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Germany top court rules Berlin rent cap is unconstitutional

JURIST

The Constitutional Court stated that the main rationale of striking down the law was procedural and did not comment on the contents of the law. By enacting the cap, Berlin’s local government has violated Basic Law Article 74(1) in conjunction with 72(1). It froze rental rates for 1.5

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Ranking the Portability of ASEAN Judgments within ASEAN

Conflict of Laws

These jurisdictions are of different legal traditions of civil law (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Thailand and Vietnam), common law (Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore) and hybrid law (Philippines) tradition. Second, most civil law jurisdictions in ASEAN still have rather rigid requirements on reciprocity.

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Australia: What is the difference between civil and criminal law? - Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Mondaq

Outline of the main characteristics of criminal and civil law.

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Australia: What is the difference between Civil and Criminal law? - Astor Legal

Mondaq

The main difference between civil law and criminal law in Australia is that criminal law has a higher onus of proof.

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Search and Seizure

The Paralegal Resource

Search and seizure is a legal procedure used mainly in common and civil laws. The findings of the search are then seized, and used in the court of law as evidence for or against the crime committed. This takes place if suspicion of, or if an actual crime has been committed.

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The New Saudi Civil Transaction Act and its Potential Impact on Private International Law in Saudi Arabia

Conflict of Laws

Like most of the civil law codifications in the region, the new law focuses mainly on the so-called “patrimonial law,” i.e., property rights and obligations (contractual and non-contractual). Lebanon is the only country where choice-of-law principles have been developed mainly through case law.

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Digitalisation of judicial cooperation: EU Commission’s Proposal on Cross-Border Videoconferencing in Court Hearings

Conflict of Laws

What are the main elements of the proposal? This initiative aims to modernise EU cross-border judicial cooperation: It proposes digitalising communication between judicial and other authorities in cross-border judicial cooperation procedures in civil (including family), commercial and criminal matters.

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