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We are the voice of solicitors, driving excellence in the profession and safeguarding the rule of law. A similar tendency to seek definitions which are distinct from those used in…
We are the voice of solicitors, driving excellence in the profession and safeguarding the rule of law. A similar tendency to seek definitions which are distinct from those used in…
Conflict of laws, or private international law in civil law countries, concerns which jurisdiction a legal dispute between private parties should be heard in and which jurisdiction’s law should be…
They learn from scholars of national and international stature in the classroom, and are trained by brilliant and dedicated lawyers in the finest set of clinical programs in the country.…
Thriving in Law School orientation programming helped to lay the groundwork for success for incoming students from diverse backgrounds. Professor Denise Gilman is a guest on the NPR program “All…
Manu’s central philosophy was tolerance and pluralism, and was cited across Southeast Asia. During the Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent, sharia was established by the Muslim sultanates and empires,…
This powerful and tight-knit judiciary gave rise to a systematised process of developing common law. The Law School’s approach to legal education has always been anchored in its unwavering commitment…
For instance, the Quran has some law, and it acts as a source of further law through interpretation, Qiyas , Ijma and precedent. This is mainly contained in a body…
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Environmental law is increasingly important, especially in light of the Kyoto Protocol and the potential danger of climate change. Environmental protection also serves to penalise polluters within domestic legal systems.…
Hegel believed that civil society and the state were polar opposites, within the scheme of his dialectic theory of history. The modern dipole state–civil society was reproduced in the theories…
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