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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form. The Draft Treaty is still being negotiated and amended. The Draft Treaty complements soft law in the same area, namely the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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A Guide to Common Paralegal Studies Classes

How To Become A Paralegal

Introduction to Civil Procedure. This may also be called a civil law class. In this class, you’re going to learn the basics of the civil law system. You’ll learn about civil law terms as well as how the civil court runs and how both of these differ from the criminal system.

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Job Opportunity – Postdoctorand in Transnational Family Law (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law)

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According to the announcement, the tasks required will be: Collecting, classifying and analyzing Swiss and foreign law, case law and relevant law and literature Aggregation and disaggregation of data, identifying variables and highlighting specific features, leading to different insights Drafting comparative reports in comparative civil law, civil (..)

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Implied Jurisdiction Agreements in International Commercial Contracts

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However, by their very nature, implied terms offer less clarity concerning the governing law and jurisdiction agreements. The Choice of Law Analogy Implied choice of law is well-established in private international law. Globally, the interrelationship between jurisdiction and choice of law is acknowledged.

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Title: How to Sue Flipkart/Amazon: Legal Remedies for Defective Products and Poor Service

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Drafting the complaint: You need to draft a complaint specifying the facts necessary to establish your cause of action. The fee can be paid via postal order or demand draft. For claims exceeding INR 1 crore and up to INR 10 crores, you may approach the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

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GEDIP Recommendation to the European Commission on the private international law aspects of the future EU instrument on corporate due diligence and accountability

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As the Commission will likely draw inspiration from this document, the GEDIP considered the EP Resolution when drafting its Recommendation. In order to accomplish its aim, the Instrument, in addition to a public law monitoring and enforcement system, should create civil law duties for the relevant companies.

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Chinese Case Law Collection Adds to the CISG’s Jurisconsultorium: Reflections on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and its Domestic Implementations

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A review of this case law collection discloses an interesting phenomenon affecting the CISG’s Chinese application: at least, until very recently. 142(2) General Principles of the Civil Law , Australia’s CISG implementing Acts still ostensibly frame the treaty’s local application in terms of inconsistency. Pursuant to Art.