ages: authority of Church commencement of political divisions that would become States. c. Renaissance: State as sovereign competition between States. d. Early Theories: i. Spanish philosophers central to theory ii. Vitoria: 1480-1546 1. theory of natural law: law divine from source 2
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SERVICE DOMINANT LOGIC: AN ANALYSIS OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO The following paper aims to analyze a current conglomerate in the light of modern marketing theory‚ using the collection of articles provided by Jonathan Schroeder as a conceptual platform to make evident the application of theory to practicality. The Oxford English Dictionary defines marketing simply as the promotion or selling of products. However‚ the school of thought around this facet of business that has arisen over the
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Sovereignty and International Law MIYOSHI Masahiro Professor Emeritus of International Law Aichi University‚ Japan Abstract Despite occasional claims for a fade-out of the Westphalian concept of State sovereignty‚ the international community does in fact continue to depend on it. The Marxist doctrine once predicted the fate of the concept‚ but developing countries‚ while adopting Marxist teachings in their criticism of the traditional international legal institutions‚ have tended to reinforce
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the Subordinate Courts are at the lower level and the superior courts at the higher level. THE SUBORDINATE COURTS (The Subordinate Courts Act 1948) THE PENGHULU’S COURT - The Penghulu’s Court is presided over by a Penghulu who has limited jurisdiction within a mukim. - In criminal cases‚ the Penghulu can impose a fine not exceeding RM25. - In civil cases‚ the Penghulu can try dispute where value of the subject matter does not exceed RM50. - An appeal against a Penghulu’s decision lies in
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lalJURISDICTION OF THE COURT 1.0 INTRODUCTION The jurisdiction and powers of court under the Malaysian hierarchy of courts are contained principally in the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Act 91) for the superior courts that is‚ the Federal Court‚ the Court of Appeal and the High Courts‚ and in the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 (Act 92) for the subordinate courts that is the Sessions‚ Magistrate’s and Penghulu’s Courts. 2.0 MALAYSIAN JUDICIAL STRUCTURE Malaysian judicial structure can be divided
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